Arcadia Biosciences welcomes Dr. Randy Shultz as head of research and development
Experienced R&D strategist brings deep expertise in advanced breeding and gene editing technologies
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKDA), a food ingredient company, announced that Randy Shultz, Ph.D. has joined the company’s leadership team as head of research and development.
Shultz has nearly 20 years of experience in plant science and agricultural biotechnology. The former global crop lead at Inari Agriculture, he also served there as the director of R&D and senior director of R&D strategy. Shultz was the first key scientific hire at Inari and played an instrumental role in building a scalable R&D platform and developing a foundational intellectual property estate. Before Inari, Shultz spent several years leading various scientific production teams at Monsanto (now Bayer Crop Science), including their Genome Editing Platform team.