Microbial Solutions As a New Tool for Sustainable Agriculture by Michael Frodyma

Описание: Microbial Solutions As a New Tool for Sustainable Agriculture by Michael Frodyma.
Dr. Frodyma represents Novozymes, the world’s leading producer of industrial microorganisms and enzymes. With over 20 years’ experience in both academic and commercial positions, Dr. Frodyma is a technical research leader for the Novozymes BioAg groups based in North America. He received his B.S. in Marine Molecular Biology from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1993, and then obtained a PhD in Bacterial Physiology and Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998 working on thiamin and purine metabolic crosstalk in Salmonella enterica. Dr. Frodyma then spent three years doing a post-doc at the Pennsylvania State University working on marine psychrophiles, and characterizing cold-active enzymes from these organisms. He has spent the last 13 years working for Novozymes BioAg, who manufactures and markets products within three technology platforms (biocontrol, biofertility, and bioyield enhancement) that help farmers grow better crops more efficiently. A large part of his job is to collaborate and direct the course of major research projects with industrial and academic partners though mentoring of technical project leads. Recently this has also involved managing the Monsanto-Novozymes BioAg Alliance in regards to joint research projects between the two companies. As a senior manager within BioAg, his projects are mostly global with dedicated partners in Agriculture. These technical projects are at both the discovery and developmental levels.