Rob Potter

Rob Potter

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Regulatory Global Resource Lead
Feed the Future Global Biotech Potato Partnership

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Rob Potter has a PhD from Rothamsted Experimental Station and over 35 years of experience in agricultural biotechnology research and development working in six countries on three continents.  For the past 17 years as a consultant, this work has focused on regulatory approval of modified crops, as well as development of regulatory systems in a number of African and Asian countries.  During this time, he has submitted successful dossier in a range of crop species in North America, including late-blight tolerant potato lines in Canada.  In addition, Rob was employed as the Technology Coordinator for the USAID-funded ABSPII project at Cornell University during which time a previous late-blight tolerant potato was evaluated. 

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