Cat Colquhoun

Technology Innovation Officer

Biography

I am the Technology Innovation Officer/Business Development Executive at Leeds Beckett University, based within Research and Enterprise Services in Cloth Hall Court. I work closely with Julian Sorrell, our Business Development Manager, helping to drive forward Grow MedTech activities.

My background is in chemistry – I have an MChem from the University of Liverpool and, during my undergraduate degree, I worked for Reckitt Benckiser Ltd. as part of the research and development team in Hull. I then completed a PhD at the University of Leeds within the institute of medical and biological engineering where I became fascinated with all things “medtech”.

Experience

  • Working within academic and industrial research.
  • I am a named inventor on a patent.

Expertise

  • Chemistry
  • Biomaterials
  • Neuroscience

Interests

I’m particularly interested in functional biomaterials and the move towards flexible electronics and implantable biosensors.

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Career

I carried out a PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of Leeds. My project was focussed on creating hydrogels for spinal cord repair.
I also have experience working within the fast moving consumer goods industry, and I spent a year working in the research and development department at Reckitt Benckiser where I was the named inventor of a patent.