Expert Details
Agro-Environmental/Biotechnology
ID: 107982
Canada
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY; MYCOTOXICOLOGY; TRICHOTHESCENE. Since 1978, Expert has led a group of graduate students and associates in studying the effects of mycotoxins associated with food and feed. They continue to study the binary mixture of mycotoxins. They are also developing genetics of inactivation and contruction of resistant plants. Expert has authored 38 articles, reviews, and chapters on trichothecene mycotoxins.
MICROBIAL AND FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY. Expert has studied and taught courses in microbial biotechnology, insecticides, and carcinogens/mutagens. Along with Y.H. Hui, he has edited the first authoritative book, Food Biotechnology: Microorganisms, published by VCH press and released in January 1995.
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT. For 12 years Expert has been active in research, teaching, and training of graduate students and professional staff members in alternatives in insect pest management. He has performed laboratory and field spray/inspect studies of bacterial and fungal pest control agents. He has developed DNA fingerprint technologies for release of microbes into the environment. He has worked with international industrial firms and farm organizations in technology transfer. His pest management interests encompasses both agriculture and forestry.
MUTAGENESIS. Expert has expertise in environmental mutagen interaction with microbial and submammalian test systems. He can screen mutagens and perform such tests for industrially-used chemicals or additives.
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Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1971 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Microbiology/Biochemistry | Institution: University of British Columbia |
| Year: 1968 | Degree: MA | Subject: Biology/Genetics | Institution: San Francisco State University |
| Year: 1966 | Degree: BA | Subject: Biology | Institution: San Francisco State University |
Work History
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| Years: 1995 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director | Department: Corporate Developments |
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| Years: 1981 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Founding Partner and Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years: 1981 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years: 1974 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1973 to 1974 | Employer: University of Massachusetts Medical School | Title: Instructor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1971 to 1973 | Employer: Oak Ridge National Laboratories | Title: Post-doctoral Fellow | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is a member of over 10 professional societies and is a Member Appointed by Federal Minister of State for Science and Technology to the Task Force on Biotechnology. He has been an invited member of the U.S./Canada Space Biology Experimentation Panel, the Agriculture Canada Grants Panel, and the Saskatchewan Health Research Board Panel. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Expert was nominated for the most innovative Canadian Researcher of 1981 (the Manning Award) and also for the Agricultural Institute of Canada's Grindley Medal (1984). He is listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in America, American Men and Women of Science, Longman Reference in World Research, and International Men of Achievement. He has received scientific delegations from many countries in the Pacific Rim, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia as well as USA. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert holds two patents in animal vaccines and is the author or co-author of a large body of published works. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
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| Armenian |
Fields of Expertise
applied biotechnology, applied microbiology, bioinsecticide, biological pesticide, environmental toxicology, food biotechnology, insecticide, integrated pest management, mutagenesis, mycology, mycotoxicology, mycotoxin, trichothecene, cancer causation, medical genetics, DNA fingerprinting, biological warfare, fermentation technology, gene expression regulation, cellular regulation, animal vaccine, biological defense, enzymal food processing, food microbiology, entomopathogen fungus, biological aerosol, vaccine, insecticide environmental effect, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, nucleic acid, zearalenone, vomitoxin, toxin, toxicology, radiobiology, protein synthesis, protein purification, plant anatomy, pesticide, pest management, ochratoxin, natural organic compound, microorganism observation, microbiological containment, microbial ecology, genetics, genetic manipulation, food antimicrobial additive, industrial fermentation, E. coli, entomology, Deuteromycetes, culture maintenance, cloning technique, chemotherapeutic agent, chemical warfare agent, biotechnology, bioreactor, biology, bacteriology, bacterial plasmid, bacillus, artificial animal vaccine