Dr. Jay M. Short, Ph.D.

Overview

Jay M. Short, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2004. Dr. Short is currently Founder, President and Chairman of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, a foundation focused on preservation of biological diversity in the living environment by inventing and implementing business and educational strategies in the service of conservation. From February 1999 to October 2005, Dr. Short was the President and CEO of Diversa Corporation, a leader in applying proprietary genomic technologies for the rapid discovery and optimization of novel products from biodiversity. He was a founding member of Diversa Corporation, and served as Chief Technology Officer and Director of the company from its inception in 1994. Dr. Short is a director for publicly-held Invitrogen Corporation and Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation, and privately-held Anaptys Bioscience. He previously served as Head of Research and Operations of Strategene Cloning Systems and President of their antibody development subsidiary. Dr. Short received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and his B.A. with honors in Chemistry from Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.