Outstanding service awards for Sanger staff

Pictured left to right: Kip Anderson, Dr. Khosro Khodayari, Dr. Phil Grau and Dr. Ben Rodriguez
Pictured left to right: Kip Anderson, Dr. Khosro Khodayari, Dr. Phil Grau and Dr. Ben Rodriguez

At the SynTech Research North American Summer BBQ event held in August at the USA Technical Center at Sanger, California, President and CEO Dr. Khosro Khodayari presented awards for long and outstanding service to three staff.

These were Kip Anderson, Station Supervisor, Dr. Ben Rodriguez, Sr. GLP Specialist/Asia QA lead, and Dr. Phil Grau, Entomology/Public Health lead, for their contribution to SynTech at Sanger and in their previous roles.  All have worked in Agricultural R&D for more than 45 years. Similar awards were made in 2012 to long-serving SynTech staff in the EU.

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