Dr. Jürgen Schweden, PhD - Senior Vice President, Research & Development
 

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Dr. Jürgen Schweden has a PhD degree in Biochemistry. He started working for BASF in 1989 as a Scientist and Project Leader working on the Identification & Development of Recombinant Proteins for Pharmaceutical Applications until 1996. Afterwards, he worked on New Business Developments in Fine Chemicals, and in 1997 he became the Worldwide Product Manager concerning Tocopherol. In 1998 he was the Manager of Plant Biotechnology of Fine Chemicals. In 1999 he went to the BASF Plant Science LLC Division in Raleigh, North Carolina in the US, and was the Director of Research & Development until 2002. After returning to Germany, he is currently the Senior Vice-President of
Research & Development of BASF Plant Science GmbH in Ludwigshafen.