School of Chemistry - Business Partnership Unit

Introducing the Business Partnership Unit Team

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Welcome to the School of Chemistry Business Partnership Unit (BPU) Website, where our experienced team stimulates innovation by building mutually beneficial partnerships between the School, Business, Industry and the Community.

Our Business Partnership Unit (BPU) is a team of Knowledge Exchange professionals and Business Science Fellows (BSF) who focus on developing the School’s business and impact related activities. The focal points for the BPU are; to provide specialist advice, to broker new relationships with industry, to facilitate technology disclosures, and to secure investment for our industry-facing research and commercialisation.

Since 2013, the BPU has trained 12 BSFs, who received mentoring from KE professionals, academics, entrepreneurs and industrialists. Our 30+ BSF alumni include two company CEOs and four patent agents, who identify commercial opportunities and support the training of current BSFs.

Meet the Team

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Dr. Trevor Farren - Business Development Director
Telephone: +44 (0) 115 84 66175
Email: trevor.farren@nottingham.ac.uk

Dr. Farren is an experienced scientist, business development professional and commercial manager. He has over twenty years experience gained within both industry and academia of taking innovative concepts to commercial reality.

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Dr. Nick Bennett
Telephone: +44 (0) 115 95 13418
Email: nicholas.bennett@nottingham.ac.uk

I joined the University of Nottingham in February 2012 to manage the ChemEnSus project.

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Dr. Joe Dawson
Email: joe.dawson@nottingham.ac.uk

I manage a number of projects across the Schools of Chemistry and Pharmacy and also coordinate incoming analytical services rendered activity in the School of Chemistry.

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George Marshall
Dr. George Marshall

Email: george.marshall@nottingham.ac.uk

Following both an MSci in Chemistry and a PhD in bio-inorganic chemistry at the University of Nottingham I joined the BPU in 2016 and now manage the Chemistry Innovation laboratory and coordinate Services Rendered activity across the School.

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Mr Tom McInally 
Telephone +44 (0) 115 95 13197
Email: thomas.mcinally@nottingham.ac.uk

Following a career in the Pharmaceutical industry as a Medicinal Chemist, with Fisons, Astra and AstraZeneca I joined the University of Nottingham in September 2011.

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Dr. Katherine Jolley
Telephone +44 (0) 115 95 86007
Email: katherine.jolley@nottingham.ac.uk

I joined the School of Chemistry as an Assistant Professor of Chemical Education, Faculty of Science in 2019.

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Dr. Maria Raja Sanchez
maria.rajasanchez@nottingham.ac.uk

I joined the BPU in January 2022 to support and enhance technology transfer and knowledge exchange between business and academia. I am currently responsible for managing Nottingham Analytical, which delivers technical services to large enterprises and SMEs.

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Tom Ward
Dr. Tom Ward
Email: Tom.ward1@nottingham.ac.uk

I joined the BPU in 2021 as a Business Science Fellow to support the delivery of Chemistry Innovation Laboratory (CIL) project, offering direct support to SMEs in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire area to receive access to expert analysis and world class chemistry facilities, supporting their business development.

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Harry Taylor
Dr. Harry Taylor
Email: harry.taylor@nottingham.ac.uk

I joined the BPU in 2022 as a Business Science Fellow managing the University of Nottingham’s Protein Footprinting Service. The service provides an effective way to map the regions of a protein’s structure which bind to other proteins or small molecules.

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Dr. Gunjan Sharma
Email: gunjan.sharma1@nottingham.ac.uk

I joined the BPU as a Project Manager in June 2023 and I am responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of projects.

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Lucy Silvey
Ms. Lucy Silvey

Email: lucy.silvey@nottingham.ac.uk

I joined the BPU in December 2023 as a Business Science Research Assistant to support service rendered work with businesses, audit and support academics with their research, and promote engagement in outreach activities.

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Contact the BPU

 

Business Partnership Unit

School of Chemistry
University Park Nottingham, NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0)115 84 68078
email: nottinghamanalytical@nottingham.ac.uk