Liliana E. Scarafia
Principal
Agbiolab’s founder and Senior Scientist, Liliana brings over twenty years
of experience in molecular biology with emphasis on biochemical and
molecular research. Most recently she was a Senior Scientist at Roche,
where she led projects in gene discovery and genomic analysis.
Previously, she worked in plant biotechnology at Syngenta Crop
Protection, where she conducted research on transgenic corn and tomato
to reduce crop losses by incorporating insect and viral resistance. She
worked extensively on Bt insect resistance utilizing computer-based 3-D
protein modeling. She later applied other emerging computer based
technologies to genomic and molecular sequence analysis. Earlier, she
was Scientist at Syngenta Plant Biotechnology Research in North
Carolina. She has co-authored both peer-reviewed research papers and
patents.
Liliana has a Master in Science from Michigan State University, where she
majored in plant breeding, and a BS in Agronomy from the National
University in Argentina. She is co-owner of LC Farms, a farm enterprise
growing walnuts in the upper Sacramento valley.
At Agbiolab Liliana continues a lifelong endeavor of bridging
biotechnology and agribusiness.
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Carlos A. Machado
General Manager
Responsible for sales and customer services, Carlos brings to Agbiolab
over twenty five years of experience in business and information
technology. He has led consulting, professional services and customer
services organizations at startups and established companies, delivering
multi-million dollar solutions in industries such as Food, Consumer
Packaged Goods (CPG), Medical and Manufacturing. He has held senior
positions at WIPRO Technologies, Quova, Inc., Model N, Inc, Comergent,
Sybase, Remedy Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation.
He holds a MS in Computer Science from Purdue University and a BS in
Electrical Engineering. He is co-owner of LC Farms, a farm enterprise
growing walnuts in the upper Sacramento valley.
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