Emma Lookabaugh
Company
BASF
Job Title
Senior Technical Service Specialist
Accomplishments
- Works directly with growers, researchers and consultants to provide research-based and grower-tested solutions for insect and disease problems — and make that content available to the industry.
- Earned her Ph.D. in entomology and plant pathology, her master’s degree in plant pathology, and her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and plant biology from North Carolina State University.
Extracurricular
Her (Soda) Pop is a Doctor, Too: Emma can’t live without her Dr. Pepper. “Trust me, I’ve tried to break the habit, but we always find our way back to each other.”
Fun Facts
Finding Fungi Along the Way: Emma loves spending time outdoors with her daughter. “I’m trying to teach her all of the most important life lessons — like how to tell when blackberries are ‘just right’ and that hiking is more fun when you call it a fungal foray.”
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