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Hosted by University of Illinois Research Park · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 35 episodes
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Tune in to hear insightful conversations on fascinating industry innovations with members of the Research Park community- startups, corporations, students, and alumni. The Research Park at University of Illinois is a leading hub for tech commercialization with a unique environment that cultivates startups and increases capabilities for established companies. The mixed-use composition promotes creative collisions and interdisciplinary collaborations, strengthening the bridge between campus and community. Located at UIUC, Research Park has 120+ companies and growing. researchpark.illinois.edu
University of Illinois Research Park hosts Innovations at Research Park, a technology show with 35 episodes published.
Kelsey Ortiz is the Co‑Founder and Head of Design at Photon Queue, a quantum hardware startup developing practical photonic quantum memories to store and synchronize single photons for next‑generation quantum communicati
Dr. Ken Suslick is a highly regarded chemist, professor, and entrepreneur whose scientific discoveries have repeatedly become real-world products. Dr. Suslick has a prolific scholarly record with more than 500 published
Nancy Sullivan is CEO, Managing Director, and Managing Principal of Illinois Ventures, one of the longest-running and most active university-affiliated venture capital firms in the nation. Illinois Ventures and Research
Frenzy Ag is a company revolutionizing crop yields with breakthrough biological technology. Ken Paige is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois whose decades of research into how plants respond to stress laid
This is a special episode to celebrate a great year at UIRP! Research Park’s Laura Appenzeller and Laura Bleill join the podcast to talk about important milestones from this year like the 25th anniversary of Research Par
Dr. David Ruzic is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering at UIUC , founder of Starfire Industries-- a company born at the Research Park-- and Director of the new Illinois Pla
Cara Bognar is the Founder of Top Tier Lessons, a sports technology platform that connects collegiate student athletes with parents looking for sports lessons for their children. She’s an athlete herself, as a former tea
This is a special episode to celebrate a great year at UIRP! Research Park’s very own Laura Appenzeller and Laura Bleill join the podcast to talk about startup and corporate highlights from the year, plans for 2025, indu
Jack Cui is Co-Founder and CEO of Yummy Future, a Y-Combinator backed robotic coffee shop with roots, and stores, at the University of Illinois. Yummy Future’s mission is to “enhance the artistry of the human barista by
Dr. David Lomiashvili is the CEO of Identomat which has created an innovative AI-powered KYC and identity verification solution. Prior to his current venture, Dr. Lomiashvili has an extensive pedigree in entrepreneurship
Matt Ahrens oversees performance and tools work for the Accelerated Big Data Platforms group at NVIDIA. He’s a long-time leader in the University of Illinois community with a story that spans the 20-year history of the R
Dr. Beth Conerty helps lead business development for the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Lab at the University of Illinois. She’s also the Regional Innovation Officer for the iFAB Tech Hub, an initiative created by the
Dr. Brad Miller is the Co-Founder and Chief Linguistic Officer of Puzzle Labs, a software platform that uses AI to make knowledge transfer easier. Previously, he was the Site Director for P&G’s Smart Lab in the Research
This is a special episode to celebrate a great year at UIRP! Research Park’s very own Laura Appenzeller and Laura Bleill join the podcast to talk about startup and corporate highlights from the year, plans for 2024, indu
Arpit Dwivedi is the Founder and CEO of Cache Energy. Cache is developing energy storage systems that can be safely installed anywhere and transported everywhere. In the past two months, Arpit and his team have raised a
Alex Kosyakov is the Co-Founder and CEO of Natrion. Natrion is creating safe, high-performance, and highly scalable solid-state batteries with the goal of powering mass market electric vehicles and renewable energy. With
Susan Hinrichs is Chief Scientist at Aviatrix, a cloud networking and security company based in Silicon Valley. Prior to Aviatrix, Susan held prestigious leadership roles at a number of top tech companies including Blue
Brandon is the CEO of DeepWalk, a tech startup born and raised in Champaign. Brandon and his team are on a mission to create AI-powered solutions for the city planners and engineers that build important public infrastruc
Paul is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flats or Spikes. Flats or Spikes is building a "community of expertise and science in running in a brand new way". With their product, athletes of all levels can benefit from science and
Welcome to a new year of the Innovations at Research Park podcast! We are so excited to continue bringing you new conversations, new insights, and new perspectives from the Research Park community. This episode highlight
Brad Miller
Co-Founder and Chief Linguistic Officer · First Church
1 appearance on this show
Paul Miller
3-time British Champion, Wimborne MCC committee member · Pembrokeshire County Council
1 appearance on this show
Brad Arnold
SVP, General Manager Precision · AGCO Corporation
1 appearance on this show
Nancy Sullivan
Illinois Ventures
1 appearance on this show
Laura Appenzeller
UIRP
2 appearances on this show
Dr. David Ruzic
UIUC
1 appearance on this show
Cara Bognar
Top Tier Lessons
1 appearance on this show
Jack Cui
Yummy Future
1 appearance on this show
Dr. David Lomiashvili
Identomat
1 appearance on this show
Matt Ahrens
NVIDIA
1 appearance on this show
Beth Conerty
University of Illinois
1 appearance on this show
Arpit Dwivedi
Cache Energy
1 appearance on this show
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