Dr. Ferenc Darvas
President, Chairman of the Board
Serial innovator and entrepreneur with technical background and decade long business experience. Founded several companies in life sciences research and development, among others NanGenex, a leading company specialized to optimizing drug and agrochemical compounds by nanotechnology in 2006. Dr. Darvas pioneered in adapting microfluidics and flow technologies for producing nanoparticles in early 2000’s.
Dr. Darvas received his first degree in organic chemistry, another in computer science, and his PhD. in the use of artificial intelligence in drug design. Dr. Darvas’s third degree is in patent law. He was teaching at several universities in Budapest, Barcelona, Gainesville (FL), Innsbruck/Hall (Austria), presently serving as associate professor at the Florida International University in Miami. He is author of over 200 publications, co-editor of 25 books, inventor of over 100 patents, founder and Editorial Board member at the J. Flow Chemistry. Co-founder of the International QSAR Society, Society for Biomolecular Screening (SBS, today SLAS), Society for Flow Chemistry, where he is the Chairman.
Dr. Genoveva Filipcsei
CEO
Dr. Filipcsei is a life science and biotech professional with 15+ years diverse experience in emerging and medium-sized life science, biotech, pharma and agro. Her key areas of expertise include advanced technology platform innovation, asset in-licensing, research and development, intellectual property management in pharma and agrochemical sectors. She holds MSC and PhD in Chemistry. She is author of over 50 publications, 5 book chapters, inventor of over 20 patents. She owns Polányi Price of Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2009), Bolyai Plaquette of Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2007) and Young Inventor of 2005, Hungary.
Szilvia Gilmore
COO
Ms. Gilmore has received her degree in economics and joined the Darholding company network in 2007, where she has held various positions over the years. In 2011, she obtained a degree in Intellectual Property and advanced to the role of Chief Intellectual Property Officer. Recently, she assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer at InnoStudio, where she oversees all operational aspects of the company, including corporate and business development activities, strategic planning, and is involved in forming strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and alliances, as well as platform technology and intellectual property licensing opportunities.
Since 2015, she has also served as Chief Business Officer at AgroThetis, Inc., and for over a decade, she has been the Assistant Director of the Flow Chemistry Society in Switzerland.
Dr. József Fail
Chief Scientific Adviser
Dr. Fail’s area of expertise is Integrated Pest Management of insects and mites affecting vegetables and other horticultural crops; biological control; insect monitoring; plant resistance; ecology of Thysanoptera.
The general focus of our research program is to develop sustainable insect management strategies for vegetables and other horticultural crops, using a sound understanding of insect ecological principles. This broad focus allows us the opportunity to work simultaneously in basic and applied areas on a number of important arthropod pests. Our program works with presently available strategies and helps incorporate them into pest management programs, and develops new strategies for the future. Examples of projects include: understanding and modifying ecological factors that influence the risk of infestation; incorporating biological control into insect management strategies; studying mechanisms of host plant resistance and working with companies to develop resistant germplasm; developing improved insect monitoring strategies for IPM. The current special focus of our research program is the ecology of the onion thrips (Thrips tabaci LINDEMAN, 1889) species complex.
