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Jay M. Short, Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2004. Dr. Short is currently Founder, Executive Director, and Chairman of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. The foundation is focused on preservation of biological diversity in the living environment by inventing and implementing business and educational strategies in the service of conservation. Dr. Short was previously the Founder, President, CEO, and CTO of Diversa Corporation, a leader in applying proprietary genomic technologies for the rapid discovery and optimization of novel products from biodiversity. Dr. Short is a Director for Invitrogen, a leading biotechnology company in the area of gene expression and Stressgen Biotechnologies, focused on applying immune modulating approaches to address life-threatening diseases. He previously served as Head of Research and Operations of Strategene Cloning Systems and President of their antibody development subsidiary. Dr. Short received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and his B.A. with honors in Chemistry from Taylor University in Upland, Indiana | 