OLEN C. YODER, PH. D.

Email: acy80l@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 619-***-****

Technical Writing Experience

I have published over 150 technical papers in peer reviewed scientific journals, and written many grant proposals requesting funding from Federal agencies, as indicated in my resume below. Included are review articles, book chapters, and edited books. Samples of my writing can be found in the subset of my publications included at the end of this resume.

I have served on the editorial boards of several scientific journals (see my resume below). I worked several years for JAM Post, a manuscript editing service for authors from foreign countries. Recently, I have worked as a part time member of the faculty of the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, teaching short courses, providing guidance for graduate and undergraduate students on personal career development, editing (rewriting) their manuscripts for publication in English, and helping them prepare their manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.

EXECUTIVE BIOTECH & ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL

Biological Research Scientist University Professor Management Professional

Research Scientist and Professor with over 40 years’ experience in both academia and industry, dedicated to addressing critical issues related to the future of our planet and life on it. Skilled in various research techniques and disciplines, published over 150 scientific articles, most of them peer-reviewed, with findings in diverse areas including cancer cells, filamentous fungi, and agriculture/plant pathology (available on request). Proven track record of obtaining peer-reviewed grants from Federal agencies and serving as a member of 12 different grant proposal peer-review panels for the NSF, USDA, NIH, DOE, and EPA.

Scientific Research

Management & Leadership

Filamentous Fungi

Genomics Technologies

Independent Consulting

Federal Grant Writing

Genetically Modified Organisms

MRSA & Cancer Cell Program Management

Scientific Publications & Editing

Agricultural & Medical Impacts

Plant Pathology & Susceptibility

P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT / SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHER, World-Wide 2013 – Present

Adjunct Professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; research and lectures on subjects including climate change and global warming, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture and medicine, cultural differences between East and West and how these differences influence scientific endeavors. Provides consulting services to numerous scientific companies and institutions both in the U.S. and Internationally. Key projects include:

Consultant for Robigo Biosciences in Blacksburg, VA and Dorsan Biofuels in Raleigh, NC.

Adjunct Professor (10-year appointment) for the Australian National University, Canberra; performs ad hoc academic lectures for universities including the University of Hamburg.

Community organizer and liaison for wetlands restoration with San Diego Canyonlands.

Provides scientific manuscript review and editing for JAM Post.

CELGENE CORPORATION, San Diego, CA 2011 – 2013

Senior Principal Research Scientist

Contributed to several different projects dedicated to finding a novel treatment strategy for different cancers including nonsolid tumors and blood cancers such as multiple myeloma, leukemia, and lymphoma.

Participated in conduct of in-depth mechanism and research studies involving one of the company’s leading revenue producers, REVLIMID, needed to predict the drug’s effectiveness.

Researched and produced several major dissertations on topics critical to cancer research, such as role of epigenetics in cancer, and activities of LKB1 (a tumor-suppressor serine-threonine protein kinase).

INDEPENDENT BIOTECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL, San Diego, CA 2006 – 2010

Private consultant focused on fungal genomics and molecular plant-microbe interactions.

Volunteer with San Diego Canyonlands, reporting to the Founder, Eric Bowlby

Six month assignment in 2011 in Japan and South Korea, lecturing at various universities, counseling international graduate and undergraduate students on career development, and acting as advisor to a number of academic research programs.

DIVERSA CORPORATION, San Diego, CA 2003 – 2006

Project Team Lead / Research Fellow

Directed multi-disciplinary teams utilizing high throughput protein engineering to develop an antibiotic effective against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), optimizing anti-cancer monoclonal antibodies targeted at specific types of malignant cells. Provided guidance to teams exploring filamentous fungi for the production of

industrial-use enzymes and small molecules.

Managed project team that exceeded company goals for the development of an antibiotic against MRSA.

Created the physical and procedural infrastructure for experimental manipulation of filamentous fungi including the production of metabolites on a pilot plant scale.

Expanded the availability of filamentous fungi isolated from extreme environmental locations such as deep ocean thermal vents, volcanoes, exotic animal feces, and dry alkaline lakebeds.

Assisted in the identification of several fungal extracellular enzymes, greatly enhancing the capacity of cell-free enzyme cocktails to decompose biomasses.

Served on company-wide Research Project Oversight Committee providing reviews and recommendations on all company initiatives and projects to executive management team.

