Dean Chang has been named interim chief innovation officer in addition to serving as associate vice-president for innovation and economic development.
University of Maryland (UMD) has been appointed interim chief innovation officer and associate vice-president for innovation and economic development in the Division of Research.
Chang has been the founding associate vice-president for innovation and entrepreneurship for UMD’s Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the past nine years. He had previously served as venture director of the A James Clark School of Engineering’s startup programmes.
Chang is also the lead principal investigator and instructor for National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Hub programme at UMD.
Going forward, his duties will include overseeing UMD’s innovation, entrepreneurship, intellectual property and commercialisation activities, including tech transfer office UM Ventures and Discovery District.
Chang replaces Julie Lenzer, who had acted as UMD’s chief innovation officer for five years but has taken on the same position at Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute.
