| Leo Melchers |
 dr. L.S. (Leo) MelchersHead Licensing - Seeds & Biotechnology Syngenta Seeds Leo Melchers studied Biology and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Plant Molecular Biology at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He joined the plant biotechnology company MOGEN International as post-doc, became Research Director in 1996, and operated as Managing Director of Zeneca MOGEN from 1997 to 2001. Following the formation of Syngenta, Leo worked at Syngenta Biotechnology Inc. (RTP, North Carolina, USA) in various research and business leadership roles. Currently, he is responsible at Syngenta for Seeds & Biotechnology licensing as well as leading the Legal-IP-Licensing team for Syngenta’s Cereals business. << back to overview |
