Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Currentoccupation
Distinctions
Previouspositions
Patents
Foundedcompanies
Publications
Training
Personal Information
Running
Languages
Timeline
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Gustavo Marcelo Sosa

Rosario

Overview

38
38
years of professional experience

Work History

Professor of Ecology

Rosario Institute
01.1998

Advisor

Vivero Castelau Hnos
01.1998
  • Production of Carnations
  • Production of 40,000 carnations per week

Post-doc Associate Researcher

Technological Institute of Chascomús (INTECH-CONICET)
01.1997

President and founder

INBIOAR GLOBAL LTD & INBIOAR SAS
01.2010 - Current

Professor of Plant Biochemistry and Research Program Coordinator

Universidad del Salvador (USAL)
01.2009 - Current

R & D Director

Nova SA
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Development of new biotechnological projects
  • Modification of soybean oil (GMO) with a desaturase gene
  • Project: Production of enzymes
  • Natural agrochemicals

Director of explorations

Intermed Discovery
01.2009 - 01.2010
  • Company Overview: Company from Germany
  • Project: Alternative edible plant species
  • Company from Germany

President and founder

Genetics Vegetal SA
01.2003 - 01.2009
  • New ornamental plants from wild plants
  • Isolation of pinitol as a potential bio-herbicide

Director of the Plant Physiology Laboratory

Greenlab SA
01.1997 - 01.1998

Doctoral research

Center for Biochemical and Photosynthetic Studies (CEFOBI-CONICET)
01.1993 - 01.1997

Research assistant student

Univ. Nac. De Sgo del Estero, Univ. Nac de Córdoba and Univ. Nac. Del Noreste and CEFOBI
01.1987 - 01.1992

Education

Post Doc -

The Ohio State University
01.2000

Post Doc -

Technological Institute of Chascomús (INTECH)
01.1997

Ph. D. - Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

National University of Rosario
01.1997

Grade (BS) - Forest Engineer, Department of Forest Sciences

National University of Santiago del Estero
01.1991

Skills

  • Critical thinking
  • Team leadership
  • Student mentoring
  • Course planning

Affiliations

Argentine Society of Genetics, 2019, Active

Currentoccupation

  • President and founder, INBIOAR GLOBAL LTD & INBIOAR SAS, 01/01/10, Present
  • Professor of Plant Biochemistry and Research Program Coordinator, Department of Agronomy, Universidad del Salvador (USAL), Pilar, Buenos Aires, 01/01/09, Present

Distinctions

  • Scientific distinguished, Honorable Council of Rosario City, 2022
  • Counsel of the World Agriculture Forum, 2024

Previouspositions

  • R & D Director, Nova SA, 01/01/11, 12/31/13
  • Director of explorations, Intermed Discovery, Germany, 01/01/09, 12/31/10
  • President and founder, Genetics Vegetal SA, 01/01/03, 12/31/09
  • Director, Greenlab SA, 01/01/97, 12/31/98
  • Professor of Ecology, Rosario Institute, 1998
  • Post-doc Research Associate, The Ohio State University, 01/01/98, 12/31/00
  • Post-doc Associate Researcher, Technological Institute of Chascomús (INTECH-CONICET), 01/01/97, 12/31/97
  • Research assistant student, Univ. Nac. De Sgo del Estero, Univ. Nac de Córdoba, Univ. Nac. Del Noreste, CEFOBI, 01/01/87, 12/31/92

Patents

  • Herbicidal Composition comprising Chromone Derivatives and Method for Weed Control, Provisional Patent, 08/10/21, Gustavo Sosa, M. Lucía Travaini, Nestor Carrillo, Eduardo Ceccarelli, Helmut Walter, Stephen Duke, Charles Cantrel, Kumudini Meepagala
  • A method for controlling weeds and pests in vegetable crops, EP 2269453 A1, Gustavo Sosa, Sebastián Lagorio, Mariana Useglio, Eduardo Ceccarelli, Néstor Carrillo, 2012

Foundedcompanies

  • INBIOAR GLOBAL LTD, The British Virgin Islands, 2020
  • INBIOAR Paraguay, Bioprospecting for the development of agrochemicals, 2020
  • INBIOAR Chile, Bioprospecting for the development of agrochemicals, 2020
  • INBIOAR SAS, Development of agrochemicals, 2019-Present
  • INBIOAR SA, Development of active agrochemicals, 2010-Present
  • Genética Vegetal SA, Development of ornamental plants, purification of pinitol, 2003-2009
  • Nuevas Plantas SA, Development of ornamental plants from wild plants, 2000-2002

