Fiona Murray

Fiona Murray is a Professor and Associate Dean at the MIT School of Management. Murray is an international policy expert on the transformation of investments in science and technology into deep-tech start-up ventures that solve significant global challenges and create national advantage – from defense and security to health, food, and water security. Her work includes understanding new funding approaches for innovations that arise from scientific research and educating the next generation of technical leaders to build effective ventures. Fiona serves on the British Prime Minister’s Council on Science and Technology and was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for her services to innovation and entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom. She is also a member of the Ministry of Defense Innovation Advisory Panel and the European Innovation Council Joint Expert Group. She sits on a number of Boards including Prime Coalition and MassChallenge. She received her BA ’89 and MA ‘90 from the University of Oxford in Chemistry. She subsequently moved to the United States and earned an AM ’92 and Ph.D. ’96 from Harvard University in applied sciences.