Anthony Green, PhD

Anthony Green, Ph.D., is Vice President, Technology Commercialization Group for Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA and Ben Franklin Director of The Nanotechnology Institute™ (NTI) and Energy Commercialization Institute. He is also a Visiting Research Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University. At BFTP/SEP, Dr. Green is focused on Ben Franklin's larger and region-wide technology partnerships and major initiatives, including the NTI and the Energy Commercialization Institute (ECI). He is also focused on new and evolving life sciences initiatives, university/industry partnerships in advanced textiles and water, advanced manufacturing and the development and implementation new commercialization models. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of the Sciences Misher College of Arts and Sciences and the PA Life Science Leadership Advisory Council and serves on the Oversight/Advisory Committees for the Coulter-Drexel Translational Research Partnership, the Science Center’s QED Program and the Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium. Dr. Green has over 30 years experience in the biotechnology industry focusing on diagnostics and gene transfer technologies. Dr. Green’s track record includes research, development and commercialization of cutting-edge technologies primarily through small, emerging companies, including Centocor, BD and Puresyn. Dr. Green earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Immunology, with Honors, from Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island and his Ph.D. from Temple University School of Medicine, in Microbiology and Immunology.