Montreal, Quebec, Canada
January 14, 2015
Ag biotech company Inocucor Technologies, Inc., based in Montreal, has hired new employees to meet increased demand from organic farmers, greenhouse growers and mainstream production farmers for its biological soil, seed and plant accelerators.
Its Garden Solution® is approved as a water treatment in Canada and is now approved as a soil amendment in 23 U.S. states. Inocucor also has co-product development partnerships underway with Axter Agrosciences Inc., one of Canada's leading providers of foliar feeding crop solutions, and with McGill University's Department of Plant Sciences.
Fazli Mabood, a Ph.D. graduate from McGill University's Department of Plant Sciences, joined Inocucor as Group Leader: Discovery, New Biological Entities. He has more than 15 years’ experience in plant physiology and plant-microbe interactions, specializing in bio-fertilizers, bio-stimulants and identification of new biological entities. Mabood was involved in independent studies at McGill University to verify biological effects of Inocucor’s first-generation product, Garden Solution®, on germination and early plant growth. His work at Inocucor will focus on development of its second- and third-generation products for bio-stimulation and bio-protection.
B. Pratyusha Chennupati joined Inocucor's scientific team as Senior Development Scientist devoted to quality control and quality assurance, bioassay development and expanding Inocucor’s cGMP pilot facility. Her M.Sc. degree in Plant Sciences from McGill University resulted in publication of five scientific papers in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. She received the MITACS Accelerate Graduate Internship Award in 2012 while with A&L Biologicals in London, Ontario. She holds a biotechnology engineering degree from Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, India.
Christina Sawchyn joins Inocucor as Technical Applications Specialist. Sawchyn will support the company's sales team and customers who are conducting field demonstration projects with its existing and experimental products. She previously worked in plant biology research at Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Hawaii. Sawchyn holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in biology from Concordia University.
Nicolas Atala joined Inocucor as Finance Manager. He is an experienced CPA, CGA who previously worked with SDL International, P.A. Services Conseils Inc. and IMCO Groupe. Early in his career, he was a researcher and teacher of applied mathematics. He holds a M.Sc. and completed graduate studies in finance and accounting and the CPA, CGA program at McGill University, Montreal.
Heather Copeland brings 20 years' experience in international planning, human resources and operations to her role as Human Relations Specialist. She has worked previously in the biotech, insurance, animal health and international real estate arenas, including recent positions with Metis Companies and IdentiGEN North America. She holds a B.A. in Russian and Eastern European studies from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and studied French civilization at the Université Paris Sorbonne.
Karen Benlolo was hired as Administrative Assistant/Sales and Marketing Coordinator. She previously worked for Crofton Moore commercial real estate and Aloft Montreal Airport Hotels and holds a B.A. from Concordia University, Montreal.
Luke Pritchett joined Inocucor's U.S. operations as Sales Manager for Florida. He has worked in agriculture as a soil specialist and agronomist and holds a B.S. and M.S. in Agronomy from the University of Illinois and Purdue University, respectively.
Inocucor Technologies, Inc., based in Montreal, is an ag biotech company that develops sustainable biological products for agriculture targeting the phyto-microbiome—the seeds, plants, root systems and the soil surrounding them. Inocucor's first-generation product, Garden Solution®, employs live microbes to actively improve the health of the entire phyto-microbiome. Future generations of Inocucor products are powerful cell-free biological solutions for bio-stimulation and bio-protection in mainstream production agriculture.
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