Ainara Garcia Gallastegui, currently Technology Transfer Director at nanoGUNE has more than 10 years’ experience in the tech transfer area. Before joining nanoGUNE, Ainara led institutional strategic projects that enabled the TT between Europe and South America working hand by hand with British Council. Since she joined nanoGUNE in 2018, a Tech Transfer Plan has been structured and implemented, giving tangible results in just two years period: the Centre´s client portfolio is doubled and on regards of patenting, the invoicing has been multiplied by a factor of ten, having closed 11 new license contracts in the period.
Before her TT activities, Ainara led multi-million budgeted research private projects developed at Imperial College and University College London (UCL); Ainara developed her research career in the UK, Italy and Spain and is co-inventor of 5 granted family of patents.