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Upcoming Webinar:
New Formulation Trends
27 March 2025 | 10:00 a.m. (ET)
Join us for an exciting discussion with five panelists on the new formulations entering the marketplace for crop protection, biologicals, and adjuvants/inerts. Our panelists will discuss trends in R&D, what new players are entering the market, and what products distributors need.
You’ll discover:
A high-level look at new trends in formulations
Timing of new products entering the market
How artificial intelligence is playing a role in discovering new molecules
How new methods are reducing R&D costs and speeding up the discovery process
Dr. Shaun Selness
Head of Analytical Sciences, Small Molecules
Bayer Crop Science
Selness has worked across multiple agricultural and pharmaceutical research disciplines over the last three decades, including the last 15 years at Bayer, where he currently leads the Analytical Sciences Team focused on the development, process validation, and registration of new crop protection products. Previously, Selness led the Emerging Technologies team for Bayer's Crop Science division, and prior to that, a formulation team that developed various seed treatments under the company's Accerelon® brand. Shaun received his Ph. D. in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois.
Dr. Ashish Batra
Vice President, Crop Health R&D
Corteva
Batra leads Crop Health R&D, overseeing the end-to-end discovery, development, launch, and post-launch R&D support. With a career spanning nearly two decades, Batra has made significant contributions to the field of chemical engineering, sustainability, and crop protection. He earned a doctoral degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University. He has 24 granted U.S. patents and 18 external publications to his name.
Dr. Sara Monteiro
Head of Global R&D Biocontrol and Adjuvants
Rovensa Next
Monteiro co-founded a private company with the objective of developing and manufacturing new patented protein-based fungicides. In 2019, she decided to embrace a new position as the R&D and Operations Manager of Oroagri Europe, SA. In 2021, Oroagri was acquired by the Rovensa Group. After a merge process of several companies from the Rovensa group, Rovensa Next was created. She is currently the Head of Global R&D Biocontrol and Adjuvants at Rovensa Next. Monteiro has a Ph.D. degree in agro-industry engineering from Lisbon University.
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