Fiona Wills

Fiona Wills is the director of the Innovation Development Group which encompasses the intellectual property, material transfer agreement, innovation management, and licensing activities of CoMotion. Her group guides researchers through project development towards impact through licensing either to an existing company, to a UW founder-led startup, or direct-to-user licensing from UW. Fiona’s scientific background is in protein biochemistry and cell biology. Prior to joining CoMotion, she worked for the business development department of Molecular Probes, engaged in both in-licensing and out-licensing activities for the research reagent and diagnostic markets. She has also worked in the health technology assessment field, providing healthcare funding agencies with evaluations of new and emerging medical technologies.