Nick is a trailblazer in the natural technology industry in Australia, leading Innovate Ag's mission to harness the power of botanical extracts and peptides for agricultural use. As the research director of Innovate AG, he played an integral role in obtaining regulatory approval for a groundbreaking novel active constituent - a feat few companies worldwide achieve.For the past 15 years, Nick has been partnering with Australia's top research institutions as a partner investigator including on two Australian Research Council projects. Innovate AG is also the industry partner for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science. Currently, Nick is also proud to be a partner investigator on an ARC Discovery grant that aims to create a platform technology for designing new crop protection agents based on peptides. This project has the potential to revolutionise pest control development and regulations in Australia.Innovate Ag is a prime example of successful collaboration between government research bodies and industry, with a strong ties to the cotton industry and agriculture as a whole. As the research director, Nick is a firm believer that Australia's skilled researchers can make the country the Silicon Valley of Agriculture. He is on a mission to bring natural technology to the forefront of agriculture in Australia in a way that place evidence based science at its foundations.,Trying to save the bee's one bee at a time!