Michael Zhu CEO
Michael Zhu is CEO of Innopodium and Sufarm. He co-founded Innopodium with Limin and brings over 25 years of experience in agriculture. He was President for Greater China leading the Crop Protection and Seeds Businesses at Dow AgroSciences, where he had held product development, country management, commercial sales, marketing and supply chain roles in Asian region over 17 years.
Eric Wu EVP
Eric Wu is EVP of Innopodium and Sufarm. Prior to Sufarm and Innopodium, Eric led the global marketing and oversea business at a leading Chinese company and the AgroFresh business for Asia Pacific region at Dow AgroSciences.
Yonnie Yun, Ph.D. Innovation VP
Yonnie Yun, Ph.D. is Innovation VP of Innopodium and Sufarm. He took several leadership roles of Core R&D and Business R&D for Asia Pacific region at The Dow Chemical Company where he has broad experience in the research and development process over 16 years. He is an inventor on over 30 granted patents.
Steven Liu Strategic Marketing Director
Steven Liu is Strategic Marketing Director of Innopodium and Sufarm. Previously he led the global product development of new molecule and license-in and license-out business at a leading Chinese company. He took many R&D roles at FMC, Dow AgroSciences and Corteva. He has over 20 years of experience working in the agriculture industry.
Tadao Asami, Ph.D. Discovery Leader
Tadao Asami, Ph.D. is Japan Discovery Leader of Innopodium. He was a Professor at Toyko University where he focused more on the discovery of novel crop protection chemistries and had strong expertise in computer aiding molecular design. He is an author on over 400 scientific publications that have over 24000 citations.
Trace Chen Biology Leader
Trace Chen is Biology Leader of Innopodium. He has over 30 years of experience working in the agriculture industry with a focus on the biology. He led the technical positioning of new molecules aross Asian region at Dow AgroSciences, Syngenta and Corteva.
Alfred Shao, Ph.D. Chemistry Leader
Alfred Shao, Ph.D. is China Chemistry Leader of Innopodium. He obtained his Ph.D. in total synthesis of biochemicals from Chinese Academy of Sciences. Alfred experienced in both pharmaceutical and agrochemical areas.