Product Development Post-Doctoral

Location:

Chesterfield, MO

Salary:

Negotiable

Posted:

September 14, 2025

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Dario F. Narváez

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Bring Strategic, Scientific, Forward-Thinking Mindset Alignment, and Promote Collaborative Partnerships to Achieve Company Goals Innovative leader in Biologicals with extensive experience in the development of innovated and differentiated crop protection foliar and seed treatment products, deploying science-driven innovations to address complex ag-production challenges. Recognized and known for leading, coaching and technical training/support, creating strategic partnerships and meeting commitments through teamwork, networking, and collaboration. Tactical ability to coach and influence others, particularly in leadership roles. Exceptionally skilled in the design, assessment, and generation of credible experimental data to support the development & positioning of crop protection formulated products with strong expertise on cross functional team work to ensure the delivery of aligned and refined goals and priorities in an integrated approach with sales, marketing, regulatory and any other relevant sectors as a benchmark guideline based on company’ core values as a commitment to create products that meet customers’ changing needs and with true profit potential for the company.

EDUCATION

University of Florida /IFAS

Post-doctoral in Soybean Rust Epidemiologist

College of Veterinary Medicine, KSU

Post-doctoral in Clinical Sciences

Kansas State University (KSU)

Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Pathology

Kansas State University (KSU)

Master of Science in Plant Pathology

Santiago de Cali University

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry

2006-2008

June 2005

August 2002

December 1997

Cali, Colombia

August 1994

WORK

EXPERIENCE

UPL NA Inc.

Fungicide Development Leader

Biostimulants, Biologicals, Fungicides,

& Seed Treatment

January 3, 2023 to May 27, 2025

• Establish and maintain strong and productive professional relationships with university research/extension, crop consultants and growers within the territory.

• Develop/Facilitate innovative biological solutions for potential needs identified in the market with emphasis in nematode, disease and sustainable solutions in agriculture.

• Experienced in utilizing Smartsheet to streamline project management and data tracking in agricultural research. Used the platform to coordinate field trial schedules, monitor progress on data collection, and manage team collaboration across multiple locations. Developed customized sheets and dashboards to visualize experimental timelines, input usage, and yield data, enhancing efficiency and decision-making in research workflows.

• Applied knowledge of Agriculture Industry-standard software such as Agrian to ensure support to EPA and CDPR regulatory compliance

• Maintain a high degree of technical knowledge by monitoring new developments, new ideas, and new concepts to ensure Company is investigating every opportunity to innovate and meet customer needs.

• Experienced in Product Development, Experimental Design, Assay Development, Lab, Greenhouse, microplot &field testing, Data Analysis.

• Lead the production of credible experimental data to justify technical product positioning and pricing, identifying differentiated product features

• Identify key data to develop related to product biological activity, aimed to assess the product economical value from a technical perspective, support product value proposition and bring evidence

(reasons-to-believe) related to product features and benefits for above products, aligned to the commercial strategy

• Support regulatory team with the development of product labels and registration.

• Support global teams during new product design, during Product Development, Registration, and to work closely with strategic teams during Pre-Launch and Launch activity

• Lead implementation and reporting of field comprehensive efficacy studies to satisfy specific product registration, label definition, product launch and post-launch support needs

• Manage development and life cycle of multiple products by developing plans, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing budgets, and meeting key deadlines

• Provide technical input to marketing business cases, and plan strategic development to continuously improve competitive portfolio for stakeholders.

• Assist in training regional sales team regarding new uses of existing products and biological characteristics of new products to support marketing strategy position.

• Coordinate tours to R&D field sites for both internal colleagues and external customers.

• Actively participate in agricultural scientific associations, commodity group workshops, field training days, marketing/sales, to support key decisions on new product advancement and future grower and market needs.

• Participate in professional organizations and attend seminars, technical symposiums, and trade shows to understand opportunities and promote product's position in the market

WORK

EXPERIENCE

UPL NA

Seed and Soil Development Leader

Nematicides, Fungicides, Insecticides, Bio-stimulants, Biologicals & Seed Treatment

August 2020 to

January 3, 2025

• Develop/Facilitate innovative solutions for potential needs identified in the area of conventional and, Bio-rationals (Bio-stimulants, Biological nematicides &fungicides) pesticides maintaining a robust and healthy pipeline to improve seed treatment portfolio while maintain soil health.

