Research and Enterprise Directorate Contacts
The Research and Enterprise Directorate is comprised of ten teams. They include Belfast Region City Deal Office, Business Alliance, Commercial Development, Consultancy and Technical Services, Contracting, KTP & Business Networks, Research Development, Research Governance, Research Strategy & Engagement and the Director's Office.
ABOUT THE RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE
The role of the Research and Enterprise Directorate is to help secure the University’s vision for excellence and impact in its research and enterprise activities.
We facilitate high-quality academic research through developing research strategy and policy, supporting researchers to access funding and form new collaborations, and managing governance procedures, research information systems and the contracting process. We also work with University colleagues, students, industry and the community to provide support from the conception of an idea or technology through to a range of knowledge exchange and commercialisation outcomes.
Working together, we aim to provide holistic support to researchers and a ‘one stop shop’ for external partners.
CONTACTS
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Belfast Region City Deal Office
Kara
Bailie
Deputy Director, Strategic Programmes
Bernie
Boyle
Head of Project Delivery, iREACH
Catherine
Clydesdale
Project Support Lead and PA to Director of AMIC
Wendy
Gibbons
Project Support Officer, IREACH
Andrea
Kennedy
Communications Manager – BRCD
Jenny
McAuley
Skills Project Manager - BRCD
Stephen
McCabe
Head of Project Delivery, GII
Beth
McEvoy
Multidisciplinary Research Manager, GII
Niamh
McGovern
Communication and Engagement Officer - BRCD
Fionnuala
Millar
Project Support Officer, IREACH
Ciaran
Prunty
Head of Project Delivery, AMIC
David
Robinson
Head of BRCD Financial Management
Sarah
Scullion
Project Manager, IREACH
Shannen
Taylor
BRCD Graduate Intern
Janine
Vaughan
Project Support Team Lead and PA to Director / Deputy Director
- Business Alliance
Eimear Barrett Social Sciences Commercialisation Manager eimear.barrett@qub.ac.uk Kevin Fearon BA Manager - AHSS k.fearon@qub.ac.uk Joan Grieve Impact Acceleration Officer - EPS j.grieve@qub.ac.uk Dermot Leonard Head of Business Alliance dermot.leonard@qub.ac.uk Clare McAuley Business Alliance Officer C.McAuley@qub.ac.uk Ann McMahon BA Manager - Agri-Food ann.mcmahon@qub.ac.uk Maeve Murphy Business Alliance Manager - Health Sciences Maeve.Murphy@qub.ac.uk Alice Neeson Impact Acceleration Manager a.neeson@qub.ac.uk Alistair Quinn EPS Manager alistair.quinn@qub.ac.uk - Commercial Development
Paul Donachy Head of Innovation Programmes p.donachy@qub.ac.uk Anne Dornan Enterprise Acceleration Manager a.dornan@qub.ac.uk Michaela Fox Seedbed Pre-Accelerator Programme Manager m.fox@qub.ac.uk Cecilia Hegarty Innovation Programmes Manager c.hegarty@qub.ac.uk Michaela Hewitt Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Administrator m.hewitt@qub.ac.uk Brian McCaul Director of Innovation b.mccaul@qub.ac.uk David Moore Head of Spin outs david@qubis.co.uk Matthew Wilson Head of Intellectual Property Management and Commercialisation M.Wilson@qub.ac.uk - Consultancy Services
Sinead Cahill C&TS Project Manager sinead.cahill@qub.ac.uk Tom Edgar Head, Consultancy & Tech Services t.edgar@qub.ac.uk Richard Walker C&TS Project Manager r.walker@qub.ac.uk - Contracting
