University of Cambridge
Dr Siân Fogden Associate Director (Research Tools)

Siân is the Associate Director in the Research Tools team.

She works with academics across the university to market and licence a diverse portfolio of research tools including reagents, software, copyright, confidential information and database rights.

She joins Cambridge Enterprise from the Cambridge Graphene Centre where she worked jointly with the Graphene Flagship as Business Developer specialising in the photonics and optoelectronics areas.  Exploring her interest in science communication she also worked as the Graphene FlagshipPress Coordinator and Communications Officer. 

Previously to that she spent five years in southern California working as the Market and Technology Development Manager for Linde Nanomaterials (part of the Linde Group) which was created to commercialise the carbonbased nanotechnology developed and patented during her PhD. She also has experience in early startup generation having spun the technology out of Linde, creating Anionica. 

Early in her career she also worked in the quality control department of a company that manufactured rattlesnake antivenom for a number of years. 

Siân has a Master of Chemistry degree from Oxford University and a Nanotechnology PhD from Imperial College London. 

Siân joined Cambridge Enterprise in September 2021. 

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