Dr. Catherine Kibirige

Professor

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Biography

Catherine Kibirige is an Intellectual Property Strategy Officer at Imperial College London's Enterprise Division, where her responsibilities include overseeing compliance with UK Government research security regulations and export control licensing. She manages the Reward Inventors Scheme to ensure accurate revenue distribution to researchers and facilitates the transfer of non-commercialized intellectual property. With over 20 years of experience as a Research Scientist, Catherine has been involved in HIV-1 clinical research and large epidemiological cohort studies. Her notable projects include 'The HIVQuant Project', which focuses on ambient-temperature HIV-1 quantification kits for early infant diagnosis and treatment monitoring. Catherine has also conducted extensive market discovery exercises and engaged with biomedical commercialization accelerator programs. Her research has included the molecular characterization of HIV infection, exploring viral replicative capacity, and profiling host immune interactions related to HIV pathogenesis.

Research Interests

Requirements for Imperial College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:125
Overall
Required:125
Prerequisites
Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Physics Chemistry
Application Checklist
  • Personal statement
  • CV/resume
  • Official university transcripts
  • Two academic or professional references
  • Application fee (£90)
Specialization Notes

Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.