Eric Castlen

Senior Associate Director, Contracts, Technology Commercialization

Eric is the Senior Associate Director, Contracts for UK Innovate at the University of Kentucky where he oversees the drafting, review, negotiation and maintenance of intellectual property-related contracts including agreements for licensing, material transfer, confidential disclosure and inter-institutional agreements. Additionally, he is Contracts Manager for the Estate Whiskey Alliance® consortium, which was established by the University in 2023 and authenticates estate whiskeys with a globally recognized certification mark used on qualifying whiskey products: Estate Whiskey Certified™. Previously, he was a technology manager for engineering and physical sciences at the University of Louisville.

Eric is a registered patent attorney and has been recognized as a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP).  He received a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Kentucky and a J.D. from Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law.