Contact

For general inquiries, please contact us at 706-542-1404 or email gateway@uga.edu.

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Director

Derek Eberhart
Associate Vice President for Research • Executive Director, Innovation Gateway
706-542-2207
dereke@uga.edu

Licensing

Life Sciences

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Cory Acuff
706-542-5682
cacuff@uga.edu

Physical Sciences / Engineering

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Boyce Clark

Plant Varieties / Agricultural Biotech

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Shelley Fincher
706-542-0969
shelleyf@uga.edu

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Brent Marable
706-542-5942
marable@uga.edu

MTAs & NDAs

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Drew Grier
706-542-6694
igcontracts@uga.edu

Specialist Advisors

Cali Brutz
Lecturer and Associate Director
califree@uga.edu

Don Chambers
Lecturer and Associate Director
donald.chambers@uga.edu

Jim Flannery
Lecturer
jimflan@uga.edu

Cassidy Eberhart
Administrative Associate, Entrepreneurship Program
cassidy29@uga.edu

Robert “Bob” Howe Pinckney IV
Director, UGA Entrepreneurship Program
bobpinckney@uga.edu

Kyle Tschepikow
Executive Director, Business Engagement & Innovation
kyletsch@uga.edu

Catherine A. Cuppett
Director, Sponsored Projects Administration, Pre-Award
cathya15@uga.edu

Nick Hinson
Contracting Officer, Sponsored Projects Administration
nhinson@uga.edu

Gene Pope
Director, Conflicts of Interest
gene.pope@uga.edu

John Gay
Senior Accountant, Office of Business & Human Resources, Office of Research
johngay@uga.edu

Nanette Roberts
UGA Research Foundation Accounting Manager, Office of Business & Human Resources
nanette.roberts@uga.edu