Research Innovation was created within the Deputy Vice Chancellor Research portfolio to facilitate greater industry engagement, commercialisation, and research funding for Macquarie University. Research Innovation is also a whole of university office encompassing commercialisation and research partnerships, thus creating opportunities for cross disciplinary research and engagement.
Dr Hamdorf has extensive experience in technology commercialisation, research strategy and partnership development in both universities & private sector research organisations. This expertise is applied in his current role at Macquarie University to successfully establish significant strategic research activities and to create new companies.
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Dr Hamdorf trained as a research scientist (micro / molecular biology) before working and completing a PhD (in Biochemistry). He subsequently worked on an industry funded medical research project (control of breast cancer metastasis).
In 2000, he completed an MBA in entrepreneurship (with minors in marketing & finance) and established BlueSky Partners, preparing strategic and business plans for technology based companies looking to raise investment.
Dr Hamdorf then spent 5 years in technology transfer (USYD) and was primarily involved in the establishment and management of spin-off companies across diverse technology areas - from tissue engineering to mining safety products; and from cancer diagnostics to material sensing (rheology). Following this, Dr Hamdorf spent 7 years with the Environmental Biotechnology CRC as their IP and Commercialisation Manager and a subsequent 3.5 years commercialising medical and industrial biotechnology opportunities, including the establishment of the Biologics Innovation Facility at UTS.
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