Marie Devlin Contracts Manager m.t.devlin@qub.ac.uk RóisÁine Hamill Head of Contracting roisaine.hamill@qub.ac.uk Rachel Harrison Contracts Associate r.harrison@qub.ac.uk Maria Amadeu McKay Contracts Specialist M.AmadeuMcKay@qub.ac.uk Mark Prenter Contracts Manager m.prenter@qub.ac.uk Kosta Tabakakis Contracts Assistant C.Tabakakis@qub.ac.uk
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KTP Office
Emma Beattie Clerical Officer e.beattie@qub.ac.uk Lisa Kirkwood Clerical Officer lisa.kirkwood@qub.ac.uk Lorraine Marks Head of KTP l.marks@qub.ac.uk Aoife Lynch KTP Marketing Officer aoife.lynch@qub.ac.uk Karen McGeough KTP Manager k.mcgeough@qub.ac.uk Simon Patterson Clerical Officer s.a.patterson@qub.ac.uk Mike McCleave KTP & Business Engagement Programmes m.mccleave@qub.ac.uk Reception receptionat63@qub.ac.uk - Research Development
Carly Atkinson International Research Administrator c.atkinson@qub.ac.uk Tom Gibson Research Development Officer thomas.gibson@qub.ac.uk Susie Gray Research Development Manager (MHLS) s.gray@qub.ac.uk Pip Harris Clerical Officer philippa.harris@qub.ac.uk Mary Harte RD Manager (Acting) m.harte@qub.ac.uk Evelyn Keaveney Research Development Officer (MHLS) e.keaveney@qub.ac.uk Nicola Kernaghan RD Manager International n.kernaghan@qub.ac.uk Lydia Lepecuchel EU Manager l.lepecuchel@qub.ac.uk Patricia McCrory EU and Int. Manager - MHLS p.mccrory@qub.ac.uk Wendy McLoone Head of RD w.mcloone@qub.ac.uk Nichola McNulty Research Development Assistant n.mcnulty@qub.ac.uk Mani Narayanan RD Manager - MHLS m.narayanan@qub.ac.uk Ciaran Prunty EU Manager - EPS c.prunty@qub.ac.uk Sarah Jayne Smith EU and International Research Manager - AHSS sarahjayne.smith@qub.ac.uk Peter Stephenson RD Manager - AHSS p.stephenson@qub.ac.uk Alan Thursfield RD Manager - EPS a.thursfield@qub.ac.uk - Research Governance
Paul Canning Research Advisor p.canning@qub.ac.uk Lorraine Carew AHSS Faculty Rep l.carew@qub.ac.uk Stefan Curran Research Ethics Officer s.curran@qub.ac.uk Louise Dunlop Head of Research Governance l.h.dunlop@qub.ac.uk Noleen Morgan Research Ethics n.morgan@qub.ac.uk Kathryn Taylor RG Manager k.taylor@qub.ac.uk Paula Tighe RG Manager p.tighe@qub.ac.uk Colin Walsh Research Governance Assistant colin.walsh@qub.ac.uk - Research Strategy and Engagement
Chris Browne Senior Research Strategy and Policy Manager
c.browne@qub.ac.uk Erin Davidson Project Assistant e.davidson@qub.ac.uk Alice Dubois Head of PDC (MHLS) a.dubois@qub.ac.uk Lynne Gault Research Policy Assistant lynne.gault@qub.ac.uk Iain Kennedy Research Policy Officer i.kennedy@qub.ac.uk Mary Stevenson Research Policy Assistant (on M/L) mary.clarke@qub.ac.uk James Dillon Senior Research Impact and Engagement Manager j.dillon@qub.ac.uk Patrick Hamill RP Information Assistant p.hamill@qub.ac.uk Kathryn Kavanagh Research Impact and Engagement Officer k.kavanagh@qub.ac.uk Natalia Plechkova Research Impact Officer - EPS n.plechkova@qub.ac.uk Maire Mullin Research Communications Officer m.mullin@qub.ac.uk Maeliosa McCrudden Research Impact and Engagement Officer - MHLS m.mccrudden@qub.ac.uk Kim Storey Research Information and Insights Manager k.storey@qub.ac.uk - Director's Office
Wendy McLoone Director of Research Services w.mcloone@qub.ac.uk Scott Rutherford Director of Research & Enterprise s.rutherford@qub.ac.uk