Leader, Trait Lead Development at Corteva Agriscienceā¢
Des Moines, Iowa Area
Corteva Agriscience
Leader, Trait Lead Development
Johnston, Iowa
Corteva Agriscience
Input Trait Discovery - Corn Lead Development Lead
February 2018 to January 2019
Johnston, IA
DuPont Pioneer
Input Trait Discovery - Corn Lead Development Leader
November 2017 to February 2018
Johnston, Iowa
DuPont Pioneer
Technical Manager - Plant Protection
November 2013 to November 2017
Johnston IA
DuPont Pioneer
Senior Research Manager - Plant Protection
November 2009 to November 2013
Wilmington DE
DuPont Pioneer
Research Scientist
1999 to 2009
Greater Philadelphia Area
DuPont Crop Protection
Research Scientist
1995 to 1999
Greater Philadelphia Area
What company does Albert Lu work for?
Albert Lu works for Corteva Agriscience
What is Albert Lu's role at Corteva Agriscience?
Albert Lu is Leader, Trait Lead Development
What industry does Albert Lu work in?
Albert Lu works in the Farming industry.
Who are Albert Lu's colleagues?
Albert Lu's colleagues are Doyle Karr, Don Blackburn, Paul Boyett, John Arbuckle, James Alcombright, Priscila Machado, Vasu Iyer, Christian Pirozek, Clint Pilcher, and George Ellis
š¼ Past Experience
Work experiences:Leader, Trait Lead Development at Corteva Agriscienceā¢Lead developer for corn lead development at Corteva Agriscience.Transgenic validation and early trait development for corn input trait discovery.Input Trait Discovery - Corn Lead Development Leader at DuPont Pioneer from November 2017 to February 2018 (4 months) in Johnston, Iowa.Validation and early development of insect and herbicide resistance traits in corn.Technical Manager - Plant Protection at DuPont Pioneer from November 2013 to November 2017 (4 years 1 month) in Johnston IA.Corn Lead Development for insect control lead discovery, validation, optimization and trait enablement.Senior Research Manager - Plant Protection at DuPont Pioneer from November 2009 to November 2013 (4 years 1 month) in Wilmington DE.Corn and soy lead development for insect control traits.Research Scientist at DuPont Pioneer from 1999 to 2009 (10 years) in Greater Philadelphia Area.Transgene expression, vector development and transgenic lead evaluation for insect control.Research Scientist at DuPont Crop Protection from 1995 to 1999 (4 years) in Greater Philadelphia Area.Recombinant insect virus research and development for crop protection.
š Education
Albert Lu studied veterinarian and entomologist at The University of Georgia from 1993 to 1995. He then obtained his PhD from Queen's University in 2007 under the direction of Dr. D.S. Beattie. His thesis focused on the viruses that cause disease in mosquitoes.Since his academic appointment at the University of Georgia, Lu has vast experience working with viruses in mosquitoes and their hosts. With Dr. Beattie's help, he has written several books, most recently "Viruses in Mosquitoes: explains, attacks and defenses" which is a textbook on the viruses that cause disease in mosquitoes. He is also a contributing editor to "Mosquitoes: their biology, us and the environment" a textbook on the biology of mosquitoes.Lu is currently a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Dept of Entomology and Insect Virology at The University of Georgia. Throughout his academic career, he has developed new ways of understanding and attacking viruses in mosquitoes.urstored at the University of Georgia since he assumed the role of this position in early 2014.Lu has also been working as a research associate at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from early 2014 until he took the position of Post Doctoral Fellow at The University of Georgia.In his spare time, Lu enjoys playing the violin, spending time with his wife and two daughters, and reading.
Extraversion (E), Sensing (S), Feeling (F), Judging (J)
3 year(s), 11 month(s)
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