Professor Anthony Green

Anthony Green is a Professor of Organic and Biological Chemistry at the University of Manchester and Director of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology. Following his PhD in synthetic organic chemistry under the supervision of Prof. E. J. Thomas, Anthony carried out postdoctoral research with Prof. Nicholas Turner and Prof. Sabine Flitsch at the University of Manchester. Following a postdoctoral research position with Prof. Donald Hilvert at ETH Zurich, Anthony started his independent research career in 2016 as a BBSRC David Phillips Fellow based in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, where he quickly rose through the ranks to full professor. Anthony is the Director of the CoEBio3 Centre of Excellence in Biocatalysis and leads the International Centre for Enzyme Design. He is internationally renowned for his work on enzyme design and engineering, and was recently named the 2024 UK Blavatnik Laureate in Chemistry.