Anna Grocholsky


Technology Commercialisation Manager (Acting)

Biography

Anna is working within UWS Innovation as the Technology Commercialisation Manager, Acting. Anna is a Materials Scientist with management and creative problem solving qualifications, and over 15 years experience and expertise in industry and academia.
Anna has successfully transitioned her career from technical science and product development to a greater focus on Intellectual Property (IP) management, first  in-house  at James Hardie Building Products.  Licensing interested her and the opportunity to take the role of Business Development Manager at the University of Sydney soon followed.

In 2006, Anna established the first Intellectual Property Unit at the University of Sydney where she managed a comprehensive and significant IP portfolio.  This role incorporated IP and commercialisation strategy/deal negotiation, finance and budget modelling, and post agreement compliance.

Anna is looking forward to working with you about your ideas, commercialisation and relationships with industry.

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Areas of Research/Expertise

Materials Science, Intellectual Property, Commercialisation, Negotiation, Creative Problem Solving.

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Awards/Honours

R F G MacMillan Prize – 1995
University of Technology, Sydney
“Involvement in activities beyond the normal academic requirements”.
1998 – 1999; Visiting Fellow of the University of Newcastle.

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Selected Publications

Kummerow B, Qi I and Grocholsky A.
"Accelerated testing for determination of durability and degradation of glass fibre reinforced plastics" (progress report)
CRC-ACS 1999
 
Grocholsky A
"Shear strength of chemically modified Kevlar49 fibre/unsaturated polyester matrix composite"
University of Technology, Sydney 1997


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Professional Memberships

2003 – Present; member of LES ANZ and International chapters – Licensing Executives Society