Durham, North Carolina, USA
October 29, 2019
Industry veteran Scott Jackson, PhD, has been added to the executive team for Vestaron Corporation as its new Director of Regulatory Affairs.
Jackson brings more than 20 years of agricultural chemical background as Vestaron continues to add staff to assist with regulatory compliance regarding existing and emerging peptide-based bioinsecticides. As part of his responsibilities, Jackson also will handle government affairs and public policy.
“We are excited to bring a seasoned regulatory professional to our team with the deep experience that Scott provides,” said Anna Rath, CEO of Vestaron. “Scott’s skills will be invaluable to Vestaron as we continue to progress rapidly toward additional product development and commercialization.”
Most recently, Jackson was group leader of regulatory affairs for Knoell USA, and has previous regulatory, stewardship and sustainability experience with Valent USA and BASF Corporation.
Jackson has a PhD in Environmental Science from the Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, OH, a MS degree in Soil and Irrigation Science from California State University in Fresno, and a BS degree in Range Management and Soil Science from Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA.
About Vestaron
Vestaron is a company dedicated to improving the safety, efficacy and sustainability of crop protection through migration from synthetic pesticides to peptide-based biopesticides. Vestaron is initially focused on a class of peptides that kill insect pests efficiently, but are safe for humans, beneficial insects and the environment. As part of this, the company has developed a proprietary platform for peptide optimization, fermentation-based peptide production and in planta expression that will allow it to develop a wide variety of biologic crop protection and trait solutions. Vestaron is the winner of the inaugural 2015 Bernard Blum Award for novel biocontrol solutions.
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