Glenn Croston

Current

Author at 75 Green Businesses
Founder at Starting Up Green
Director of In Vitro Pharmacology at Ferring Research Institute

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Past

Developer at Biocarta
Group Leader at ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
Senior Research Scientist at Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Postdoctoral Researcher at Tularik Inc.

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Education

University of California, San Diego
University of California, Davis

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Glenn Croston’s Summary

Author of "75 Green Businesses" (www.75GreenBusinesses.com)
Author of "Greening Your Business on a Budget"
Founder of "Starting up Green" (StartingUpGreen.com)
Expert Green Business Blogger for Fast Company

I'm helping entrepreneurs from many backgrounds to start and grow green businesses.

Glenn Croston’s Experience

Author

75 Green Businesses

(Renewables & Environment industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

The author of "75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money and Make a Difference", laying out green businesses for almost anyone to capitalize on the opportunities of our lifetime, and build a better future.

He is also developing "Starting Up Green" to help green entrepreneurs find opportunities, build plans, and carry them out to succeed.
Founder

Starting Up Green

(Renewables & Environment industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Starting Up Green helps entrepreneurs start and grow green businesses across many fields.
Director of In Vitro Pharmacology

Ferring Research Institute

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

May 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)

Leads In Vitro Pharmacology team doing lead discovery, lead optimization and molecular pharmacology research.
Developer

Biocarta

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

2000 — 2004 (4 years )
Group Leader

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals

(Public Company; ACAD; Pharmaceuticals industry)

1998 — 2002 (4 years )

Using ACADIA's proprietary cell-based functional assay for chemical genomic drug discovery, lead molecules were identified for a variety of molecular targets, including nuclear receptors and G-protein coupled receptors.
Senior Research Scientist

Ligand Pharmaceuticals

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Biotechnology industry)

1994 — 1998 (4 years )

Lead discovery, support for lead optimization and molecular pharmacology research for retinoid program and cardiovascular research.
Postdoctoral Researcher

Tularik Inc.

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Biotechnology industry)

1993 — 1994 (1 year )

Worked with Dave Goeddel to explore IL-1 signal transduction mechanisms

Glenn Croston’s Education

University of California, San Diego

Ph.D. , Biochemistry , 1988 — 1993

These on the biochemistry of gene regulation with Jim Kadonaga, finding histone H1 is an important factor in gene regulation.

Activities and Societies:

Kamen Prize, Graduate Representative in GSA, NSF Predoctoral Fellow
University of California, Davis

B.S. , Biology , 1982 — 1986

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Author of "75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money and Make a Difference", coming out August 2008 with Entrepreneur Press. Founder of Starting Up Green Published author of multiple best-selling educational and test-prep books, including Organic Edge, Kaplan AP Bio, Kaplan SAT II E/M, Kaplan