Our Team

Dr Matthew Nicholson

Senior Commercialisation Manager

Kaiwhakahaere Whakapakihi Matua—Senior Commercialisation Manager 

Matt joined the Wellington UniVentures team specifically to help Professor Emily Parker (from the Ferrier Research…

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Meg Craig

Programme Coordinator

Kaitaupua Hōtaka—Programme Coordinator 

To support the growth of our KiVa bullying prevention programme, Meg joins Wellington UniVentures as our part-time Project…

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Mick Riley

Commercialisation Manager

Kaiwhakahaere Whakapakihi—Commercialisation Manager 

Making his way from an Analyst to Commercialisation Manager, Mick has a broad understanding of the commercialisation process…

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Dr Monica Gruber

Pacific Biosecurity Programmes Manager

Monica leads the Pacific Biosecurity programme. Since 2008, Monica has contributed to invasive ant applied research and management activities in…

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Dr Paul Geraghty

Senior Commercialisation Manager

Kaiwhakahaere Whakapakihi Matua—Senior Commercialisation Manager 

As Commercialisation Manager, Paul works closely alongside researchers at Te Herenga Waka to identify, capture and…

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Peter Lai

Senior Commercialisation Manager, International

Kaiwhakahaere Whakapakihi Matua ki Tāwāhi—Senior Commercialisation Manager, International 

Fluent in English and Mandarin, and with a Master of Science (majoring in…

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Roger Zemp

Senior Commercialisation Manager

Kaiwhakahaere Whakapakihi Matua—Senior Commercialisation Manager 

Roger is one of Wellington UniVentures’ Senior Commercialisation Managers working across projects in advanced materials and…

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Sam Wojcik

Commercialisation Manager

Kaiwhakahaere Whakapakihi—Commercialisation Manager 

As Commercialisation Manager, Sam is responsible for working with researchers to identify and progress a potentially commercial project…

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Sharelle Buchan

Intellectual Property (IP) Administrator

Mata Ahupae Whakairo Hinengaro—Intellectual Property Administrator 

As Wellington UniVentures’ IP administrator, Sharelle supports the IP Manager and the Contracts & Portfolio…

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Dr Stephanie Grant

Intellectual Property (IP) Manager

Kaiwhakahaere Whakairo Hinengaro—Intellectual Property Manager 

Stephanie’s role in the team is to help protect (i.e. patent) the high quality research with…

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