Ivana Vuka

Ivana is a Senior Innovation Manager at RISE – Research and Innovation Services, specialising in knowledge valorisation, intellectual asset management and innovation capacity building. She coordinates European IP Helpdesk activities for Widening countries and supports the development of exploitation and intellectual assets strategies within collaborative R&I projects. In addition, she serves as RM Roadmap Ambassador for Croatia and as a Senior Expert in the Horizon Europe Booster Intellectual Assets Management service.

Prior to joining RISE, Ivana was Head of the Technology Transfer Office at the University of Split, where she led intellectual property, commercialisation and innovation support activities, working closely with researchers, startups, SMEs and public stakeholders. Over the past decade, she has been actively involved in numerous European and national projects, providing advisory services, developing innovation support programmes and policy frameworks, and delivering training on technology transfer, intellectual property and entrepreneurship.

Ivana holds a PhD in Neuroscience and a Master’s degree in Marine Biology and Ecology.