• Lead and oversee the product development process, including early competitive analysis, regulatory assessment, market sizing and agronomical trend to capture strategies and tactics enhancing the opportunities to growth the business

• Champion the development of new product innovation, label expansion and product defense strategies.

• Proactively identify key areas of opportunity for new technology implementation and/or improve processes and implement best practices in product development & Strategy while positively contributing to a collaborative, innovative, and design-centric culture

• Ensure goals and resources are met and timely aligned with the global company business

• Lead the design, budget planning and execution of field research and development plan for experimental concepts in the area of fungicides, biologicals, bio-stimulants for seed and soil applications, ensuring pipeline flow and timelines.

• Manage external/internal relationships relevant to product development activities, experimental design, evaluation and interpretation of experimental results and communication of results and recommendations to upper management.

• Ensure meaningful knowledge and data transfer for priority crop positioning and timelines

• Maintain a high degree of technical knowledge by monitoring new developments, new ideas and new concepts to ensure Company is investigating every opportunity to innovate and meet customer needs.

• Lead national implementation and reporting of field comprehensive efficacy studies to satisfy specific product registration, label definition, product launch and post-launch support needs.

• Review technical and scientific data to provide best technical, regulatory and marketing position of key developing products.

• Provide technical support to company Region Marketing Lead in meeting with key distributor/dealer and grower contacts.

• Assist in training Regional Sales Team regarding new uses of existing products and biological characteristics of new products to support marketing strategy position.

• Provide technical assistance to Regional Sales team and their Customers regarding product inquiries.

• Indirect sales/ negotiation experience, in support of technical introduction of new products to costumer/growers

• Represent the country at company global meetings for the development and implementation of innovative solutions and technologies that could bring simplicity in agriculture. ADAMA USA

Fungicide Development Leader

Fungicides, Biostimulants, Biologicals &

Seed Treatment

December 3 2012, to August 2020

• Establish and maintain strong and productive professional relationships with university research/extension, crop consultants and growers within the territory.

• Develop/Facilitate innovative solutions for potential needs identified in the region while creating simplicity in agriculture.

• Maintain a high degree of technical knowledge by monitoring new developments, new ideas, and new concepts to ensure Company is investigating every opportunity to innovate and meet customer needs.

• Lead the production of credible experimental data to justify technical product positioning and pricing, identifying differentiated product Features

• Obtain data and information related to product biological activity, aimed to assess the product economical value from a technical perspective, support product value proposition and bring evidence

(reasons-to-believe) related to product features and benefits for above products, aligned to the commercial strategy

• Contribute to the biological development and provide technical / agronomical support within the company

• Add value from Global Technical perspective, during new product design, during Product Development, Registration, and to work closely with strategic teams during Pre-Launch and Launch activity

• Lead implementation and reporting of field comprehensive efficacy studies to satisfy specific product registration, label definition, product launch and post-launch support needs

• Review technical and scientific data to provide key product support information to sales, marketing and regulatory teams

• Provide technical support to company Region Marketing Lead in meeting with key distributor/dealer and grower contacts.

• Assist in training Regional Sales Team regarding new uses of existing products and biological characteristics of new products to support marketing strategy position.

• Provide technical assistance to Regional Sales team and their Customers regarding product inquiries.

• Proficiently offered customer service, identifying and resolving customer concerns promptly and effectively

• Coordinate tours of R&D field sites for both internal colleagues and external customers.

• Participate in professional organizations and attend seminars, technical symposiums, and trade shows to understand opportunities and promote product's position in the market

MONSANTO

Corn and Soybean Disease

Seed Treatment Field Project Lead

Global Bio evaluations

October 2010 to December 2012

• Lead field disease testing efforts to prioritize screen testing/treatment development and promote advancement of active ingredients to the next phase of development.

• Develop comprehensive testing program including controlled environment and field programs to identify the potential of active ingredients to ‘Suppress and/or mitigate disease stress and increase yield’ for corn and soybean.

• Identify, design and implement seed treatment screening assays for control environment for rapid product candidate’s testing to meet project timelines and support key decisions on product advancement.

