About me

Understanding the role of ABI3 during silique development

History

    Logan is the CEO and co-founder of AgGene Inc., an agriculture biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of plant traits to improve crop production and nutrition. Logan’s passion for agriculture began at a young age while growing up on a 1,700-acre grain farm in Alberta, Canada. Being actively involved with his family farming operation, Logan was frequently exposed to the major challenges crops face during the growing season. Seeing the frequent hardships of farming ultimately influenced Logan’s decision to pursue post-secondary education in plant sciences.

    Logan has extensive experience working in agriculture retail as a sale agronomist for Crop Production Services (Nutrien). While Logan enjoyed working in ag retail, his long term vision was to develop genetic technologies to help farmers mitigate challenges faced during crop production. Logan made the decision to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of Calgary in developmental biology, with a particular focus on agriculture biotechnology. Logan played a major role in the development of a frost-tolerant Canola cultivar and had his research findings published in the Journal of Plant Biotechnology. His research studies also focused on the development of technologies to boost protein content and minimize pod shatter in Canola. Having first-hand experience as a farmer and the molecular biology skillset is a major advantage to understanding and solving major problems in agriculture crop production.

    In addition to ongoing research, Logan has sat on the University of Calgary Greenhouse Board, as a student representative. Currently, Logan is on the executive board for the Canadian Society of Agronomy, serving as the industry representative. Logan also is a strong believer in giving back and hopes to help farmers in underdeveloped regions improve access to sustainable food.

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