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 Dr. Quattlebaum was elected Chairman of MetaMorphix®, Inc. in 2001 after serving as its President and CEO since 1999 and President since January of 1998. Dr. Quattlebaum has more than 25 years of agricultural industry experience, much of it within the biotechnology sector. He served as President and CEO of biosys, Inc., the second-largest producer of biological pesticides, from 1995 to 1997; and as its President and COO from 1992 to 1995. From 1987 to 1992, Dr. Quattlebaum worked with Rhone-Poulenc, a French pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical company, where he held several key executive positions, including Global Business Manager for the company’s foliar insecticide business in Lyon, France, from 1987 to 1990; and Director of North American Manufacturing Task Force from 1990 to 1992.
Dr. Quattlebaum began his professional career with Union Carbide Ag Products Company, with which he held a number of ascending positions including Director of Development. Dr. Quattlebaum currently serves on the Food and Agricultural Governing Board of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and has served as a member of BIO’s Board of Directors from 2000-2004. Dr. Quattlebaum was also a member of BIO’s Executive Committee and Vice Chairman of BIO’s Food and Agriculture Governing Board from 2001-2003. Additionally, he sits on the Clemson University Research Foundation Board and is a board member of InsectiGen, Inc. in Athens, Georgia. Dr. Quattlebaum received a B.A. in Biology from Catawba College , Salisbury, NC; and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Entomology from Clemson University.
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