Adel ZayedAssociate Fellow, Soybean Yield & Stress Project Lead at Monsanto Company

SummaryDuring my 30+ years of research and teaching experience I have dealt with many projects in various areas ofplant research ranging from plant physiology/biochemistry to plant ecology and functional genomics. This hasenabled me to become a competent plant physiologist with a strong background in stress physiology, functionalgenomics, high throughput phenotypic analysis, crop trait discovery, and phytoremediation. I have broadtraining and extensive research experience in subcellular and whole plant physiology, plant responses toenvironmental stresses, metal and salinity tolerance in plants, plant nutrition, plant biochemistry,plant-soil-microbial interactions, wetland and upland plant ecology, and hydroponic, greenhouse and fieldgrowing procedures.

SpecialtiesControlled Environment Physiology, High Troughput Phenotyping, Screen Development and Optimization

ExperienceAssociate Fellow, Soybean Yield & Stress Project Lead at Monsanto CompanyJuly 2013 - Present (1 year)

Associate Fellow, Yield & Stress Wheat Project Lead at Monsanto CompanyMay 2012 - July 2013 (1 year 3 months)

Associate Fellow, Proof of Concept Physiology Lead at Monsanto2005 - May 2012 (7 years)

Associate Fellow, Corn Physiology Lead at Monsanto Company2005 - November 2011 (6 years)

Arabidopsis Crop Traits Project Manager and Plant Physiology Group Leader, at MonsantoMay 2005 - February 2006 (10 months)

Staff Scientist, Monsanto Crop Traits Project Manager and Plant Physiology Group Leader at Icoria,Inc.September 2004 - May 2005 (9 months)

Staff Scientist, Plant Physiology Group Leader, Herbicide Target Discovery Project Manger atParadigm Genetics, Inc.January 2003 - September 2004 (1 year 9 months)

Senior Research Scientist, Plant Physiology Group Leader at Paradigm Genetics, Inc.November 1999 - December 2003 (4 years 2 months)

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Assistant Research Plant Physiologist/Biochemist at University of California, BerkeleyJanuary 1998 - November 1999 (1 year 11 months)

Chair at Soilless Culture Section, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, EgyptAugust 1996 - January 1998 (1 year 6 months)

Assistant Professor at University of Alexandria, EgyptJuly 1996 - January 1998 (1 year 7 months)

Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California, BerkeleyJune 1990 - July 1996 (6 years 2 months)

Lecturere, Vegetable Crop Production at University of Alexandria, EgyptJuly 1987 - June 1990 (3 years)

Teaching Assistant at University of Alexandria, Egypt1977 - 1983 (6 years)

LanguagesEnglish (Full professional proficiency)Arabic (Native or bilingual proficiency)

Skills & ExpertiseBiotechnologyBiochemistryFunctional GenomicsPhysiologyPlant PhysiologyResearchGeneticsVegetablesCornGenomicsMolecular GeneticsCropSequencingDNA

EducationUniversity of LondonPh.D., Horticulture, Vegetable Crops, 1983 - 1987

Alexandria University

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M.Sc., Agriculture, Cotton Sciences, 1979 - 1982

Alexandria UniversityB.Sc., Cotton Sciences, 1972 - 1976

Honors and Awards2009 Above and Beyond Award: Monsanto Technologys most prestigious team recognition award, December2009Most Valuable Team Member: Monsanto Yield and Emerging Technologies Program, July 2007Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award: Monsanto Yield and Emerging Technologies Program, February2007Best Research Paper Award, J. of Soil and Water Conservation, Soil and Water Conservation Society, 1997.Peace Fellowship, competitive fellowship program supported by USAID, Aug. 1989-Jan. 1990.Government Competitive Graduate Ph.D. Scholarship to study abroad (U.K.), full funding, Aug. 1983- July1987.

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Adel ZayedAssociate Fellow, Soybean Yield & Stress Project Lead at Monsanto Company

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