CoMotion Entrepreneurial Faculty Forum
In over 150 years of history, the UW has demonstrated an extraordinary track record of inventions and discoveries that have saved and improved lives across the globe. Much of this impact has been driven by the vision and tenacity of entrepreneurial faculty, and their commitment to translating game-changing research from the laboratory to the marketplace in service of the greater good. In licensing inventions, scaling discoveries, and launching startups, these entrepreneurial faculty have acquired a wealth of knowledge and experience that makes them uniquely suited to advise and support colleagues who consider embarking on the innovation journey. The CoMotion Entrepreneurial Faculty Forum aims to tap this expertise to further grow UW’s impact as a public university.
Consult with a member of the Entrepreneurial Faculty Forum
Are you a UW faculty, postdoc, or senior graduate student who is interested in starting a company or commercializing your research? If so, an Entrepreneurial Faculty Forum member may be available for a consultation. Please click the link below to initiate a consultation request.
Check out our Startup Handbook, the Startup Licensing Handbook (a companion to the Husky FAST Start licensing process), the UW Innovation Imperative website, CoMotion Labs, our startup incubation arm, as well as a list of additional commercialization resources at UW and beyond.
Meet the inaugural class

Samuel Browd, M.D.
Sectors: Neurocare, AI, machine learning, robotics, immersive medicine

Luis Ceze
Sectors: Enterprise software systems, AI, machine learning, computing & biology

Daniel T. Chiu
Sectors: Life science, diagnostics, liquid biopsy, digital assays

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Valerie Daggett
Sectors: Amyloid diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, amyloid-beta, toxic oligomers, alpha-sheet, biomarkers, early detection

Nora Disis, M.D.
Sectors: Off-the-shelf, T-cell vaccine, therapeutic vaccine, multi-antigen vaccine, neo-antigens, neo-repertoire, immuno-oncology, immunotherapy

Neil King
Sectors: Functional protein nanomaterials, structure-based vaccine design, targeted delivery of biologics

Julian Sachs
Sectors: Climate tech, carbon management, carbon dioxide removal

Ankur Teredesai
Sectors: AI-powered personalization, healthcare AI solutions, predictive healthcare, machine learning in medicine, AI-driven wellness, health data analytics, ML in healthcare