Rebecca H. Chung, PhD currently serves as the Associate Director of Innovation Programs at the UH Office of Innovation & Commercialization. Managing the intellectual property portfolio across the UH System with an emphasis on deep technology ventures, she collaborates cross-functionally to accelerate the translation of academic research innovations into commercializable opportunities by connecting industry strategic partners with UH's technologies and researchers. With a recent funding award of $2.4M from the Office of Naval Research, she is leading the development and execution of new innovation programs, Patents2Products & Faculty Fellows, as part of a new initiative in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island and University of Alaska Fairbanks to create new pathways to innovation and commercialization. By driving university research and innovation through technology transfer, she strives grow the local I&E ecosystem in Hawai'i.
