Robbin Koenig

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About Robbin Koenig

Robbin received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Missouri - Columbia with a primary research focus in host-microbe interactions. Her graduate and postdoctoral work centered around elucidating the underlying molecular mechanisms of host-microbe interactions in symbiosis and disease in both plant and animal systems. She started her professional post-graduate career as research scientist at the USDA-ARS in New Orleans and moved into veterinary drug development in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina forced an unexpected change of career path. For eight years she worked for a contract research organization planning and executing efficacy and safety studies for animal drug approval, and developing successful regulatory strategies for clients to gain approval of veterinary drugs for both companion and food animals under FDA-CVM. This was followed by six years as a team leader and as a Sr. Product Development Manager for Ceva Sante Animale and three years as Global R&D Director for Milk Quality and Animal Health for DeLaval. She has since worked as Director of Development and Regulatory Affairs for the companion animal start- up company Verté Therapeutics, LLC, and is currently Head of Development for Rumin8, a company dedicated to providing methane-reducing solutions to the global cattle industry.Robbin has a 30+ year history of project and event management in non-profit organizations, having coordinated events for 100 to people in connection with 501c3 activities.You can view her publications at Researchgate - home, she is a mom and a dog lover with a passion for the fiber arts.