Dr Jorge Mayer, MIP Law, Trade Marks Attorney
Golden Rice Project Manager,
Campus Technologies Freiburg, Germany
Jorge Mayer
Jorge was born and grew up in Peru. He has always firmly believed in the benefits of technology transfer for the good of developing countries, like his own country of origin. For many years he has dedicated his efforts to the generation and transfer of enabling technologies in the area of agricultural biotechnology.
Since May 2004: Golden Rice Project Manager, Campus Technologies Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Germany.

1998-2003: Principal Scientist, Intellectual Property Analyst and Operations Manager, Center for the Application of Molecular Biology to International Agriculture «CAMBIA»; Canberra, Australia.

2002-2004: Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University, Faculty of Science and Agriculture; New South Wales, Australia.

2003-2005: Master of Industrial Property Law studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Registered Trade Marks Attorney, Australia.

1995-1998: Principal Investigator, Molecular Biochemistry Laboratory, AgroBiologicals Research, AgrEvo (Bayer Crop Science), Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia.

1990-1995: Senior Staff, Molecular Biochemistry Laboratory, Biotechnology Research Unit, International Center for Tropical Agriculture «CIAT», Cali, Colombia.

1987-1990: Assistant Professor, Botany Department, Technical University of Aachen, Germany.

1984-1987: Post-doctoral Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne-Germany.

1984: PhD in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

1979-1984: PhD Student and Research Assistant, Biochemistry Department, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

1973-1979: Studies of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.



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