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Former Senior Vice President for BASF where he was responsible for the discovery and development of crop-protection chemicals. Prior to that Dr. Schirmer worked in various research and marketing positions at BASF. Dr. Schrimer was part of the team that started the plant biotechnology group within BASF in 1997 and was part of the integration team for the American Cyanamid acquisition. Dr. Schirmer was a board member for Wirtschaftsverbund Pflanzengenomforschung GABI e.V. Dr. Schirmer recieved his Ph.D. at the University of Stuttgart and did post doctoral work at the University of Paris-Orsay. He has more than 20 years experience in the agrochemical business. | 