Publications

  • New Approaches to Herbicide and Bioherbicide Discovery, Stephen O. Duke, Alyssa Twitty, Claire Baker, Louis Boddy, María Lucía Travaini, Gustavo Sosa, Alexander L.A. Polidore, Amit J. Jhala, Jack M. Kloeber, Xavier Jacq, Lucas Lieber, Maria Celeste Varela, Martina Lazzaro, Ana P. Alessio, Christopher C. Ladner, Denis Fourches, Itai Bloch, Maayan Gal, Jonathan Gressel, Karthik Putta, Yael Phillip, Ifat Shub, Eyal Ben-Chanoch, Franck E. Dayan, Weed Science, 10/01/24, 1-21
  • Synthesis, Herbicidal Activity, and Structure−Activity Relationships of O-Alkyl Analogues of Khellin and Visnagin, Charles L. Cantrell, Maria Lucia Travaini, Joanna Bajsa-Hirschel, Lara D. Svendsen, Amber Reichley, Gustavo M. Sosa, Seong Jong Kim, Prabin Tamang, Kumudini Meepagala, Stephen O. Duke, J Agric Food Chem, 10/11/23, 71, 40, 14593-14603
  • Khellin and Visnagin, Furanochromones from Ammi visnag (L.) Lam., As Potential Bioherbicides, Maria L. Travaini, Gustavo M. Sosa, Eduardo A. Ceccarelli, Helmut Walter, Charles L. Cantrell, Néstor J. Carrillo, Franck E. Dayan, Kumudini M. Meepagala, Stephen O. Duke, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 12/01/16, 64, 50, 9475-9487

Training

  • Weed Science Society of America & Southern Weed Science Society, San Antonio, Texas, 01/01/24, Speaker
  • 4th Biopesticides, Biostimulants and Novel Fertilizers International Summit (BIOEX), China, 03/01/23, Speaker
  • Biostimulants Summit, Innovation in product design, Raleigh, North Carolina, 07/01/23, Speaker
  • 10th Plant Genomics & Gene Editing Congress USA, Raleigh, North Carolina, 10/24/23, Speaker
  • Bio Partnership in Biocontrol, Biostimulant & Microbiome Congress: USA, Raleigh, North Carolina, 10/24/22, Speaker
  • USDA-University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 10/26/22, Speaker
  • Normativa Extractos Naturales, Chile, 11/24/22, Speaker
  • AgTech Webinar Series. Weeds Kill Weeds, 10/05/21, Speaker
  • Red de Científicos Argentinos en Australia (RCAA) & Global Biocontrol Conference, 04/07/21, Speaker
  • Achema Pulse Conference, 06/15/21, Speaker

Personal Information

  • Number of Children: 2
  • Date of Birth: 04/28/64
  • Marital Status: Married

Running

I used to run three times per week, 7 kilometers each run. I found in the running a way to compete with my self and push my limits faster. The running is a good challenge to improve every month lowering the time per kilometer. I really enjoying running.

Languages

Spanish
Native language
English
Proficient
C2

Timeline

R & D Director

Nova SA
01.2011 - 01.2013

President and founder

INBIOAR GLOBAL LTD & INBIOAR SAS
01.2010 - Current

Professor of Plant Biochemistry and Research Program Coordinator

Universidad del Salvador (USAL)
01.2009 - Current

Director of explorations

Intermed Discovery
01.2009 - 01.2010

President and founder

Genetics Vegetal SA
01.2003 - 01.2009

Professor of Ecology

Rosario Institute
01.1998

Advisor

Vivero Castelau Hnos
01.1998

Post-doc Associate Researcher

Technological Institute of Chascomús (INTECH-CONICET)
01.1997

Director of the Plant Physiology Laboratory

Greenlab SA
01.1997 - 01.1998

Doctoral research

Center for Biochemical and Photosynthetic Studies (CEFOBI-CONICET)
01.1993 - 01.1997

Research assistant student

Univ. Nac. De Sgo del Estero, Univ. Nac de Córdoba and Univ. Nac. Del Noreste and CEFOBI
01.1987 - 01.1992

Post Doc -

Technological Institute of Chascomús (INTECH)

Ph. D. - Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

National University of Rosario

Grade (BS) - Forest Engineer, Department of Forest Sciences

National University of Santiago del Estero

Post Doc -

The Ohio State University
Gustavo Marcelo Sosa