Daniel Coyle Email & Phone Number

Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States

• Responsible for product formulation, plant testing, and label regulatory compliance.• Coordinating R&D efforts leading to new and improved products by designing and managing laboratory projects to develop new [or modify existing] products.• Review product labels for EPA compliance, formulation accuracy, guaranteed analysis, and state specific labeling requirements.• Provide efficacy data, certificate of analysis, and international product registration assistance to customer service.• Support plant production of methylene urea based products on technical polymeric formulation issues by using and maintaining a functional analytical laboratory for fertilizer analysis.• Coordinate University field trials and make recommendations based on product trial results in a presentation to the board of directors.

• Review and submit data that allows farm machines to utilize computer vision and machine learning to create artificial intelligence.• Blue River developed the See & Spray intelligent sprayer, which applies pesticide only where needed, reducing pesticide spray volumes by up to 90%• Give direct feed back to labelers to improve efficiency in data collection

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

• Setup lab and pilot scale cellulose reactors to optimize chemical formulations of modified cellulose ethers• Troubleshoot equipment that is used for cellulose reactions by reading manuals and interpreting SOP’s• Responsible for my own lab space regarding equipment, safety, and cleanliness.

Stine Research Center

• Development and implementation of growth chamber and greenhouse bioassays to detect the effects of chemicals on crops and pathogens• Compound dilution, preparation, formulation and application of test solutions• Designing, implementing and analyzing experiments to answer specific research questions• Coordination of all testing needs including plant and pathogen propagation and maintenance• Data collection, collation, analysis and generation of reports using various software tools• Summarization of technical results for diverse audiences in both internal and external meeting formats• Troubleshooting impediments to successful test implementation and devising improvements in testing• Assist in quality control procedures to effectively change SOP’s and PHR’s • Preform weekly pesticide applications in research greenhouses following IPM strategies• Utilize tissue culture on a routine basis, prepare various required agar media and preform fungal transfers using sterile technique

Stine-Haskell

• Implement and optimize bio-assays to determine activity of experimental fungicide compounds for control of diseases caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, Phytophthera infestans, Puccinia graminis, Rhizoctonia oryzae and Septoria tritici.• Improved tissue culture techniques for potatoes, edited process hazard reviews for new equipment, developed optimal cryo-storage processes for fickle plant pathogens, and continually advanced my knowledge in subject matter content relative to plant pathology• Experience in formulating, rating experiments, reporting data, and handling hazardous waste• Coordinated a field trial assay for a competitive product comparison using Phytophthera infestans • Preform weekly pesticide applications in the research greenhouses according to IPM strategies and identified pests

• Assisted in all aspects of the fall Chrysanthemum display under the leadership of Koa Keneme• Accurately laid irrigation line, pruned bonsai, and preformed “spot watering”

• Daily data collection of pH, EC, germination, and survival statistics of hydroponic Necotiana• Experienced in the use of an Autoclave, Vacuum infiltrator, and Centrifuge