Kyle Schneider, PhD

R&D Director at Vestaron

Speaker

Kyle Schneider is the Director of R&D at Vestaron and is a trained structural biologist and protein engineer. Kyle received his B.S. from Grand Valley State University, M.S. from Yale University, and Ph.D. from Northwestern University and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Genentech in the Antibody Engineering department prior to joining Vestaron in 2016. Kyle is a former Goldwater Scholar, NSF Research Fellow, and National Academy of Engineering outstanding early career engineer. He has authored numerous papers in biochemistry and structural biology, a book chapter on peptides in crop protection, as well as an analysis on the use of biopesticides for U.S. Congress. Kyle also holds six patents in peptide engineering and manufacturing and developed a novel peptide bioinsecticide currently under review for commercial application with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).