New executive vice president for intellectual properties affiliate

Mark Coburn, associate provost and director of the University of Rochester Office of Technology Transfer, has been named executive vice president at Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (VTIP) Inc. Virginia Tech Vice President for Research Brad Fenwick, who is also president of the VTIP board of directors, announced that Coburn, who has been at Rochester since 1997, will take over his new position with the non-profit Virginia Tech-affiliate in April.