Sofya Danilova
- Knowledge Exchange & Impact Officer
- Research and Innovation Services (RISe)
- Swyddog Cyfnewid Gwybodaeth ac Effaith
- Gwasanaethau Ymchwil ac Arloesi

About Me
• Management of the Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Fund (KEIF);
• Helping academics to identify intellectual property arising from their research;
• Advising and supporting academics on intellectual property and ways to protect it;
• Supporting commercialisation process of the research;
• Supporting development of legal agreements required to commercialise research;
• Assessing technical, market and commercial viability of research;
• Advising on funding proposals, identifying licensees and enterprise support.
I joined USW in July 2021. I previously worked as a Research Fellow at Coventry University and an engineer at a semiconductor device manufacturer, where I gained my initial experience in IP and technology commercialisation.
I defended my PhD thesis at Coventry University in March 2020 on the topic “Selective electroless copper deposition by applying a gradient magnetic field”. I also have an MRes degree from Nottingham Trent University in Advanced Materials Engineering and an Engineering degree from Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia.