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Dr. Elich was Program Leader at Akkadix Corporation where he was responsible for establishing and implementing a research program aimed at identifying genes whose targeted misexpression conferred beneficial agronomic traits. Before joining Akkadix, Dr. Elich served as a Project Leader at Monsanto Company where he directed a research effort whose goal was to understand and modify fundamental aspects of soybean growth and development. Dr. Elich received his B.S. degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984 with majors in Biochemistry and Math. He received his Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry from University of California-Davis in 1989 after which he completed postdoctoral fellowships at the USDA and the Salk Institute. Dr. Elich is author of 17 scientific publications and co-inventor on one patent. | 