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As a Principal with 17+ years of intellectual property law experience, Leanne Rakers’ technical skill ranges from chemistry to biotechnology. Her client portfolio includes large and small pharmaceutical, life science, chemical, biotechnology, biofuels, cosmetics, and food processing companies.
Douglas Robinson is a Principal with the law firm of Harness Dickey with 16+ years of intellectual property law experience. He specializes in assisting companies in identifying potential IP assets, evaluating the proper form of protection for those assets, and managing their IP portfolios.
Dominic is a Director of Varsha Bioscience and Technology India Pvt Ltd taking care of its international operations. He will be presenting this paper on behalf of the authors Dr. A. John Peter, Dr. E. Leo Daniel Amalraj, and Dr. Venkateswara Rao Talluri who are part of the technical/research team of the company.
Kelly Rahn specializes in the registration and ongoing compliance of pesticides at the US state and federal level, with an emphasis on antimicrobials and conventional chemicals for all major market sectors including agrochemical, consumer, structural pest control, and the industrial/institutional marketplace. She is also well versed in FIFRA's Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and 6a2 compliance.
Over her 30 year career, Kelly has combined her scientific background in chemistry with her wealth of industry knowledge to address and satisfy data requirements, resolve labeling and efficacy issues, assist companies with negotiating terms in enforcement situations, develop economically beneficial data compensation strategies and manage state product registrations. She has particular expertise in navigating the regulatory challenges associated with registering new active ingredients with EPA and California's Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). This experience also leaves her well suited for the defense of older, complex chemistries, especially those undergoing EPA's Registration Review and DPR’s Special Review processes.
Kelly has a BS in Chemistry from the University of Dallas.
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Allie White graduated from Clemson University in 2013 with a BS in Chemical Engineering and has been working for Ingevity ever since. The majority of her career has been as an engineer at Ingevity’s production facility in Charleston, SC. In 2018, she joined the Ingevity agrochemical commercial team where she has been able to apply her technical background.
Knoell USA, LLC is a contract research organization serving the regulated scientific communities. Founded in 2001, knoell USA provides technical scientific support, regulatory consultation, dossier preparation and publishing, and analytical laboratory services. Knoell USA is part of the global family of knoell companies.
Our services at a glance:
» Strategic regulatory consulting
» Project management
» Federal, state, and worldwide registrations for biopesticides, biostimulants, fertilizers, soil amendments and conventional pesticides
» Study design, monitoring, and management (lab and field)
» Dossier compilation, technical writing, and publishing
» Environmental exposure & risk assessment
» Human and dietary safety
» Label preparation and amendments
» Tolerance & MRL assessments
» Laboratory: residue, E-fate, 5-batch testing
» Quality assurance and QA consulting
» Liaising with US and Canadian federal and state authorities
» Customized services at your site
For further information visit www.knoellUSA.com
Dr. Paul Ulanch is the Executive Director of the Crop Commercialization Program at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center where he facilitates value-add opportunities to improve crops that result in increased profits for NC growers and strengthens the state’s agribusinesses. Many projects add value to the greater Southeast. Current project work is pursuing increasing feed grain production in the Mid-Atlantic region to sustain North Carolina’s production animal industry, optimize parameters for growing cellulosic biomass grasses to sustain a high-value chemicals industry, scale the use of winter oilseeds as a way to improve wheat production and attract specialty oil markets, and explore niche specialty crops that can be deployed at scale for food ingredients. He served as the Enterprise & Technology Development Director where he led efforts to support ag biotech entrepreneurs, enable partnership development, and assist companies locating to North Carolina.
He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Texas A&M University where he developed a process to accelerate construction of physical genome maps, and MBA from the Katz Executive Program at the University of Pittsburgh, with Beta Gamma Sigma honors. He served as Director of Technology Commercialization at the NC SBTDC and research faculty at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine, and consulted for and advised industry, commodity groups, and non-profits in areas of science, marketing, and intellectual property.
With over 25 years of research management experience, Bob leads Vestaron’s molecular biology and chemistry development teams. Management positions in Fortune 500 companies (Pfizer), academic appointments (Columbia, Michigan) and start-ups add to the leadership and technical experience he brings to Vestaron’s Research and Development success.
Joshua Haslun is an Analyst on the Agro Innovation team at Lux Research. In this role he monitors and evaluates emerging and innovative agricultural technologies from sectors including crop genetic improvement, precision agriculture, and soil microbiome management to drive future innovations, while navigating challenging regulatory frameworks.
Joshua has extensive experience across numerous scientific disciplines including quantitative genomics and transcriptomics, immunology, isotope systematics, and microbial ecology. Prior to joining Lux, Joshua was a Research Associate for the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at Michigan State University, where he developed methods to apportion nitrogen losses among diverse soil microbial processes, fostering soil microbiome management methods to improve biofuel feedstock production.
Joshua obtained a dual-degree Ph.D. in Integrative Biology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior from Michigan State University and has contributed more than 13 publications to top peer-reviewed journals on diverse subjects. He also holds a B.S. in Biology from Siena College, and an M.S. in Biology specializing in Marine Science from Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.
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Melissa Johnson is the leader of Formulation Science & Technology at Corteva Agriscience. Her team is responsible for development, scale-up and launch of innovative formulated products to meet the needs of crop protection markets globally. She has over 15 years of research and leadership experience in formulations and formulation ingredients across industries, including Agriculture, Coatings, Personal Care, and Microbial Control. Melissa holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from Northwestern University.