• Develop disease testing criteria for seed treatment phase advancement to meet objectives.

• Expand collaboration with academics to facilitate and support testing development and reliability of disease control benefits.

• Assist/inspect soybean, and corn field trials across the country to meet our expectations.

• Drive cross functional team’s efforts as a process to identify new chemistries to control disease and alleviate for advancement for next generation seed treatments in corn and soybeans.

• Obtain necessary Aphis permits as a requirement to implement disease studies under lab, growth chamber and field conditions.

• Comply/implement/monitor regulations to meet USDA-Aphis restrictions for authorized Plant Pathogens.

MONSANTO

Plant Health Specialist

Global Bio evaluations

December 2008 to October 2010

• Develop/ establish research protocols to verify disease control benefits of formulations for various pathogens in the US.

• Identify, design and implement plant health screening assays for rapid analysis of new formulations.

• Develop network collaboration with researchers from academia.

• Develop strategic business approaches with the understanding of regional business and interaction of Monsanto and academic researchers.

• Implement in-house disease testing of disease assays in greenhouse, lab and growth chambers.

• Assist/inspect soybean, corn and cotton field disease ratings and chemical applications to meet our expectations.

• Assist/implement Aphis requirements for Plant/pest permit granted for our research projects.

University of Florida /IFAS

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Soybean Rust Epidemiology

June 2006 to December 2008

• Develop relevant data and management strategies for of Asian Soybean Rust (ASR).

• Determine what conditions are necessary for P. pachyrhizi to overwinter in north Florida.

• Evaluate the Influence of row spacing on canopy microclimate and epidemics of foliar diseases of soybean

• Determine the effect of row spacing on the spatial distribution and rate of spread of an induced soybean rust epidemic in soybean canopies.

• Correlate relationships between microclimate variables and soybean rust spread within canopies at different row spacing.

• Evaluate the extent to which soybean rust infection alters the microclimates of soybean canopies.

• Develop field scale disease models based on temperature, relative humidity, and leaf wetness.

• Determine the spatial and temporal dynamics of ASR in sentinel and field plots.

• Link disease forecast and crop growth models that will tie early planted sentinel plot detections with commercial field management needs.

• Provide training on ASR identification and management at NFREC Quincy to industry and researchers.

College of Veterinary Medicine, KSU

Research Assistant of Small Animal

Medicine.

November 2001 – June 2006

• Conduct research on Intestinal Epithelia Cells: Cell migration, NSAIDs, Polyamine-depletion and depolarization of Membrane Potential.

• Detection of plasma angiogenin (ANG) and basic fibroblast (bFGF) growth factor in dogs.

• Perform Tissue culture, SDS-PAGE electrophoresis and immunoblot analysis, RT-PCR, Confocal Microscopy

• Validate a human ANG and bFGF enzyme-immunoabsorbant assay

(ELISA) test kits for detecting plasma ANG and bFGF.

• Laboratory management, budget administration, ordering, record keeping, organization, and safety monitoring.

• Training for internship/temporal student workers. Planning, assigning and directing research projects.

Plant Pathology Department, KSU

Student Research Assistant

August 1994 – October 2001

• Research on corn and sorghum diseases.

• Provided diagnosis of submitted plant samples.

• Experience in Mycology and Bacteriology. Microbial taxonomy and Diagnostics.

• Experience in basic molecular techniques

• Performed field, laboratory and greenhouse task such as ecological field research, ecological modeling, sampling, record keeping, ordering, organization, and safety monitoring.

Pioneer Overseas Corporation

Student Research Assistant

San Jose, Costa Rica

October 1994 - January 1995

• Conducted research in Incidence and Severity of corn diseases in winter nurseries.

• Collaborated with the Costa Rican Department of Agriculture and University of Costa Rica on assessment of incidence of plant diseases in Costa Rica.

CIAT-INTORMIL, Sorghum

program for Latin America

Research technical Assistant

CIAT, Cali - Colombia

1986-1994

• Worked directly in corn and sorghum, breeding, production, and research.

• Collaborated on the release of four sorghum varieties and several A-B lines in the plant breeding program.

