President and sr. fellow
Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Sc.D.
Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie is an international medical sciences, engineering, and innovation consultant at the American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Engineering, and Innovation, an academic consultancy and think tank focused on convergence in education. He was most recently vice president of academic affairs and the chief academic officer at Tri-County Technical College. He has 15 years of experience in industrial research and product development, including at large and startup companies, and 18 years of experience as a tenured, titled, and endowed full professor at universities that include Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Clemson University (Clemson), Texas A&M University (TAMU), and Anderson University (AU). At VCU, he was a full professor of Chemical and Life Sciences Engineering, professor of Emergency Medicine, and served as center director for a first-of-its-type DoD, state and stakeholder funded transdisciplinary center focused on DNA and protein biochips, and biosensors. At Clemson he was the Dow Chemical Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, professor of Bioengineering, and professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and served as center director where he developed a transdisciplinary biosensors, bioelectronics, and nano-biotechnology curriculum. At TAMU he held the TEES Research Professorship in Engineering, was head of biomedical engineering, and served as the founding associate dean of engineering innovation in the college of engineering where he co-founded the Engineering-Medicine Program. At AU he was university distinguished professor, vice president of industry relations, and founding dean of the college of engineering where he implemented a unique, industry-supported, convergent liberal-arts engineering curriculum with strong com unity and stakeholder engagement. He has been associated with three startup companies and is Founder, President, and Scientific Director of ABTECH Scientific, Inc. A US citizen who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, he holds the Sc.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, the M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester (UMIST), and the B.Sc. (First Class Honors) in Applied, Analytical, and Biochemistry from the University of the West Indies (UWI). He has published over 225 peer-reviewed journal articles, holds 8 patents, and is a fellow of IEEE, AIMBE, BMES and the RSC. His research interests are in physiological status monitoring during hemorrhagic trauma and allotransplantation, polymeric nanobiomaterials in drug delivery and tissue regeneration, and fully integrated microanalytical systems in the service of human health and medicine. (12.2023|h-index=50|>9,450 citations).