Suterra
Donald Wenz is an accomplished Principal Scientist at Suterra, where expertise as an R&D Process Chemist focuses on the synthesis of insect pheromones. Responsibilities include process development encompassing chemical route design, process optimization, kilo scale demonstrations, and overseeing production scale deployment. Prior experience includes work as a Chemical Development Scientist at UC Santa Barbara and as a researcher at Saint Cloud State University. Wenz holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Organic Chemistry from UC Santa Barbara and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry from Saint Cloud State University.
Suterra
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Suterra is the world’s leading provider of mating disruption products for crop protection and commercial pest control. The company is dedicated to researching, developing and commercializing environmentally-friendly products using naturally occurring compounds such as pheromones. These products are non-toxic to humans and animals, leave no harmful residues on plants or in the soil, do not contaminate ground water and do not disrupt beneficial insect populations. Suterra's products are used on over three hundred thousand acres, and across six continents, around the globe. Suterra is growing rapidly and investing heavily in new product development and active ingredient chemical synthesis. Suterra’s parent company, The Wonderful Company LLC, has invested over $40 million in a modern, state-of-the art facility in Bend, Oregon to synthesize active ingredients and manufacture proprietary dispensing technologies.