Anuvia Plant Nutrients adds VP of research and development

Anuvia Plant Nutrients added Shawn Semones, Ph.D., as vice president of research and development (R&D).

In this position, he will focus on establishing rapid innovative development of new microbial and biological technologies that align with the company’s current sustainable biobased products.

“This is a great opportunity to help move Anuvia’s products to the next level and examine opportunities for new products and formulations,” Semones said. “I look forward to meeting the challenges and being a part of this dynamic and aggressive Anuvia team.”

Semones’ career in agriculture R&D spans more than 20 years. He most recently served as executive vice president of R&D and CTO for Concentric Ag. In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of R&D, regulatory, manufacturing of biological products, as well as business development efforts. Previously, he worked at Novozymes Biologicals, where he helped build its BioAg R&D Application Division.

Semones holds a doctorate in biology — plant physiology/mycology from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science degree in biology — plant physiological ecology from Virginia Commonwealth University.