Jan-Hendrik Hennie Groenewald

Background

Groenewald, Jan-Hendrik Hennie was born on April 11, 1969 in South Africa.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Biotechnology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2005.

Career

Co-founder and director Genetwister South Africa Private Ltd., since 2004. Officer South African Sugarcane Research Institute, 1993—1997. Acting director, institute plant biotechnology Stellenbosch University, 2002—2004, senior lecturer, since 1998.

Chief Executive Officer Biosafety South Africa, since 2008. Visiting researcher Texas Agricultural & Medical University Research and Extension Center, Weslaco, 2000, Max Planck Institute Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany, 2007, Commonwealth Science & Industrial Research Organization, Brisbane, Australia, 2007. Member South African Medicines Control Council, since 2010.

Achievements

• January-Hendrik Hennie Groenewald has been listed as a noteworthy biotechnologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of International Society Biosafety Research.