WVU Research Corporation
The WVURC was created as a not-for-profit corporation in 1987 to foster and support research at West Virginia University, and provide evaluation, development, patenting, management, and marketing services for inventions of the faculty, staff and students of the University.
The WVURC receives and administers funds awarded by external agencies for research and other activities and is responsible for helping protect intellectual property through patents, copyrights and licensing agreements for start up companies based on University research.
Board of Directors
Officers
Chair: James P. Clements – WVU President
Vice Chair: Jane Martin – WVU Interim Provost
President/Executive Director: Curt Peterson – WVU Vice President for Research
Secretary: Alan Martin – WVU Director of Sponsored Programs
Treasurer: Dan Durbin – WVU Associated VP for Finance
Members
Eugene Cilento – Dean, WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
Cameron Hackney – Dean, WVU College of Agriculture and Forestry
Fred Butcher, WVU Interim VP for Health Sciences
Rudy Almasy – Interim Dean, WVU College of Arts and Sciences
Narvel Weese – VP, WVU Finance and Administration
Jim Brick – Chair, Department of Medicine
Faculty Representatives
Faculty Representatives are selected by the WVU Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Bojan Cukic,, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, Lane
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
James Anderson, Associate Professor, WVU Forestry
Barbara Ducatman, Chair, Pathology Department, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center
The board is required to meet three times a year in open session.
The Corporation’s federal identification number is 550665758.
For more information on the WVU Research Corporation, contact the secretary, Alan B. Martin.