• Involved in management of many groups, both at scientific and social promotion levels.

• Collaborated in several research activities, such as theses or specific projects for private firms.

PhD thesis Presence, Viability, and Movement of Claviceps africana in the Great Plains and Prediction of Ergot Potential on Sorghum, based on weather variables.

MS thesis Use of DNA probes for detecting Xanthomonas Campestris pv. holcicola, causal agent of bacterial leaf streak in grain sorghum. BS thesis Effectiveness of Telenomus remus for the control of Spodoptera frugiperda, (Fall armyworm) in sorghum.

PROFESSIONAL

AWARDS AND

HONORS

• 1994 B.S. Thesis laureate from the Santiago de Cali University. Cali, Colombia.

• 1995 “Best research of the year in entomology” from ASCOLFI. Colombia.

• 1998 Pioneer Hi-Bred International Scholarship Funding Program. ADDITIONAL

SKILLS

• Knowledge of MS Word, Word Perfect, Excel, Power Point.

• Knowledge in SAS.

• Product Development

• Experimental Design

• Assay Development

• Field Testing

• Data Analysis

• Label creation

• Proficient in Agrian Label Search for accessing pesticide labels and SDS documentation as a tool to identify potential key product uniqueness/differentiators

• Fluent in Spanish and English, Knowledge of Portuguese and French.

• Excellent customer service practices and a customer centric mentality.

• Ability to build appropriate rapport and establish constructive and effective relationships with different teams in support of our customers and respective needs.

• Possess high level of personal integrity, confidentiality, and accountability.

• Teaching and technical sales support experience.

• Ability to adapt personal style, work methods, and individual capabilities to contribute to company’ goals.

• Excellent communication, record keeping, planning, time management, presentation, prioritization, and organizational skills.

• Enthusiasm to timely reach goals and deliver results.

• Retail sales or negotiation experience at previous own stores.

• Lead a team of 12 people with the ability to, coach and influence them, particularly in your leadership and sales roles INVITED

PRESENTATIONS

• Soybean Rust, Life Cycle, Spore Germination and Survival APS 2006 National Soybean Rust Symposium APS. November 29- December 1, 2006. St. Louis, Missouri.

• Epidemiological Research of Asian Soybean Rust in North Florida Soybean Rust Identification Short Course workshop. Quincy, FL July 11-12, 2007

• Biology, Disease Spread and Spore Trapping of Soybean Rust in North Florida

Soybean Rust Identification Course

North Florida Research and Education Center IFAS,

Quincy Fl. September 11-13, 2007

• Spread of Soybean Rust within a field – what happens after the spores arrive.

APS 2007 National Soybean Rust Symposium. December 12-14, 2007. Louisville, Kentucky.

ACTIVITIES • Member of the NFRAC (North America Fungicide Resistance Action Committee

• Member of the American Phytopathological Society (APS)

• Vice-president of KSU-Plant Pathology Club.

• Plant Pathology Open House

PUBLICATIONS

• H. M. Young., G. Sheeja., D. F. Narvaez., P. Srivastava., A. C. Schuerger., D. Wright., J. Marois. 2012. Effect of Solar Radiation on Severity of Soybean Rust. Phytopathology 102:794-802.

• H. M. Young., J. Marois., D. Wright., D. F. Narvaez., G. K. O’Brien. 2011. Epidemiology of Soybean Rust in Soybean Sentinel Plots in Florida. Plant Dis. 95:744-750

• D. F. Narvaez, W. Jurick, II, J. Marois, D. Wright. 2010. Effects of Surface Wetness Periods on Development of Soybean Rust under Field Conditions. Plant Dis. 94:258-264

• Panthee, R. D., Marois, J., Wright, D. L., Narváez, D. F., Yuan, J. S., and Stewart, C. N. Jr. 2008. Differential expression of genes in soybean in response to the causal agent of Asian soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi Sydow) is soybean growth stage-specific. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 118:359-370.

• D. Narváez, J. Marois, D. Wright, S. Isard, T. Mueller, K. O'Brien, N. Dufault, M. Velez. University of Florida /IFAS Research on Soybean Rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) a recently introduced pathogen. 2007 University of Florida.

