Anthony P F Turner
Innovations Director & Member of the
Board Cranfield Ventures
Professor Anthony (Tony) Turner's 35 year academic career culminated in the
positions of Principal of Cranfield University at Silsoe and Distinguished Professor
of Biotechnology. He retains part-time positions at Cranfield as an Emeritus
Professor and as Director of Cranfield Ventures Ltd, with responsibility for
leveraging Cranfield University's IP via spin outs and licensing. He also assists in
commercialisation of technology from Linkoping University in Sweden and runs
the Biosensors and Bioelectronics Centre there.
He has >600 publications and patents and is best known for his role in the
development of the technology that now dominates the $13 billion home blood
glucose monitoring market . He has helped create and been a board member of a
number of biosensor start ups and has served as expert witness in patent
litigations on three continents. He has presented well over 400 keynote and
plenary lectures and provides business and technical consultancy for companies
and governments worldwide in analytical biotechnology.