Used globally in transportation, industrial processes and energy storage systems, hydrogen is emerging as a critical fossil fuel alternative to meet rising energy demands. With global demand for green hydrogen projected to increase more than twenty-fold to a $230 billion industry by 2035, improving efficiency and reducing production costs is becoming increasingly urgent. To meet (read more)
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We’re Hiring! Accounting Manager
Reporting to the Budget Director, the Accounting Manager provides professional-level financial analysis, reporting, and advisory support for UTRF’s non-profit and for-profit subsidiaries and special projects. The role addresses complex accounting and financial issues requiring in-depth analysis of multiple variables and the application of professional judgment within broadly defined GAAP, UTRF, and UT policies. The position (read more)
From Lab Bench to Breakthrough: How a UT Mentor-Student Partnership Sparked a Rising East Tennessee Biotech Company
When Trey Fisher, PhD, walked into the vascular biology lab led by Deidra Mountain, PhD, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine – Knoxville more than a decade ago, he was a graduate student looking for a scientific challenge. He found one, and something more: the beginnings of a partnership that would one day spark a promising East Tennessee biotechnology company.

