Dr Naveraj Gill is a biochemical engineer and strategic alliance director for the Department of Biochemical Engineering at UCL, focusing on links between academia and industry to foster a platform for knowledge transfer and collaboration. She is responsible for the creation and management of major industrial strategic partnerships including the UCL-Pall Biotech Centre of Excellence and UCL-AstraZeneca Centre of Excellence in Research and Training. Prior to joining the Department, Naveraj was leading business development at GE Healthcare for upstream technologies for UK and Ireland. She received the GE Healthcare Life Sciences Excellence award for exceptional performance and initiative for creating and driving new projects to promote GE technologies.