Innovation and Technology Transfer

Innovation & Technology Transfer Team

The University’s Research and Innovation Division (RAID) has a small team of Commercialisation Managers to assist in taking the University’s innovations and technology ideas to market.

ITT works actively with external partners in industry, government and the wider community in developing & transferring state of the art innovation and technology solutions. The university is a rich breeding grounds for brilliant new ideas and ITT works closely with UOW Researchers to take these ideas to market.

Our team at ITT are backed up by a partnership agreement with UniQuest, unquestionably one of the most successful organisations in Australia at taking public sector research to marketplaces.

	Elizabeth Eastland Director Commercial Research Unit and Innovation Technology Transfer T +61 2 4221 4420 \| M +61 407 587 657 \| eastland@uow.edu.au Level 2 \| Buliding 20 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW 2522 \| Australia “The benefits of Commercial Research and Commercialisation are broad and go well beyond financial benefits. Commercial Research and Commercialisation both provide opportunities for academics to extend their research contacts by collaborating with other academics they possibly may not have had a chance to otherwise; by engaging in a commercial role that may provide an alternative way of seeing a problem or seeing new research possibilities; by providing a formal way for the University of Wollongong to engage with corporate and government enterprises; and finally, by offering academics who have come with industry experience to put their research back to use in a commercial environment. Finally , there is nothing so special as meeting some one you have never met experiencing your innovation and finding value in it.”
	Gavin Dixon Commercialisation Manager Health, Science, Medicine & Arts T +61 2 4221 5029 \| M +61 419 609 656 \| gavin@uow.edu.au Level 2 \| Buliding 20 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW 2522 \| Australia “OzID, a novel method of characterising lipid molecules is the subject of licensing discussions with industry partners with the aim of achieving both research and commercialisation outcomes. Developed in the Schools of Chemistry and Health Sciences, OzID is a good example of cross-faculty research that brings value to the university's research strengths.”
	Deon de Saldanha Commercialisation Manager Engineering, Commerce, Law & Infrastructure T +61 2 4221 4470 \|M +61 400 917 898 \|deon@uow.edu.au Room 109E, Building 4 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW \| 2522 \| Australia “One of our key goals is to help raise the profile of UOW, its staff and its students by helping to make novel ideas become part of future products or services. In the last quarter we have seen number of novel ideas with commercial potential coming out of the engineering and commerce faculties. These ideas include materials for advanced electronic and other applications, new teaching tools, new building methods, new compounds that could well result in better drugs, and new ideas for production and storage applications. We are working with the relevant academics to assess and then develop the commercial potential. Being involved with this kind of innovation is exactly what makes my role at UOW so exciting.”
	Holly Zhu T +61 2 4221 TBC \| M +61 TBC \| hollyz@uow.edu.au Medical Radiation Physics, ICT, Education & Media
	Tamantha Stutchbury Commercialisation Manager IP, CRCs and eLearning T +61 2 4221 5025\|M +61 418 905 612 \|tamantha@uow.edu.au Level 2 \| Building 20 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW \| 2522 \| Australia Tamantha Stutchbury has taken a role as an Commercialisation Manager, within the ITT team. Her new role encompasses her existing duties in relation to IP matters and she now is the key contact for UOW for all CRC matters and is taking an active role in commercialising eLearning opportunities. “I am excited about developing the potential of our eLearning and further strengthening our position with respect to CRC bids. Both of these responsibilities cut across faculties and both are about leveraging our strengths in the university as a whole.”
	Gina Portscher Administration Officer T +61 2 4221 4486 \|gina@uow.edu.au Level 2 \| Building 20 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW \| 2522 \| Australia
	Deborah Coustley Administration Assistant T +61 2 4221 8145 \|dcoustle@uow.edu.au Room 109E, Building 4 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW \| 2522 \| Australia

ITT and UniQuest

Since 2004, UOW has been in a partnership agreement with UniQuest to assist in the commercialisation of UOW intellectual property. UniQuest Pty Ltd, the commercial arm of The University of Queensland, specialises in adding value to the outcomes of research at an early stage and was established to foster links between emerging technologies developed by university researchers and the financial and entrepreneurial resources of industry and business. UniQuest has assembled a highly professional technology commercialisation staff with considerable experience in the development and commercialisation of research.

