Jaime F. Sánchez was born in Bogota, Colombia. He obtained his BS
in agronomy from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia at Palmira,
Colombia, on 1986 under the advice of Dr. Jose G. Salinas. He
obtained his MS from CATIE at Turrialba, Costa Rica, on 1989 under
the supervision of Dr. Donald Kass. From 1989 to 1993 he was
associate researcher at CIAT at Palmira, Colombia, in the Cassava
Program, under the direction of Dr. Raul Moreno. From 1993 to 2000
he worked with Nestlé Research and Development, S.A. located at
Quito, Ecuador, where he was selected Head of the Agronomy
Department on 1998. On 2004 he obtained his PhD in soil and water
science of the University of Florida under the direction of Dr. Rao S.
Mylavarapu. Since 2004 he has been the Salinas Research Center
Leader of Pioneer Hi-Bred Puerto Rico and from April 2017 CORTEVA
leader in Puerto Rico.
(jaime.sanches@corteva.com)