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Graham Brookes is a Director of PG Economics Ltd and GBC Ltd, UK, where he is responsible for undertaking contract research projects relating to the agricultural and food sector. Prior to his current position, he was an Agriculture Marketing and Economics Consultant, and then the Managing Director of CEAS Consultants (Wye) Ltd, UK. Mr Brookes is a specialist in agricultural economics, agricultural policy, evaluation, trade and marketing and assessing the economic and environmental impact of new technology. He has in-depth knowledge of European Union agricultural and trade policies and issues, including global agricultural product marketing, and the impact of agricultural policy and trade barriers etc. Mr Brookes has also undertaken numerous projects on the economic and environmental impact of new technology, and has considerable experience in the evaluation of agricultural policies and programs. Mr Brookes has a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Economics and a Master’s degree in European Economic Studies from Exeter University, UK. |
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Gerard Barry is the HarvestPlus Rice Crop Team Leader and Program Leader for IRRI Program 4 on Rice and Human Health, and Head of IRRI’s Intellectual Property Management Unit. Prior to joining IRRI, Dr Barry spent more than 20 years with Monsanto Company in St. Louis, USA, where he had various responsibilities, including co-head of the Rice Business Team, head of the Rice Genome and Rice Genomics projects, and Director of Research for developing country research cooperation. Dr Barry is co-inventor on 20 patents, co-author of more than 50 research articles, and has been a frequent invited speaker at international conferences. He received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from University College, Cork, Ireland, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York. Dr Barry was also formerly Charge de Recherche at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. |
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Mario Capanzana is currently the Director of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and Technology. His research interests are in the areas of food fortifi cation, functional foods, food quality and safety and technology transfer. He is also the Project Director for the 7th Nationwide Nutrition Survey being conducted by the FNRI. Dr. Capanzana has authored a number of scientific articles in peer reviewed local and international journals as well as other technical papers. He is also presently the President of the Philippine Association of Nutrition and President/Convenor of the Philippine Food Science and Technology Council. He obtained a post graduate diploma in Applied Food Science and Technology from Hawkesbury Agricultural Knowledge in Richmond, New Southwales, Australia and PhD in Food Science from the same university as AUSAID Fellow. |
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Junshi Chen is the Director of the Chinese Center of Disease control in China and also serves as the Director of the ILSI Focal Point in Beijing. For more than 40, years he has conducted research in the areas of nutrition and food safety at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine. Dr Chen is a member of several advisory bodies to the Ministry of Health, including cancer, diabetes and food safety. He serves as a member of JECFA (FAO/WHO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives) and is also an adjunct professor with the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, USA |
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Reynaldo Ebora is a Research Associate Professor at the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Los Baños and is currently on secondment to the Philippine Council for Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology as its Executive Director. Further, Dr Ebora is presently the Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia of the USAID funded project “Program for Biosafety Systems” and the Philippine Focal Person for the APEC – Industrial Science and Technology Working Group. He is also the National Agency Focal Point for UNEP-GEF Project of the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH). Dr Ebora completed his Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture (Entomology) and Master’s degree in Entomology at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. He received his Ph.D in Entomology from Michigan State University, USA in 1995. Dr. Ebora also completed a post graduate fellowship on Intellectual Property Management and Technology Transfer from ISAAA AmeriCenter, Cornell University, USA and completed the International Post Graduate Course in Microbiology at the Osaka University, Japan. |
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Maria Benardita Flores concurrently holds the position of Executive Director of the National Nutrition Council and Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Philippines. She holds a degree in Master of Professional Studies in Food and Nutrition Planning from the University of the Philippines Los Banos and Applied Diploma in Administrative Management from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
