Commercialisation Aficionado. Appreciator of Indigenous Knowledges. IP Communicator.#
Michelle is a recognised leader in innovation ecosystems and technology commercialisation, with proven expertise in transforming emerging businesses. Her research focuses on advancing venture capital through hybrid intelligence, where the integration of human expertise and artificial intelligence leads to more precise and strategic investment decisions.
She currently serves as Co-Chair of the Australia India Youth Dialogue (AIYD) Steering Committee and as Interim Chair of the Canberra Innovation Network Advisory Committee. She was previously a Non-Executive Director of Cicada Innovations, Australia’s largest deep tech incubator.
As the inaugural Associate Professor of Innovation and Commercialisation at the Australian National University (ANU), she pioneered commercial research partnerships and founded the ANU First Nations Innovation Hub. Through the Hub, she created a dedicated seed funding program to catalyse commercial collaborations between First Nations innovators and ANU researchers.