Ruari Friel
Ruairi works as a Commercialisation Executive at NUI Galway, helping researchers in the regenerative medicine space to identify, protect and commercialise Intellectual Property emanating from their research. Ruairi has much experience regarding the patenting and commercialisation stem cells. Prior to his current position, he worked as a senior scientist with Stem Cell Sciences (Edinburgh) and completed his MBA dissertation on "the commercialisation of life science patents - a case study in embryonic stem cell research". Ruairi has a BSc from NUI Galway, a PhD from the University of Glasgow and an MBA from Edinburgh University.