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George Fuller is the Executive Director of the Asian Food Information Centre (AFIC). AFIC is a science-based resource on nutrition, health and food safety for the Asian region. Prior to joining AFIC in 2008, Dr Fuller was the Executive Director of CropLife Asia, based in Bangkok, where he oversaw the strategic planning and operations of the Association in the areas of product stewardship, regulatory policy, biotechnology acceptance and communications. From 1982 to 2002, Dr Fuller was with the Monsanto Company and worked in a variety of positions relating to international regulatory approvals of crop protection and biotechnology products. From 1997 through 2002, he concentrated on regulatory acceptance of biotechnology in the Asia-Pacific region. Dr Fuller received his Bachelors degree in Chemistry from Macalester College, his Master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley (USA) and his Ph.D. in Bio-organic Chemistry from the University of British Columbia (Canada). He also undertook postdoctoral work at the University of Alberta (Canada) and Yale University (USA) |
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Kristen Fobbs is currently managing ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute’s (HESI) Protein Allergenicity Technical Committee (PATC), Methodology for Intermittent and Short-Term Exposure to Carcinogens (MISTEC) Subcommittee, and the Adverse vs. Adaptive Subcommittee. She is also managing various projects within HESI’s Risk Assessment Methodology (RAM) Technical Committee. Prior to joining HESI in August 2008 as a Scientifi c Program Manager, Ms Fobbs worked in public health for over fi ve years. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Catwaba College and her Master’s in Science degree in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. |
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Corinne Herouet-Guicheney is the head of the Bioscience Unit dedicated to the safety evaluation of agribiotechnology products at Bayer Cropscience Regulatory Toxicology Department. Dr Herouet-Guicheney has been directly involved with research and development projects in food, feed and chemical products. She also has wide experience of the project management and regulatory approval associated with successful technology application and transfer to commercialised products. Dr Herouet-Guicheney has thus worked with regulatory authorities worldwide, particularly with regard to safety issues surrounding the registration and product defence of new agribiotechnology compounds, including transgenic proteins and genetically modifi ed crops. She is a member of numerous scientifi c societies and has served on a large number of committees (e.g. ILSI Europe, ILSI HESI PATC, ILSI IFBiC, Crop Life America, etc). She has written major scientifi c publications above and speaks widely on crop biotechnology safety assessment. She has also worked during 4 years for the Cosmetics Industry (L’Oréal) on the evaluation of potential immunotoxicity of chemicals and the development of alternatives to animal testing. Dr Herouet-Guicheney obtained her PhD in Toxicology at the University of Paris, France. |
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Saturnina Halos has served as Biotechnology Expert of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) since 1999. She currently chairs the Biotechnology Advisory Team of the DA and provides technical advice to the regulatory agencies of the Department on the implementation of DA Administrative Order No. 8 and all related issuances pertaining to plant biotechnology regulation. She served as technical consultant to the UNEP-GEF Project on Developing the National Biosafety Framework and participated in crafting the DA’s position on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Dr Halos is also the current Research Director of the Biotechnology Coalition of the Philippines. Dr Halos was a previously professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman, where she spearheaded the molecular biology and biotechnology program and established the country’s fi rst DNA Analysis Laboratory. She has written and co-written more than 80 technical papers and has received a number of awards from local academic and government institutions. Dr Halos earned a Bachelor degree in Agriculture (Magna cum laude) from University of the Philippines Los Baños and a Ph.D in Genetics from the University of California at Berkeley, USA. She obtained a postdoctoral fellowship and postdoctoral training in biotechnology in Japan and Germany. |
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Desiree Hautea is a Research Professor 7 at the University of Philippines at Los Banos, Philippines. Dr Hautea also serves as the Regional Coordinator of the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II (ABSP II) for Southeast Asia. With her extensive experience, Dr Hautea has been a project coordinator/project leader of more than 20 local and internationally funded projects in the areas of genetic resources management and biodiversity, biotechnology and biosafety for crop improvement. She has also been a technical consultant/member of various national and international committees and organizations related to crop improvement, genetic resources, biotechnology and biosafety. Dr Hautea has authored and co-authored many scientifi c publications in refereed journals, and has been an invited speaker to numerous national and international scientifi c meetings. Dr Hautea recently received the 2008 College of Agriculture Best Researcher Award. Dr Hautea obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Philippines at Las Banos, and her Ph.D in Plant Genetics and Breeding from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at University of Minnesota, USA. |
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Randy Hautea is currently the Global Coordinator of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), and concurrently the Director of the ISAAA Southeast Asia Center. ISAAA is an international not-for-profi t organization engaged in facilitating the assessment, acquisition, transfer, and management of agri-biotechnology applications for the benefi t of developing countries. Prior to joining ISAAA in 1998, he served as Director of the Institute of Plant Breeding, University of the Philippines Los Baños. Dr Hautea completed his Ph.D in Plant Breeding from Cornell University, and his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Agronomy and Plant Breeding from the University of the Philippines at Los Baños He was also a Visiting Scientist in Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota, USA. |
