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Pheronym is hiring

Industry Postdoc Analytical Chemistry

Create the future of agriculture!

Farmers can lose the majority of their crops without pest control. At the same time, there are concerns about the toxicity and environmental impact of traditional chemical controls. These concerns have led to regulation and outright bans on specific pesticides around the globe. Farmers and society demand eco-friendly alternatives to control pests.

Our company, Pheronym, turned to nature to win the battle against pests. We chose pheromones, communication signals, to protect our crops. Pheronym uses nematode pheromones to control agricultural pests, providing climate-friendly alternatives to soil fumigants and improving soil health. In other words, Pheronym enables farmers to control pests in the soil using eco-friendly solutions.

Industry Postdoc for R&D Analytical Chemistry – The position is funded by USDA AFRI collaborative grant.

You will work primarily with Fatma, our co-founder, and interact with our collaborators at the USDA, TAMU, Berkeley lab’s ABPDU, and JEBI alongside the growing Pheronym team. We are a deeply scientific cross-disciplinary team with a strong passion for innovation.

As an early member, you will have a meaningful influence on the culture and growth of Pheronym. Furthermore, you’ll have incredible opportunities to research new technology and transform concepts and strategies into structured projects and make key technical decisions.

    • Maintain a high standard of lab safety culture and design for safe operations
    • Work closely with our lab fermentation and analytical teams to optimize process conditions and analyze test data
    • Design and conduct analytical chemistry experiments using GC-MS or LC-MS and analyze and interpret test data
    • Review journal articles to improve methods
    • Implement strong communication skills across multi-disciplinary teams
    • Write and maintain data, analysis, and reports of your projects and standard operating procedures

You’ll take leadership in developing technological advancements and the design of the product and process. Take the next step and join us in this innovative, solutions-oriented environment.

This position is based in Berkeley, CA.

Please send a cover letter and resume to careers@pheronym.com with “Pheronym Industry Postdoc Analytical Chemistry” in the subject line

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Pheronym at the Seed Central 6th Innovator Showcase at UC Davis

If you missed Pheronym’s presentation, here is a second chance to watch Pheronym’s pitch. Here is the link: It is at 57 min and 08 sec.

 

 

You can also join us in-person edition 2022 on May 12.

6th Innovators Showcase @ UC Davis Featuring startups and innovative companies in ag and food, from seed to health

2:00 – 4:00 : 40 startup pitches
Location: Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis

4:30 – 7:00 : Networking showcase

Location: Conference Center, UC Davis

 

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Dr. Kaplan is invited speaker at the UC Davis Dept. of Entomology and Nematology Seminar Series

She will be talking about the science behind Pheronym’s technology.

Join us on December 1, at 4:10 PM (Pacific Time) at the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis.

If you can’t make the seminar in person, here is a Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/99515291076.

Seminar coordinator Shahid Siddique, a nematologist and assistant professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology.

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Pheronym Begins Scaling Pest Bio-control Solution at Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory

Focus is on full scale commercialization of company’s patented nematode pheromone extract of nematode dispersal for crop biocontrol

 DAVIS, California – November 08, 2021 – Pheronym, an agbiotech pest management company, has begun scaling up production of its patented NemastimTM pest bio-control solution at Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, through a development agreement that provides access to key fermentation and quality control systems. Pheronym’s founders, Dr. Fatma Kaplan and Karl Cameron Schiller, were named Activate Fellows this year, and joined the entrepreneurial research program’s Berkeley community, hosted at Berkeley Lab’s Cyclotron Road Division. The fellowship provides a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Berkeley Lab, through which Pheronym is accessing laboratory and production infrastructure that is vital to its success.

“This agreement marks a key milestone toward scaling our solution for commercial agriculture,” said Dr. Fatma Kaplan, CEO of Pheronym. “This CRADA with Cyclotron Road will leverage our significant progress to bring to market the first commercial nematode pheromone production.”  Keep Reading