ADM appoints new chief science officer
Dr Nuria Miquel has been named senior vice president and chief science officer at ADM, effective August 1.
ADM CEO, Juan Luciano, said that throughout her distinguished career, Miquel has demonstrated how "to bring together inspiring leadership and cutting-edge science to build high-performing R&D teams that transform new ideas into commercial products to drive growth.”
She started her career as a research scientist before progressing to leadership roles at Novozymes, Tate & Lyle, Chr Hansen and Hempel and joined ADM three years ago as leader of science and technology for the company’s nutrition segment.
Miquel earned her PhD from the University of Copenhagen and University of Bristol, on the effect of nutrition to immune responses in monogastric parasitic infections.
She will replace Dr Todd Werpy, who has announced his retirement after leading ADM’s R&D and innovation efforts for 16 years.
“Todd not only has impacted ADM – his leadership and cutting-edge research have profoundly changed many of the industries in which we operate,” Luciano said. “From alternative fuels to fermentation and synthetic biology, to our efforts to deliver low-carbon feedstocks to partners across multiple industries, Todd has been instrumental to our growth.”