Sean Lumb

Biography

Sean is Senior Business Development Manager at Melbourne Ventures. Sean focuses on assessing and commercialising technologies arising from research in chemistry, materials and life sciences at The University of Melbourne. Prior to Melbourne Ventures, Sean was employed with The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he spent seven years at UBC’s University-Industry Liaison Office managing university intellectual property commercialisation. This work included assessing new opportunities, protecting intellectual property, international business development, and drafting and negotiating intellectual property agreements. Sean completed his honours B.Sc. in Chemistry at Queen’s University at Kingston and his Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical industry