18th Annual Biomedical Lectures Series to Host Dr. Anthony P. Green of The Nanotechnology Institute

Feb. 24, 2011 - PRLog -- PHILADELPHIA, PA –Anthony P. Green, Ph.D., the Ben Franklin Director of the Nanotechnology Institute will present the lecture, “The Nanotechnology Institute: Accelerating Innovation and Entrepreneurship through Technology Commercialization” on Wednesday, April 6, at 4 p.m. in the East Parlor, St. Joseph Hall.

   Dr. Green’s focus at the Nanotechnology Institute is on large and region-wide technology partnerships and major initiatives, including the Energy Commercialization Institute (ECI), the Mid-Atlantic Nanotechnology Alliance (MANA®), and the Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster.  He is also focused on new and evolving life sciences initiatives including the IP Donation Program, university/industry partnerships in advanced textiles and water, and the development and implementation of new commercialization models.  

   Dr. Green serves on the advisory boards of numerous regional translational research programs including the Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnership program at Drexel University, Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Innovator’s Fund and the University City Science Center’s QED program.  Dr. Green has over 30 years experience in the biotechnology industry, with a specialization in the research, development and commercialization of cutting-edge technologies primarily in small, emerging companies, including Centocor and Puresyn.  Dr. Green earned his undergraduate degree in immunology with honors from Brown University, and received his Ph.D. from Temple University School of Medicine in microbiology and immunology.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Dr. Lakshmi Atchison at latchiso@chc.edu or call 215.248.7159.

 About Chestnut Hill College

Chestnut Hill College is a four-year coed Catholic college in the Ignatian tradition that offers a traditional liberal arts undergraduate program as well as accelerated undergraduate degrees, master’s and doctoral programs. The College has been rated by US News & World Report as among the best master’s universities in the North, as among the best Northeastern colleges by The Princeton Review, and has been classified as selective by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Since 1924, the College has offered a rigorous curriculum that provides students with a broad background in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The goal of Chestnut Hill College has been to prepare students for life’s challenges by helping them to grow intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and socially.

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Chestnut Hill College, a four-year coed Catholic college in the Ignatian tradition, offers a traditional liberal arts undergraduate program as well as accelerated undergraduate degrees, master’s and doctoral programs.