Liliana E. Scarafia
Principal
Agbiolab’s founder and Senior Scientist, Liliana brings over
twenty years of experience in molecular biology with emphasis
on biochemical and molecular research. Most recently she was
a Senior Scientist at Roche, where she led projects in gene
discovery and genomic analysis. Previously, she worked in
plant biotechnology at Syngenta Crop Protection, where she
conducted research on transgenic corn and tomato to reduce
crop losses by incorporating insect and viral resistance. She
worked extensively on Bt insect resistance utilizing computer-
based 3-D protein modeling. She later applied other emerging
computer based technologies to genomic and molecular
sequence analysis. Earlier, she was Scientist at Syngenta Plant
Biotechnology Research in North Carolina. She has co-authored
both peer-reviewed research papers and patents.
Liliana has a Master in Science from Michigan State University,
where she majored in plant breeding, and a BS in Agronomy
from the National University in Argentina. She is co-owner of LC
Farms, a farm enterprise growing walnuts in the upper
Sacramento valley.
At Agbiolab Liliana continues a lifelong endeavor of bridging
biotechnology and agribusiness.
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Carlos A. Machado
General Manager
Responsible for sales and customer services, Carlos brings to
Agbiolab over twenty five years of experience in business and
information technology. He has led consulting, professional
services and customer services organizations at startups and
established companies, delivering multi-million dollar solutions
in industries such as Food, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG),
Medical and Manufacturing. He has held senior positions at
WIPRO Technologies, Quova, Inc., Model N, Inc, Comergent,
Sybase, Remedy Corporation and Digital Equipment
Corporation.
He holds a MS in Computer Science from Purdue University and
a BS in Electrical Engineering. He is co-owner of LC Farms, a
farm enterprise growing walnuts in the upper Sacramento
valley.
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