Desmond Jimenez

Desmond R JimenezPhD

Born: Phoenix Arizona,USA.

Resident: 1967-1969; ColegioMetodista, San Jose Costa Rica.

Military Service:1975-1978; RegularArmy, Basic Field Medic and Operating Room Technician, Specialist E5, Womak Army Hospital, N. Carolina; Trippler Army Medical Center, Hawaii.

Scottsdale Community College: 1978-1979; GeneralEducation (I am a Fighting Artichoke)

Scottsdale MemorialHospital: 1978-1979; EmergencyRoom Technician, Triage. 

University of Arizona: 1980-1983; B.S. in Agriculture, Food Science and Microbiology – Gamma Sigma Delta, Tucson Arizona.

S.G. FranzBlau; D.R. Jimenez N.A.Sinclair (1985) A selective medium for the isolation of opportunistic flavobacteria from potable water. J. Env. Sci. and Health, Part A Env. Sci. and Eng. 20 (5) 583- 591.

University of Arizona: 1984-1987; Ph.D Nutritional Science; Microbiology and Entomology, Dept. Nutrition, University Health Science Center, Tucson, AZ.

Jimenez D.R. and Gilliam M. (1988) Cytochemistry of peroxisomal enzymes in microbodies of the midgut of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 90B: 757-766.

Post Doctorates: 1988-1990-1993; USDA Kinney Post Doc, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center Tucson,AZ; Subtropical InsectsManagement Unit, Orlando,FL.

Jimenez D.R., Shapiro J.P., and Yokomi R.K. (1994) Biotype-specific expression of dsRNA in the sweet potato whitefly.Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 70: 143-152.

Novo NorDisk EntoTech: 1990-1993; Sr. Res Scientist, Plant Protection Division, Bacillus

thuringiensis and BioPesticide Researchand Discovery, Davis,CA.

Hong T.W., Jimenez D. R. and Molinski T. F. (1998) Agelastins C and D, new pentacyclic bromopyrroles from the sponge Cymbastela sp., and potent arthropod toxicity of (-)-agelastatin. Journal of Natural Products 61: 158-161.

AgraQuest Inc:1995-2005; Founding Scientist, Biopesticide R& D, Davis, CA

Germida J.J., Heins, S.D., Manker, D.C., Jimenez D.R., Marrone P.G. Bacillus subtilis strain for controlling insect and nematode pests. U.S. Patent # 6,015,553 Issued Jan 18, 2000.                                                                                                                              

Heins, S.D., Manker, D.C., Jimenez D.R., McCoy R.J., Marrone P.G. and Orjala J.E. Composition and methods for controlling plant pests. U.S. Patent # 6,103,228 Issued Aug 15, 2000.

Lehman L.J., Orjala J.E., Manker D.C., Jimenez D.R., Baum N.A. and Marrone P.G. Streptomyces strain with insecticidal activity and method of using as an insecticide. U.S. Patent 6,682,295 Issued January 27, 2004

AgraQuest Inc: 2005-2012; Technical Director and Principle Scientist, BioInnovation Division; Animal Nutrition, Home and Garden, Turf and Ornamental, Seed Treatment and Bioremediation

Jimenez D.R. and SchmidtJ.E. Method for using a Bacillus subtilis strain

to enhance animal health. U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/192,436, September 17, 2008. 

Jimenez D, Bueno G, Royalty N, Joo D, Guilhabert Goya M, and Margolis J.Requiem insecticide: Implication of plant host defense response through transcriptome sequencing. The Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science. October 2011 Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Jimenez D. R, Joo D et al. Methods for enhancing plant health and growth with terpenes U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.: 61/533,725 Filed: September 12, 2011

Bayer Biologics: 2012 to 2014; Business Development Manager Bayer, CropScience, Environmental Science, Animal Health.

Tactacan G.B., Mathis G., and Jimenez D. (2013) A Bacillus subtilis (QST 713) spore-based probiotic for Necrotic Enteritis control in broiler chickens, J Appl Poult Res 22 (4): 825-831                                                                                                                          

NewLeaf Symbiotics: May, 2014; Vice President,Product Development and Manufacturing, 2018; Chief Products Officer, 2020; Chief Science Officer, May 2023; Emeritus Consultant. 

Strobel S.A., Allen K., Roberts C., Jimenez D., Scher H.B., Jeoh T. (2018) Preservation of plant- associated bacteria in spray-dried cross-linked alginate microcapsules. Industrial Biotechnology, 138–147. https://doi.org/10.1089/ind.2017.0032

Jimenez D. R. (2023) Meta Bionomics: The Science Behind the Art of AG Biologicals.  NAICC, Nashville, Tennessee

Jimenez D.R (2025) Scaling Biological Production; Manufacturing Challenges and Solutions. BIOEX 25, Shanghai, China 

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