AIBN Seminar Series Deploying Biotechnology at DSM to Address Global Challenges in Nutrition, Health and Sustainability
We are pleased to present Dr Chris Stowers Sr Director of Biotechnology at Royal DSM to speak on |
Bio
Dr Chris Stowers completed his bachelor’s in Biochemical Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and obtained his PhD in Biochemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He started at Dow Agroscience, which eventually became Corteva, in 2008 as a senior biochemical engineer. He moved up to oversee a team of scientists and engineers working to develop and scale fermentation processes for insecticides, fungicides and biochemicals. He was promoted multiple times, and in 2019, his responsibilities expanded to lead the bioengineering and bioprocessing R&D departments. Then in April 2021, he took the post at DSM, where he leads a team of scientists and engineers responsible for developing sustainable processes for the production of nutritional products such as vitamins, carotenoids and lipids. Previously he led a team at Corteva Agriscience responsible for improving the company’s natural products for the insecticides and fungicides markets. In 2021, he was listed in the Forty under 40 most influential people by the Indianapolis Business Journal.
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