TORREY MESA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, La Jolla, CA 1999 – 2003

Director of Research

Oversaw daily activities focused on applying leading edge genomics technologies to solve practical agricultural problems; involved the isolation, cloning, and functional expression of fungal and plant genes; the objective of this team was to reduce environmental stress on plants imposed by drought, soil salinity, and microbial attack. Identified fungal genes and their products as candidates for roles in virulence; performed functional analysis to conclusively prove the role of each candidate gene in fungal virulence or plant performance.

Directed an elite team of 30 world-renowned scientists.

Sequenced the complete genomes of three filamentous fungi – Cochliobolus heterostrophus (a pathogen of corn), Fusarium graminearum (a pathogen of wheat and corn), and Botrytis cinerea (a wide host range pathogen). This was done at a time when whole genome sequencing was in its infancy, with the focus world-wide on the human genome, i.e., the first human genome was sequenced at a cost of nearly $3 billion, took 13 years, and was completed in 2003. Our 3 fungal genomes were completed in 2002.

**Additional experience as Professor for 28 years at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and Professor (temporary appointment) for the University of Paris Sud in Orsay, France**

P R O F E S S I O N A L M E M B E R S H I P S & S O C I E T I E S

Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology

Advisory Board Member for the National Research Council Panel on Biotechnology in Agriculture Scientific Advisory Board Member for Safer, Inc.

Scientific Advisory Board Member for EcoScience Corp.

Biotechnology Science Advisory Committee for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Consultant for Institutional Biosafety Committee for Allied Chemical Corp.

Consultant in Biotechnology for the Army Corps of Engineers on Fungi as Bioherbicides Recognized in “Who’s Who” in Frontier Science and Technology

Board of Scientific Consultants for Genetics Institute Inc.

American Association for the Advancement of Science Member American Phytopathological Society Member American Society for Microbiology Member

International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Member Genetics Society of America Member

E D U C A T I O N

Doctorate of Philosophy in Plant Pathology (Ph. D.), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Master of Science in Plant Pathology (M.S.), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Bachelor of Arts in Biology (B.A.), Goshen College, Goshen, IN

High-Profile Career Publications (a complete chronological list of ~150 titles is available on request; for a list ranked by impact, go to http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-1168-2009)

Yun, S-H., O.C. Yoder, B.G Turgeon. 2013. Structure and function of the mating-type locus in the homothallic ascomycete, Didymella zeae-maydis. J. Microbiol. 51:814-820.

Ma, L-J….O.C. Yoder…., et al. 2010. Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium. Nature 464:367-373

Lee, B.N….O.C. Yoder…., et al. 2005. Functional analysis of all non-ribosomal peptide synthetases in Cochliobolus heterostrophus reveals a factor, NPS6, involved in virulence and resistance to oxidative stress. Eukaryotic Cell 4:545-555

Kroken, S….O.C. Yoder…., et al. 2003. Phylogenomic analysis of type I polyketide synthase genes in pathogenic and saprobic ascomycetes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 100:156**-*****.

Lu, S-W….O.C. Yoder…., et al. 2003. A novel class of gene controlling virulence in plant pathogenic ascomycete fungi. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 100:5980-5985

Yoder, O.C. and B.G. Turgeon. 2001. Fungal genomics and pathogenicity. Curr. Opinion Plant

Biol. 4:315-321

Yun, S.H….O.C. Yoder…., et al. 1999. Evolution of the fungal self-fertile reproductive life style from self-sterile ancestors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 96:5592-5597.

Lu, S.W O.C. Yoder…., et al. 1994. Tagged mutations at the Tox1 locus of Cochliobolus heterostrophus using Restriction Enzyme Mediated Integration. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 91:126**-*****.

Yang, G., B.G. Turgeon, and O.C. Yoder. 1994. Toxin-deficient mutants from a toxin-sensitive transformant of Cochliobolus heterostrophus. Genetics 137:751-757.

Schäfer, W et al and O.C. Yoder. 1989. One enzyme makes a fungal pathogen, but not a saprophyte, virulent on a new host plant. Science 246:247-249.

Turgeon, B.G., R.C. Garber, and O.C. Yoder. 1987. Development of a fungal transformation system based on selection of sequences with promoter activity. Mol. Cell Biol. 7:3297-3305.

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