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Appendix A: Steering Committee Biosketches
Pages 51-54

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... He holds a DPhil in science and technology policy studies and has received numerous international awards and honorary degrees for his work on sustainable development. He is the editor of the International Journal of Technology and Globalisation and the International Journal of Biotechnology.
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... Dr. Groth has been a member of the Food Forum of the National Academy of Sciences, of an Environmental Protection Agency advisory committee on managing multiple exposures to lead, of the Steering Committee of the Children's Environmental Health Network, and of a Joint Food and Agriculture Organization–World Health Organization Expert Consultation on Risk Communication in Food Safety.
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... Her work on the application of DNA analysis to plant evolution at the population level showed an unexpectedly high level of diversity due to limited gene migration. Her research includes the use of gene genealogies and coalescence theory to detect geographic patterns of gene migration between populations of North American native plants.
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... Zaglul has presided over EARTH University, a private, international nonprofit university dedicated to the conservation and sustainable development of the humid tropics. Previously, he served as head of the Animal Production Department of the Centro Agrícola Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
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