Since 2007, Anthony (Tony) Boccanfuso has led UIDP – serving as executive director when UIDP was convened under the National Academies and since 2015, when the partnership became an independent nonprofit, as president and CEO.
After completing his doctorate in inorganic chemistry, Boccanfuso began his 30-plus-year career in research and commercialization roles. He managed administrative, programmatic, and strategy initiatives for academic and government organizations (including the NIH and NSF) and also worked in the private sector, where he served as a consultant to major research organizations seeking to maximize their work’s impact.
Tony is part of the leadership for the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), an NSF-funded initiative with a mission to identify and develop new engineering research directions and catalyze high-impact research that benefits society.
Tony’s wife, Dr. Laura Boccanfuso, is a successful and accomplished roboticist and entrepreneur who founded Van Robotics, an edtech company. They have three grown children and reside in Columbia, SC.
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