David Muir
Associate Vice-President (Innovation & Strategic Partnerships)
AVPR and administrative support contact: avp-innovation@uwo.ca
- Primarily focused on increasing innovation opportunities, fostering social impact and translating ideas and research into commercial opportunities
- Strategically supports partnership efforts related to sustainability, neuroscience and imaging, smart systems, and Earth and space
- Champions ongoing development of the regional innovation ecosystem and local and international business development efforts
- Provides leadership to the Innovation & Strategic Partnerships portfolio, including WORLDiscoveries and Western Research Parks
Biography
David Muir was appointed Associate Vice-President (Innovation & Strategic Partnerships), effective February 1, 2022. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from Western, where his doctoral research focused on synthetic organic chemistry. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in natural product chemistry at the University of Alberta.
David came to Western from the National Research Council, where he had been Director of Research and Development for the Automotive and Surface Transportation portfolio in London. There, he helped revitalize and grow the facility by increasing supports for the automotive and manufacturing sectors, and by driving partnerships with private and public collaborators in Canada and around the world.
David previously spent 20 years in a series of progressive roles at 3M Canada, including in research and development, and in business management positions in the food and medical sectors.
