Professor Karen Reynolds is Director of the Medical Device Research Institute (MDRI) at Flinders University. As one of Australia’s leading researchers in biomedical engineering, Karen is passionate about bridging the divide between research and industry. In 2008, she founded the Medical Device Partnering Program (MDPP), a program designed to facilitate early-stage innovation and collaborations. In 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, she established a Personal Protective Equipment test facility to support sovereign manufacture.