Leigh Ann Harrison, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, De, Us

Loveland, Colorado, Us

Providing technical and sales leadership to internal and external customers on LPI Brands. I am regularly conducting trainings on product and label usage best practices. Also serving as the technical product launch lead for a biofungicide, working cross-functionally in label writing and sales strategy activities.

Ludwigshafen, De

- SME for BASF products in California cropping systems, including biological and synthetic chemistries- Successfully supported sales within territory, reaching annual budget goals of $75-80 million for 5 of 6 fiscal years- Awarded the BASF Top Gun Award in 2019 for local and national leadership, exceeding sales goals, and identifying new market opportunities- Led cross functional teams spanning across R&D, Regulatory, and Marketing to identify new market opportunities for specialty crops- Led the development of data dossiers for multiple California registrations- Assisted in writing pesticides labels and provided voice of customer for Marketing brand planning and other campaigns. - Successfully coordinate 40+ pest management field trials per year, resulting in new product registrations and development of best use practices- Collaborated with trade compliance experts and developed best practices for growers that desire to meet secondary pesticide residue standards for their end-users- Member of the Revysol fungicide launch team, contributor to go to market strategy development and identifying key market drivers within specialty crops

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Soybean Pathologist within Soybean Breeding organization- I successfully built the Soybean Breeding pathology field program. My team characterized hundreds of elite lines annually for resistance to 5+ diseases in the field, including regulated trials, through collaboration with universities and other Monsanto teams- Managed the soybean disease/ insect diagnostics lab for the US, and provided pathology expertise through workshops and making a field diagnostics guide- Developed and provided guidance to optimize greenhouse screening protocols for stronger field-to-greenhouse correlation- Collaborated with the Chemistry team on field trials to optimize efficient management combinations of resistant varieties with foliar/ seed treatments- Collaborative project with multiple university extension pathologists to update the survey of Phytophthora sojae pathotypes across the Midwest

Blacksburg, Va, Us

Dissertation Title: Characterization and assessment of fungicide sensitivity of the Pythium blight pathogen of snap beans and other crops in the Eastern U.S.I improved fungicide management recommendations by characterizing the Pythium blight pathogen of snap bean. Over 100 isolates were collected from Eastern states and identified to species by morphology and molecular methods I identified several less/insensitive isolates to fungicides commonly used for managing Pythium blight by testing isolates in vitroDeveloped a reliable field inoculation method for evaluating fungicide efficacy and germplasm resistance, which has been utilized to gain fungicide product registrations

Pullman/Spokane/Tri-Cities/Vancouver/Everett/Global, Washington, Us

Management practices in Fusarium wilt of spinach seed cropsDetermined that a soil pH increase from lime application significantly suppressed disease symptoms during one field seasonI initiated the successful development a quantitative molecular assay for F. oxysporum f. sp. spinaciae, using real-time PCR, sequencing, and primer design

Pullman/Spokane/Tri-Cities/Vancouver/Everett/Global, Washington, Us

Thesis Title: Epidemiology of and resistance to Wheat streak mosaic virus in perennial wheatDeveloped a symptom rating scale that highly correlated with ELISA values, and used it to phenotype perennial wheat lines for resistance in greenhouse and fieldTracked spatial movement of WSMV in perennial wheat fields

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plant Pathology

Master Of Science (Ms), Plant Pathology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biological Sciences