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David C. Eustice, PhD, Executive Director Email Me
David Eustice, GSC Executive Director
As Executive Director, Dr. Eustice is responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of The Greenwich Science Center, and for ensuring that its mission and goals are successfully implemented throughout the community it services with positive, measurable, and longstanding results.
Dr. Eustice’s professional career includes a wealth of experience in a broad range of scientific fields including biochemistry, biology, drug research, cutting-edge investigatory technology at the molecular level and labortaory robotics.
Having earned his PhD in Biology from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, Dr. Eustice continued with his Post-Doctoral fellowships at Dartmouth Medical School in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and at the University of Rochester in Microbiology and Biochemistry.
Dr. Eustice’s distinguished scientific career includes roles as Research Biochemist and Principal Investigator at DuPont in the Medical Products and Viral Diseases Groups, as well as Senior Research Investigator with Bristol-Meyers Squibb in the Microbial Biochemistry and Genetics Department. More recently, he served as Senior Staff Scientist at Bayer Corp. in a variety of disciplines including High Throughput Screen, Robotics and Automation, and DNA Sequencing. While at Bayer, Dr. Eustice was an annual participant in the Science Makes Sense program sponsored by Bayer Corp., which educated and stimulated young minds in science. Dr. Eustice also spent several years in the Biotech industry pioneering new drug discovery techniques.
Dr. Eustice has been published on over 20 occasions in major scientific journals on a variety of topics, including new pharmaceutical agents, genomic structure and chromosome location, antibacterial agents, selenium toxicity, etc.
His lifelong accomplishments in science, technology, and discovery of all kinds have led him to his current role as Director of The Greenwich Science Center. Dr. Eustice is deeply committed to enhancing the lives of children and adults in the community by sharing his passion for science through the goals of The Greenwich Science Center. He is a black belt in Tang Soo Do (karate), and is an avid boater, swimmer, and outdoorsman.
