Laboratory Services Director appointed

Dr. Eric J. Lorenz has been appointed Director of SynTech Research Laboratory Services, with global responsibility, responding to SynTech President and CEO Dr Khosro Khodayari.   He will be based at SynTech’s new facility at Stilwell, Kansas, effective from January 21, 2013.

Dr. Eric J. Lorenz

Dr. Lorenz has worked in CROs during the past twelve years, as Vice President for Business Development of ABC Laboratories and as Business Development Director for Inovatia Laboratories.  Previously he held a number of positions in the seeds industry, with Rohm & Haas Seeds, Pioneer Hi-Bred International and Delta and Pine Land Company, in the US and overseas, ranging from Agronomist to International Research Director. He has a B.S in Agronomy from California State University, an M.S. in Agronomy from the University of Arkansas and a PhD in Agronomy from Texas A&M University. Dr Lorenz can be reached at elorenz@syntechresearch.com

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