Dr Kirstie Cochrane

Biography

Kirstie is the Deputy Director for Enterprise at the University of Essex following her appointment as EIRA Director in 2018. As Deputy Director for Enterprise, Kirstie is the lead for all of the knowledge exchange and business engagement activity and aims to further develop commercialisation of the University's excellent research. Previously, Kirstie led the Connecting Capabilities Fund grant that was awarded to the University of Essex in 2018. Prior to this role, Kirstie was the Knowledge Exchange Manager for Life Science at the University of Essex, looking after business development and engagement, the IP portfolio and technology transfer activity. Kirstie has previously worked at Kings College London where she was Business Development Manager with a focus on health-related research; and from 2005 2008, Kirstie worked at the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control as a microbiologist and then in their commercial development function.

Qualifications

• PhD Food Microbial Sciences University of Reading (2006)

• Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Chartered Institute for Marketing (2009)