The Biotechnology Advisory Panel provides counsel to guide DuPont’s actions, helps create positions on important issues and challenges the business in the development, testing, and commercialization of new products based on biotechnology.

Dr. Pental is a professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor for the University of Delhi. Dr. Goldburg is a senior scientist with Environmental Defense Fund in New York.

“Doctors Pental and Goldburg bring fresh perspectives to the Biotech Advisory Panel and we are honored that they have joined it,” said DuPont Chairman and CEO Chad Holliday .  “The addition of these world-renowned experts will help DuPont continue its commitment to responsibly use the tools of biotechnology as it develops sustainable solutions for its customers and society.”

Dr. Pental is an elected member of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy.  He has served on many important committees related to science and technology in India, including the Governing Body of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and is currently a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Government of India. Dr. Pental’s research interest is in breeding of mustard, an important oilseed crop of dry land areas of northern India.

At Environmental Defense, Dr. Goldburg’s efforts focus on addressing scientific and public policy issues concerning fish farming and antibiotic use in animal agriculture, and increasing market demand for more sustainably produced seafood.

Her past service includes the National Academy of Science's Committee on Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Crops, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, and the State Department's US-EU Consultative Forum on Biotechnology.