Antonio Costa, Ph.D. is chief executive officer at DIANT Pharma Inc., an early-stage company that provides continuous manufacturing technology, and an assistant research professor at UConn in the Pharmaceutical Sciences department. His work focuses on continuous manufacturing approaches, downstream processing of nanoparticle formulations, physicochemical characterization, process analytical technology integration and systems engineering. He is an author on 12 peer-reviewed publications and inventor on two granted patents and six patent applications.