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Kazumi Kitta currently serves as the head of the GMO Analytical Evaluation Laboratory in the National Food Research Institute (NFRI) in Japan, where she is responsible for the development and validation of methods for the detection and quantifi cation of genetically modifi ed organisms (GMO). She also has been involved in work related to food allergens. Joining NFRI in 1992, Dr Kitta is professionally active in the development of detection methods for GMO, being a member of the expert committee of genetically modifi ed foods in Food Safety Commission, Japan and a national expert for ISO/TC34/WG7. She also served as a member of the organizing committee for “The 1st Global Conference on GMO Analysis”. Dr Kitta was as a visiting scientist from 1998-2000 at Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University, focusing on aging. She received her academic training at Tohoku University, Japan and University of California, Davis, U.S.A. in food science and biochemistry. |
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Greg Ladics is a Senior Research Scientist at DuPont Co. Dr Ladics’s current research activities involve the evaluation and validation of test methods to assess protein allergenicity potential; assessment of the potential of specifi c animal models to predict protein allergenicity; and research to address issues and further refi ne bioinformatic/protein modeling approaches for assessing potential protein allergenicity. He is currently a member of the American Chemistry Council’s Technical Implementation Panel on Immunotoxicology. Dr Ladics serves on the International Life Sciences Institute’s (ILSI) Committee on Protein Allergenicity as Chair and the ILSI Immunotoxicology Technical Committee. He is also a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Immunotoxicology. Dr Ladics has over 100 abstract, journal, and book chapter publications in the fi eld of Immunotoxicology and Allergy. In 1999, he became a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology. Dr Ladics received his BS cum laude in Toxicology from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. He received his Ph.D in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. |
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Christopher Leaver is Emeritus Professor of Plant Science and a Fellow of St John’s College at the University of Oxford, UK. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Western Australia. Dr Leaver’s research interests are in the molecular, biochemical and cellular basis of plant development, the regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis and programmed cell death in plants. With an extinguished career in academia, Dr Leaver is also an Elected Fellow of the Royal Society, a member of Academia Europaea, member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation, and an Inaugural Fellow of The American Society of Plant Biologist. He is involved in the Advisory Panel of several academic and research institutions around the world, and has received numerous awards, including the 2000 New Year’s Honours where he was awarded the CBE for services to plant science. Dr Leaver’s commitment is to creating a dialogue and informing the public understanding of science. He was a founding Trustee and is currently an Executive Committee member of Sense About Science. Dr Leaver obtained his Ph.D in Plant Physiology from Imperial College London, UK and was a Fulbright Scholar at Purdue University, USA. |
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Jim Ligon is currently the Regulatory Affairs Manager of BASF Plant Science where his main responsibility is to take care of all regulatory affairs in North and South America, including the development and implementation of strategies to gain global regulatory approval for genetically modifi ed crops. Prior to his current position, Dr Ligon was the Regulatory Affairs Manager for the Enzyme Business of Syngenta Biotechnology Inc. He has also been a member of the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Institutional Biosafety Committee since 2003 and an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Microbiology of NCSU since 1997. Dr Ligon has authored over 45 scientifi c publications in peer reviewed journals and an inventor on 26 issued patents. He holds a PhD from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. |
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James Maryanski is a former regulatory offi cial with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He currently manages a consulting business, J.H.Maryanski, L.L.C., that provides expert advice on issues related to food safety for food crops and products developed using modern biotechnology (bioengineered or genetically modifi ed foods). He also lectures on the international standards for food safety for foods derived using modern biotechnology. Dr Maryanski served as the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Biotechnology Coordinator for foods for twenty years. He has also served as an expert consultant on food biotechnology for the WHO and FAO, providing his expertise as scientifi c advisor to the U.S. Delegate to the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology, as advisor to the U.S. Delegate to the Codex Committee on Food Labeling, and as the lead U.S. Delegate to the OECD Task Force on Novel Foods and Feeds. Dr Maryanski has received several awards from FDA for his work in food biotechnology, including the FDA Commissioner’s Special Citation, and Distinguished Career Service Award. He received a Bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Ohio State University, USA and a Ph.D from the University of New Hampshire, USA specializing in microbiology, molecular biology and marine science. |
