Professor of chemical engineering François Baneyx will lead CoMotion, marking the latest progression in a career with UW that began in 1992.

University of Washington has appointed François Baneyx (pictured), currently a professor of chemical engineering at the institution, to lead its innovation centre and tech transfer office CoMotion, GeekWire reported yesterday. Baneyx takes on the role following the death of Vikram Jandhyala, in February 2019. He will be expected to continue driving CoMotion’s collaborative innovation offering, which has expanded beyond university tech transfer to take in services designed to bolster the wider economic and societal impact of UW’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Baneyx joined the UW faculty in 1992 and has subsequently held a number of leadership positions, most recently heading up the university’s US government-funded Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales since August 2018. He spent five years as chair of the UW Department of Chemical Engineering until January 2019, prior to which he had served as director of the Center for Nanotechnology between 2005 and 2013. Baneyx helped start UW protein synthesis services spinout Proteios in 2015 and remains involved with the company. His scientific expertise has been recognised with an elected fellowship at nonprofit organisation American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences. – Image courtesy of LinkedIn

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