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Ralph W. Emerson 60 was named to the Board of Directors on August 2 2006. He serves as Chairman of the Company’s Science Advisory Committee. Mr. Emerson has product development and research affiliations with some of the world's leading companies including Cargill Inc. Helena Chemical Spectrum Brands and the 3M Corporation. Formerly he was a consultant to the CEO/President of Grain Processing Corporation (GPC) Senior Science Consultant to Central Pet and Garden a Sr. Vice President of Jourgensen Chemical/ NL Industries managing chemical programs with the Department of Defense. Moreover he has held senior academic and research positions within the University of California at UCLA UCI and UC Davis. His applied research has produced several US Patents and International Patents in the disciplines of bioscience. Mr. Emerson is a partner and founder of FREM Biosciences Inc. working for the past 10 years in the areas of pesticide science. Additionally he is a director of the Kary Mullis Research Foundation and director of the Agriculture and Animal Sciences division of Altermune-a US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency funded program. Dr. Emerson is a graduate of UCLA and did his graduate work at Harvard University the Harvard School of Public Health and the Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Currently he is an elected member of the Harvard University Club of Boston the New York Academy of Sciences and the American Society of Microbiology. | 