Lloyd Jones Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, NC, US

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

-Develop a global crop physiology research program and manage phases 0-2a of UPL's 4 stage phase gate process for discovery, testing and development of biostimulant and soil health products.-Lead technical due diligence team for evaluation of third party technologies.-Collaborate broadly with regional technical teams and very closely with Strategic.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Continuation of role from Monsanto; increased responsibility in collaboration management and Biologicals product development.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Controlled Environment Physiology Lead with accountability for management of testing strategy and plant physiology experiments to support phase advancements, regulatory and commercial decisions.
• Direct management of physiologists, research associates and contractors and matrix management of support teams including statisticians, data analyst, operations and greenhouse teams.- MOA Lead for Corn BioYield 3 and.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Develop controlled environment physiology strategy for discovery and development of new products. Design, coordinate, and interpret plant physiology and microbial symbiosis experiments.
• Establish laboratory with high content imaging platform for in vitro efficacy testing of antifungal compounds.
• USDA Site Responsible Researcher for APHIS PPQ526 and BRS permits. Maintain permits and communication with USDA. Develop compliance policies for startup of plant pathology research.
• Controlled Environment Physiologist. Responsibilities included design, coordination and interpretation of experiments and delivery of results to collaboration team in written reports and presentations.
• Trained in public engagement and speaking on Anti-GMO Issues.
• Science Education Outreach – Led formation of US2020 Stem Mentoring Bronze Level Partnership. Represented Monsanto at US2020 Stem Mentoring Conference at White House (2015).

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Lead developer of plant production and physiology methods for automated phenotyping of corn and soy abiotic stress tolerance research. Responsibilities included management of research team and delivery of 9 validated.
• Controlled Environment Physiologist to Corn Nitrogen Use Efficiency, Cotton Water Use Efficiency and Canola Yield projects. Responsibilities included design, execution and interpretation of experiments and delivery of.
• Lead developer of hydroponics platform for nutrition research on corn, soy, canola and Arabidopsis.

• Chemist for project development team. Established GCMS methods to identify mint species with highest farm gate value and transgenic corn with increased herbicide tolerance.
• Laboratory and Personnel Manager. Management of a GCMS laboratory and laboratory staff.
• Controlled Environment Manager for Monsanto and Bayer Collaborations. Responsibilities included management of 8 full time employees, 16 production scale growth chambers and a production pipeline for Plant.
• Significant contributor to scale-up of vertical farming methods for genetic engineering research. Plant production increased from thousands to hundred of thousands in 3 years.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

• Environmental Microbiology Lab Manager. Responsibilities included establishment of a new laboratory, including safety and research plans, delivery of microbiology and analytical chemistry data, management of lab scale.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Graduate Certificate, Supply Chain, Operations And Logistics

Graduate Studies, Functional Genomics

Bachelor'S Degree, Microbiology, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Molecular And Structual Biochemistry

Master Of Science - Ms, Agronomy And Crop Science