University of Manchester Innovation Factory
Ewelina Rozycka-Burn is a seasoned professional in the field of biological and biomedical sciences with extensive experience in project management and scientific research. Currently serving as a Senior Business Analytics Project Manager at the University of Manchester Innovation Factory since September 2022, Ewelina has previously held key positions such as Principal Scientist and Senior Scientist at VIDEREGEN LIMITED from November 2019 to September 2022. Ewelina's earlier career includes roles as a Senior Biology Scientist and Biology Scientist at Almac Discovery from September 2014 to November 2019 and a Postdoctoral researcher in the Haematology Group at the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, for a brief period in 2014. Ewelina earned a Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, specializing in Cancer Research, from Queen's University Belfast between 2009 and 2014, following a Master's degree in Medicinal Chemistry from Lodz University of Technology. Additionally, Ewelina has gained international experience as an EMBO fellow at Necker Research Centre and completed an internship in Oncology Research and Development at Adamed.
University of Manchester Innovation Factory
Driving the commercialisation of the University’s innovations and intellectual property. Our core mission is to use this IP to create positive social and economic impact. The Innovation Factory works with academic and student inventors to identify research that has the potential to create value. It then translates these into a form where they can be used to benefit society as a whole. Access to innovations may be created via technology licensing or the formation of new spin-out companies. The Innovation Factory aims to provide a world class service to academic colleagues as well as industry; entrepreneurs; licensees; VC & angel investors and corporate venturing partners. The Innovation factory aims to have a truly global reach and, with the scale and quality of research taking place at The University of Manchester, it has the ambition to be one of the world’s most effective Technology Transfer organisations. We are wholly owned by The University of Manchester.