David Hinton
David Hinton has been appointed associate director of Technology Ventures at the University of Arkansas.
Technology Ventures commercializes research and helps university researchers identify, protect, license and commercialize intellectual property developed from their research and discoveries. It manages invention disclosures, patent applications and license agreements for UA faculty, staff and students, and is a joint effort of the Office of Economic Development and the Office of Research & Innovation.
Hinton joined the UA on Aug. 20 after spending a decade as a researcher at the Mayo Clinic and as an intellectual property manager at the University of South Alabama.
He has a doctorate in neurobiology from the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, where he focused on pharmacology, neuroscience and personalized medicine. Hinton is currently completing a master’s in business administration degree.