Dr. Laura Kavanaugh is an engineer, scientist, and entrepreneur, and holds a Ph.D. in Genetics and Genomics from Duke University. She worked for 13 years as a Guidance and Control Officer in the Space Shuttle Mission Control Center and transitioned into the biotechnology industry as the space shuttle program came to an end. She has over 10 years of experience with bioinformatics, DNA sequencing, and soil microbe research at Syngenta Biotechnology. She is Founder of Genome Insights LLC, a company devoted to improving compost production to optimize biology. She consults as the soil health expert for the regenerative Union Grove Farm Vineyard in North Carolina. She was recently hired
by Advancing Eco Ag to serve as their Chief Science Officer.
New DNA sequencing technologies have emerged that will soon allow farmers to regularly measure the microbial universe in their soils. ...... Read more.
