Elizabeth Hood
CEO
Infinite Enzymes
USA
Biography
Thirty years experience in biology. Lipscomb Distinguished Professor of Agriculture at Arkansas State University. Previously, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology Transfer at ASU. Program Director in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at the National Science Foundation. Leader in forming one of the world's foremost transgenic plant research groups at ProdiGene, a plant biotechnology start-up company. Director of the cell biology group for plant production of therapeutic proteins at Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a Fortune 500 Company. Internationally recognized for research program and associated expertise as evidenced by over 75 publications and patents as well as invitations to speak nationally and internationally.
Research Interest
Biofuels & Biobased Products, Feedstock Processing, Bioinformatics, Plant Genetics/Breeding, Plant Cell Walls, Plant Made Industrial/Pharmaceutical Proteins, Plant Tissue Culture