PREMIER TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE CENTER FOR COCOA BIOTECHNOLOGY

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A. Personal Data

1. Name			:	Douglas Furtek	
2. IC No			:	K10326	
3. Date and Place of Birth	:	15 April 1951 Massachusetts, U.S.A.	
4. Sex			:	Male	
5. Nationality		:	United States of America	
6. Title of Position Held	:	Biotechnology Expert
	
					
B. Educational Qualifications

 
1.  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Genetics, 1986, University of Wisconsin - Madison	
2.  Master of Science (M.Sc.), Botany, 1979, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, New Jersey	
3.  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Botany1973, University of Massachusetts - Amherst	
4.  Postdoctoral Scientist specializing in plant molecular biology at the Max Planck Institute
    and the University of Cologne, Germany, July 1986 to March 1989
	
				
C. Research Experience

1. Number of Years of Experience	:	18	
2. Fields of Specialisation		:	Plant molecular biology and genetics	
3. Major Research Programmes Completed


	a. Title		:  	Genetic transformation of cocoa cells using Agrobacterium tumefaciens 
   	Year		: 	1991-1994 
   	Position held	: 	Director of the American Cocoa Research Institute Molecular 
				Biology Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University
   	Major output	:	Article in the journal Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

	
	b. Title		:	Molecular biology of the cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) In addition 
				to genetically transforming cocoa cells, projects included molecular
 				fingerprinting of the a cocoa pathogen, characterizing enzymes 
				involved in cocoa butter biosynthesis, and characterizing a gene
				for a protease inhibitor in cocoa seeds.
   	Year		:	April 1989 to June 1996
   	Position held	:	Director of the American Cocoa Research Institute Molecular Biology
 				Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University
   	Major output	:	Several publications in international journals (see list) and 
				training of U.S. and international graduate students and visiting 
				scientists

	
	c. Title		:	Molecular and genetic behavior of the maize transposable element 
				Activator in other plants
   	Year		:	July 1986 to March 1989
   	Position held	:	Postdoctoral Scientist
   	Major output	:	Co-author on two publications


	d. Title		:	Cloning of the Bronze locus of maize
   	Year		:	September 1989 to June 1986
   	Positiion held	:	Graduate studentAuthor
   	Major output	:	Co-author on several publications