Since 1984, UniQuest has built, commercialised and managed an extensive intellectual property and asset portfolio, including more than 1,500 patents and 60 companies resulting from university-based discoveries and expertise. UniQuest receives over 400 new IP disclosures each year and files more than 40 provisional patents each year. UniQuest has demonstrated capability in licensing technologies to big pharmaceutical companies for further development and commercialisation. Examples of the company’s success include the commercialisation of a vaccine against human papilloma virus (HPV) for the prevention of cervical cancer that was developed at the Diamantina Institute by Professor Ian Frazer. Now commercialized by Merck, the vaccine (trade name Gardasil®) is predicted to be the highest selling vaccine in history.

Last reviewed: 26 November, 2011

	Elizabeth Eastland Director Commercial Research Unit and Innovation Technology Transfer T +61 2 4221 4420 \| M +61 407 587 657 \| eastland@uow.edu.au Level 2 \| Buliding 20 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW 2522 \| Australia “The benefits of Commercial Research and Commercialisation are broad and go well beyond financial benefits. Commercial Research and Commercialisation both provide opportunities for academics to extend their research contacts by collaborating with other academics they possibly may not have had a chance to otherwise; by engaging in a commercial role that may provide an alternative way of seeing a problem or seeing new research possibilities; by providing a formal way for the University of Wollongong to engage with corporate and government enterprises; and finally, by offering academics who have come with industry experience to put their research back to use in a commercial environment. Finally , there is nothing so special as meeting some one you have never met experiencing your innovation and finding value in it.”
	Gavin Dixon Commercialisation Manager Health, Science, Medicine & Arts T +61 2 4221 5029 \| M +61 419 609 656 \| gavin@uow.edu.au Level 2 \| Buliding 20 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW 2522 \| Australia “OzID, a novel method of characterising lipid molecules is the subject of licensing discussions with industry partners with the aim of achieving both research and commercialisation outcomes. Developed in the Schools of Chemistry and Health Sciences, OzID is a good example of cross-faculty research that brings value to the university's research strengths.”
	Deon de Saldanha Commercialisation Manager Engineering, Commerce, Law & Infrastructure T +61 2 4221 4470 \|M +61 400 917 898 \|deon@uow.edu.au Room 109E, Building 4 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW \| 2522 \| Australia “One of our key goals is to help raise the profile of UOW, its staff and its students by helping to make novel ideas become part of future products or services. In the last quarter we have seen number of novel ideas with commercial potential coming out of the engineering and commerce faculties. These ideas include materials for advanced electronic and other applications, new teaching tools, new building methods, new compounds that could well result in better drugs, and new ideas for production and storage applications. We are working with the relevant academics to assess and then develop the commercial potential. Being involved with this kind of innovation is exactly what makes my role at UOW so exciting.”
	Holly Zhu T +61 2 4221 TBC \| M +61 TBC \| hollyz@uow.edu.au Medical Radiation Physics, ICT, Education & Media
	Tamantha Stutchbury Commercialisation Manager IP, CRCs and eLearning T +61 2 4221 5025\|M +61 418 905 612 \|tamantha@uow.edu.au Level 2 \| Building 20 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW \| 2522 \| Australia Tamantha Stutchbury has taken a role as an Commercialisation Manager, within the ITT team. Her new role encompasses her existing duties in relation to IP matters and she now is the key contact for UOW for all CRC matters and is taking an active role in commercialising eLearning opportunities. “I am excited about developing the potential of our eLearning and further strengthening our position with respect to CRC bids. Both of these responsibilities cut across faculties and both are about leveraging our strengths in the university as a whole.”
	Gina Portscher Administration Officer T +61 2 4221 4486 \|gina@uow.edu.au Level 2 \| Building 20 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW \| 2522 \| Australia
	Deborah Coustley Administration Assistant T +61 2 4221 8145 \|dcoustle@uow.edu.au Room 109E, Building 4 \| University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue \| Wollongong \| NSW \| 2522 \| Australia

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