L. Mark Lagrimini

Dr. Lagrimini provides leadership for the Molecular Biology and Product Development groups based in Junction City, KS. Most recently he served as the Vice Provost for Research and Extension at the University of California. In this role Dr. Lagrimini oversaw the University’s nine Research & Extension Centers. He is an emeritus professor in the Department of Agronomy & Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he served as department head from 2005-2011 and led a research program in plant biotechnology. He was a project leader at Syngenta in RTP, NC, and prior to that was an Associate Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at The Ohio State University. Dr. Lagrimini received his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Iowa.