Intellectual Property Committee
The NAU Intellectual Property (IP) Committee is appointed in accordance with Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) Policy 6-908 and NAU’s Intellectual Property policy. At NAU, the IP Committee:
- reviews proposed changes to ABOR IP policy and make recommendations associated with such proposed changes to the president through the campus IP official
- reviews proposed changes to NAU IP policy and make recommendations associated with such proposed changes to the vice president for research through the campus IP official
- receives and hears disputes brought by employees and others with the necessary standing to bring such disputes before the Committee; deliberates; and makes recommendations for the resolution of such disputes to the president (or designee), who makes the final decision.
IP Committee members
![Cindy Browder holding a beaker in the lab](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/228/2023/06/NAU_BROWDER_087.jpg)
Cindy Browder
PhD, Chemistry and Biochemistry
![Researcher, Emily Cope.](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/228/2023/06/PMI_029.jpg)
Emily Cope
PhD, Biological Sciences
![Researcher Constantin Ciocanel](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/228/2023/06/Cornell_Cindy-6_Capacitor_Invention_20170811.jpg)
Constantin Ciocanel
PhD, Mechanical Engineering
![Researcher, Kyle Winfree](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/228/2023/06/2366_kyle_winfree_20180928.jpg)
Kyle Winfree
PhD, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems
![Researcher, Jason Wilder and student researcher](https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/228/2023/06/2018_09_7_RISE-7835.jpg)
Jason Wilder
PhD, Vice President for Research