Doron Ben-Meir previously served as vice-president, enterprise, at University of Melbourne until late 2019.

Josh Geballe will become senior associate provost for entrepreneurship and innovation at Yale later this month, and will serve as managing director of its OCR.

Michelle Bolas has been appointed chief innovation officer, while also becoming executive director of Innovate Carolina.

Richard Chylla will start as executive director of University of Virginia’s Licensing and Ventures Group next week after more than a decade at Michigan State University.

Niclas Nilsson will become the new head of LU Innovation next week after more than 17 years with dermatology company Leo Pharma.

Marion Bernard has joined the executive team of Northern Gritstone as chief investment officer, further filling out the investment company’s C-suite.

Since its passage, the Bayh-Dole Act has bolstered US economic output by up to $1.7 trillion, supported 5.9 million jobs and helped lead to more than 14,000 spinouts.

GUV Personality of the Year awardee Mark Mann has launched his own consultancy after having overseen Oxford’s social enterprises portfolio.

Lindsay Klee is the new senior director of technology commercialisation at Wayne State University, having previously worked twice for University of Michigan.