Peter Webley
Director, Center for Innovation @University of Alaska Fairbanks
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WORK HISTORY
Director, Center for Innovation @University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK, US
Lead a team of academics, innovators, and entrepreneurs to provide an extensive range of programs with funding, training, and expertise designed to meet the diverse needs of students, faculty, and staff. PI on Center for Innovation federal grants from ONR, SBA, NSF, and many others. Advise others in innovation and entrepreneurship practices and integrating innovation training into the academic environment.
EDUCATION
University of Reading
PhD, Remote Sensing
Churston Grammar School
High School, Physics, Mathematics,Geography
University of East Anglia
MSc, Atmospheric Sciences
University of East Anglia
BSc, Geophysical Sciences
SKILLS
ABOUT PETER WEBLEY
I have a passion for business development and technology transfer from an academic environment into the private sector. I am a Research Professor of Remote Sensing as well as the Associate Director of Research at the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI), Geophysical Institute, UAF. As well as Director of UAF’s Center for Innovation and leads the instruction of the NSF funded I-Corps Hub program and its lead Tech Scout. I was the Vice-President of UAF’s first start-up, V-ADAPT, Inc, formed in 2013 and have successfully licensed intellectual property, been awarded small business innovation research projects and a US patent as well as been inducted into the State of Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame 2016 – 2017 class. My research interests include volcanic ash cloud modeling, use of unmanned aircraft systems for geoscience applications, connecting emergency managers with real-time remote sensing data, developing decision support tools, real-time monitoring of volcanic activity, and remote sensing of volcanic processes. My aim is to provide tools and products for hazard assessment and risk mitigation.1st Pioneer Awardee from the Arctic Innovation Competition, CBSM, UAF. Resume -
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