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Evelyn Mae Teczon-Mendoza is a member of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) Philippines and a Research Professor of Biochemistry at the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB), Crop Science Cluster, College of Agriculture, University of Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB). She presently heads the Crop Biotechnology Division of the Crop Science Cluster and is the Chair of the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (MBB) Program Management Committee of UPLB. Her research has focused on plant biochemistry and biotechnology. With co-researchers and students, she has published more than 95 technical papers in refereed journals, has authored and co-authored several books and book chapters. Dr Tecson-Mendoza is the recipient of several national, professional and institutional awards and research paper awards. She is presently the Editor-in-Chief of the Philippine Agricultural Scientist. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry cum laude (Gold Medalist) from the Mapua Institute of Technology, and an Master’s degree and Ph.D in Biochemistry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. |
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Scott McClain is a Senior Scientist and Allergist in the Regulatory Sciences division at Monsanto Company where he supports the Company in product registrations. He has worked in industry for over 12 years supporting research and development, clinical diagnostics, and regulatory sciences in the fi elds of molecular and diagnostic immunology. Dr McClain participates with the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) as the Vice-Chair of the Protein Allergenicity Technical Committee and regularly supports ILSI/HESI scientifi c symposia and outreach. Dr McClain received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Hope College and his Master’s and Ph.D degrees from Miami University in Oxford, USA. |
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William Padolina is the Deputy Director for Operations and Support services at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and also the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Euromed Laboratories Inc. Prior to his current position, he was Director for External Relations at IRRI. Dr Padolina was an academician of the Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology and formerly full Professor of Chemistry at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Dr Padolina was appointed Secretary (Minister) of Science and Technology from 1994 to 1999. Dr Padolina has more than 50 publications and received many outstanding awards. Dr Padolina received his PhD degree in Botany/Phytochemistry from University of Texas, Austin, USA and pursued a postdoctoral studies at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. |
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Frank Shotkoski is the Director of the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II, a fi ve year project funded by US AID and led by Cornell University, USA since 2005. He is also an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics and an Adjunct International Professor for the same department at Cornell University. Prior to joining the academe, Dr Shotkoski has worked with companies like Syngenta and Novartis as a scientist and program leader. He has published numerous articles in refereed journals and written a book chapter in Integration of Insect resistant GM crops within IPM programs. Dr Shotkoski holds a Ph.D in Molecular Entomology from the University of Minnesota, USA. |
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Krishnan Kumar Tripathi is the Adviser/Scientist-General in-charge of the Biosafety and Regulatory aff airs of biotech products and processes, import and export and biotech patent facilitation cell, in the Department of Biotechnology in the Ministry of Science and Technology, India. Having worked in the Department of Biology for the past 18 years, Dr Tripathi has handled many national programs including research and development in microbial and industrial biotechnology, industrial licensing, foreign direct investment in biotechnology, matters related to technology transfer, biosafety etc. Dr Tripathi is also noted for his research work in the reduction in immunisation-schedule of neural rabies vaccine. He has more than 80 research and review publications in national and international Journals. Dr Tripathi received is Ph.D in Microbiology from Panjab University, India. |
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Zhen Zhu is Professor and the Deputy Director of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. His major research interest is in the area of biotechnology, plant molecular biology, genomics and genetically modifi ed organisms. Currently, his research team is focusing on plant genomics, molecular mechanism of heterosis of super hybrid rice. Dr Zhen has authored many scientifi c articles in the area of plant molecular biology and genomics. Dr Zhen received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biochemistry from Beijing University and Ph.D from Institute of Genetics at Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. |
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