Biographical Sketch

Charles J. Arntzen

Dr. Arntzen received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Minnesota and his Ph.D. from Purdue University. He held faculty positions at the University of Illinois and Michigan State University before joining the DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware in 1984. Subsequently he became Director of Biotechnology in DuPont's Agricultural Products Department. In 1988 he was appointed Dean and Deputy Chancellor for Agriculture of Texas A&M University and later served as Director of the University's Plant Biotechnology Program and the Institute of Biosciences and Technology. From 1995 to 2000 Dr. Arntzen served as President and CEO of Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research which is affiliated with Cornell University. In the fall of 2000 he joined the Department of Plant Biology at Arizona State University as the Florence Ely Nelson Presidential Chair. Dr. Arntzen's research interests have been in plant molecular biology and the utilization of biotechnology to improve food quality. He has pioneered the development of transgenic plants for production of pharmacologically active products ("edible vaccines").

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