• W. M. Jurick, II, D. F. Narvaez, J. J. Marois, D. L. Wright, P. Harmon. Over winter survival of Phakopsora pachyrhizi on kudzu in Florida. 2007. Phytopathology 97:S54

• W. M. Jurick, II, D. F. Narvaez, J. J. Marois, D. L. Wright, P. Harmon. A meta analysis comparison of the intrinsic rates of infection for Asian soybean rust epidemics in the U.S. and abroad. 2007. Phytopathology 97:S54

• P. D. Esker, D. Narvaez, J. Marois, D. Wright, E. De Wolf, M. Nita, E. Del Ponte, S. Isard. Effects of row spacing and canopy height on spatio- temporal development of Asian soybean rust. 2007. Phytopathology 97:S33

• Dario Narvaez, G. O’Brien, J. Marois, D. Wright. The Effects of Duration and Temperature of Leaf Wetness Periods on Asian Soybean Rust under field Condition. 2007. Phytopathology 97:S83

• B.Leite, D. Narvaez, J. Marois, D.Wright . Clumping of Phakopsora pachyrhizi urediniospores and its significance in spore biology. 2007. Phytopathology 97:S63

• D. Narvaez, J. Marois, D. Wright, E. De Wolf, S. Isard, P. Esker. The Impact of Cropping Systems and Cultural Practices on Asian Soybean Rust. Southern Conservation Agricultural Systems. June 2007.

• N. N. Raveendran, K. Silver, L. C. Freeman, D. Narvaez, K. Weng, S. Ganta, and J. D. Lillich. 2008. Drug-Induced Alterations to Gene and Protein Expression in Intestinal Epithelial Cell 6 Cells Suggest a Role for Calpains in the Gastrointestinal Toxicity of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents. Vol. 325, No. 2. THE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS JPET 325:389–399

• Narvaez D, Lillich J, Freeman L. Ulcerogenic NSAIDs depolarize IEC-6 cells and inhibit cell migration. The FASEB Journal 2003; 17(LB):22.

• Narvaez D, Lillich JD, Hoffman J, Freeman LC. Ulcerogenic NSAIDs depolarize IEC-6 cells, inhibit cell migration without consistent alteration to Kv1.5 expression or depletion of polyamines. The FASEB Journal 2004; 18(5):A1269

• Narvaez, D., Clifford. C, Sorenmo, KU., Henry, CJ., Otto, CM., and Melgarejo T. 2002. Cross-Immunoreactivity of Goat-anti- human Angiogenin anitibodies with Canine Serum Haptoglobin. Veterinary. Cancer Society 2002 proceedings o f the 22 nd

Annual

Conference, Sept 12-15, 2002 (abstract, page 62)

• Narvaez, D. F., L. E. Claflin, and B. A Ramundo. 2001 Diagnosis and genetic variability of Xanthomonas campestris pv. holcicola determined with DNA probes. (Plant Disease accepted).

• Narvaez, D. F., L. E. Claflin and B. A Ramundo. 1998 Use of DNA probes to detect Xanthomonas campestris pv. holcicola in grain sorghum. Phytopathology 88:S66

• Ramundo B. A., L. E. Claflin., and D. F. Narvaez. Identification of Burkholderia andropogonis using PCR Generated Genomic Fingerprint. (in publication process)

• Narvaez, D. F., L. E. Claflin and B. A Ramundo Presence, Viability, and Movement of Claviceps africana in the Great Plains (in publication process)

• Narvaez, D. F., C. F. CHAUX. 1993. EVALUACION DE LA EFFECTIVIDAD DE TELENOMUS REMUS NIXON

(HYMENOPTERA: SCELIONIDAE) PARA EL CONTROL DE

Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E Smith) LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE EN EL CULTIVO DE SORGO sorghum bicolor (L) Moench. Santiago de Cali University. Cali Colombia

REFERENCES • Dr. Jason Bond

Associate Professor

SIUC Plant, Soil and Ag. Systems

1205 Lincoln Drive, Ag. 176

Carbondale, IL 62901

Ph: 618-***-**** Cell: 618-***-****

Fx: 877-***-****

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• Dr. Daren Mueller

Professor in Plant Pathology

Iowa State University

2205 Adv Tcg Res Bd