Ilan Gur Explained

Ilan Gur is an American chief executive officer and entrepreneur. He is currently chief executive officer of the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), an independent science funding body.^[1]

Gur obtained his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in Materials Science and Engineering.^[2]

Gur served as a Program Director and Senior Adviser for ARPA-E between 2011 and 2014. He has founded two science-based startups, including Seeo Inc., which was acquired by Bosch in 2015.^{[3] [4]}

Gur was the founder and former CEO of Activate, an innovation non-profit that uses an entrepreneurial fellowship model to help scientists and engineers transform their research into products and businesses. Activate's fellowship model originated at Cyclotron Road, a Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, founded by Gur in 2014.^[5]

Gur became the inaugural CEO of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency in 2022.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Innovation heavyweights appointed to lead new Advanced Research and Invention Agency . 2023-02-05 . GOV.UK . en.
2. News: Cookson . Clive . 2023-08-26 . Taking ‘bold’ bets: new UK agency prepares to fund breakthrough technologies . Financial Times . 2023-08-26.
3. Web site: 2022-07-19 . UK government appoints CEO and chair of Aria . 2023-02-05 . Research Professional News . en-GB.
4. Web site: 2023-02-26 . 20 people who matter in UK tech . 2023-08-26 . POLITICO . en.
5. Web site: 14 July 2022 . McKinsey on Start-ups - Activate’s Ilan Gur: Bridging the science-to-market gap .