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Yulex Corporation
Carlsbad, California

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  1. 1. Editorial Board - Industrial Biotechnology
    www.liebertpub.com/eboard.aspx - [Cached]

    Published on: 6/8/2008   Last Visited: 6/8/2008

    Katrina Cornish, PhDYulex Corp.
  2. 2. Yulex Corporation: Management Team & Board Members
    www.yulex.com/management-board - [Cached]

    Published on: 3/8/2008   Last Visited: 3/8/2008

    Jeffrey A. Martin | Edward P. O'Sullivan II | Katrina Cornish, Ph.D. | Anthony Nocera | Michael Fraley | John A. Wichtrich | Jason Martin | Steven Mitchell
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    Katrina Cornish, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Research & Development, Yulex Corporation
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    Katrina Cornish, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Research & Development, Yulex Corporation

    Dr. Katrina Cornish is the leading U.S. scientific expert on Guayule cultivation and domestic latex production. As Senior Vice President, Research & Development at Yulex, Dr. Cornish oversees the company's ongoing research, development, and validation programs for the commercialization of Guayule latex for safe medical devices and specialty consumer products.

    Prior to joining Yulex in 2004, Dr. Cornish was the USDA Agriculture Research Service, Western Regional Research Center's highest ranking female scientist and led the agency's development of domestic natural rubber latex sources for 15 years. Dr. Cornish is the sole inventor of process and product patents to produce safe natural rubber latex and products from Guayule. She began working closely with Yulex in 1997 when the company first licensed her discoveries from the USDA. She has 92 publications and patents, and 115 abstracts, of which 63 are related to rubber biosynthesis and production.

    In 2006, Cornish received the YWCA TWIN (Tribute to Women and Industry) award in recognition of her leadership to the region's medical and science industries. In 2004, Cornish received the Good Housekeeping Award for Women in Government in recognition of her inspired leadership and proving that good government can change our lives. In 2002, she was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and won a presidential award from the American Chemical Society. In 1998, she was honored with the USDA's Scientist of the Year Award for Outstanding Senior Research Scientist. In 1997, she was recognized by the Agricultural University of Antonio Narro, Mexica for Guayule research. Dr. Cornish received a first class honors degree in biological sciences and a Ph.D. in plant biology from the University of Birmingham, England.
  3. 3. Yulex Corporation: Scientific Advisory Board
    www.yulex.com/scientific-board - [Cached]

    Published on: 3/8/2008   Last Visited: 3/8/2008

    Katrina Cornish, Ph.D.
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    Katrina Cornish, Ph.D., senior vice president of research and development at Yulex, and leading U.S. scientific expert on Guayule cultivation and domestic latex production, chairs the Scientific Advisory Board. She is the sole inventor of process and product patents to produce safe natural rubber latex and products from Guayule.

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