Executive Vice President & Chief Technical Officer

Mycogen Corporation

As Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Leo Kim directs all of Mycogen's biopesticide and plant science research programs and has management responsibility for the company’s information systems, facilities and regulatory affairs.

Before joining Mycogen in 1986, Kim spent 18 years in the chemical pesticide industry with Shell Oil Company, culminating with his appointment as principal scientist for Shell Development Company. In that position, he was responsible for coordinating biotechnology projects and developing novel approaches to agricultural chemicals. Previously, as Research & Development Director, he co-founded Shell’s efforts in pharmaceutical biotech. In addition to being the company's senior technology planner and manager, Kim served as liaison with Japanese companies.

Kim holds a B.S. degree in chemistry from Fresno State College and a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Kansas, and did postdoctoral studies in penicillin analogues at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and in Japan on the development of biological pesticides, has received dozens of patents and has published numerous technical papers.

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