Tom Meade is currently Chief Science Officer at Enko Chem. He has over 30 years of experience working in the agriculture industry with a focus on the discovery of novel crop protection traits and chemistries. He began his career at Mycogen discovering insect resistance traits and broadened his scientific and leadership responsibilities to include insecticide discovery when Mycogen was acquired by Dow. Tom made direct contributions to many successful discovery efforts during his tenure at Mycogen and Dow AgroSciences that resulted in commercial traits (WideStrike cotton, Herculex corn, and Conkesta soy) and an insecticide (Isoclast active). Through leadership positions in both crop protection chemistry and traits he has broad experience in the discovery and development process. Tom was the Global Leader for Trait Discovery at Dow AgroSciences before assuming his current role at Enko Chem.

Tom is a member of the Entomological Society of America, the Society for Invertebrate Pathology, the American Chemical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received a B.S. in Entomology from U.C. Davis and an M.S. and PhD in Entomology from U.C. Riverside.