Grew up on a farm, in a family that has worked in agriculture for generations. Electrical and computer engineering at the University of Washington, with around 3 years across agricultural OEMs and cold plasma for food science, and several publications.
One of the most-cited researchers in cold plasma, with over 14,000 citations and an h-index of 57, and co-editor of the field’s Elsevier reference text. 20+ years across OEMs and agriculture.
Executive Director of Syngenta Foundation India since 2014, and with the IFC. The foundation’s network reaches 2.4 million smallholder farmers across 13 states through 23,000+ agri-entrepreneurs.
Deputy Chief Electrical Engineer at VinFast, Vietnam’s largest electric-vehicle maker, with 9+ years in high-voltage power electronics and battery pack design, previously Head of Electronics at Selex Motors.
12 years at the US FDA, where he founded and directed a division within CDER and oversaw the review of 250+ applications. Now a professor at the University of Maryland and director of its Center for Translational Medicine, with 112 publications.
