Dr. Mark Wach

Chief Innovation Officer, Sylvan Inc.
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With over 45 years’ experience in the mushroom industry, Dr. Mark Wach, has spent the last 30 with Sylvan, Inc., a world leader in fungal biotechnology, where he currently serves as the Company’s Chief Innovation Officer. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and a native San Franciscan, Dr. Wach completed his graduate education at the Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology.

In addition to directing a multinational team of researchers charged with maintaining Sylvan’s position as the premier supplier of mushroom spawn and related products, Dr. Wach and his team provide support for Sylvan Bio, a division responsible for harnessing Sylvan’s proprietary solid-substrate fermentation platform to develop specialty applications utilizing fungi in the  development of nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and specialty chemical products.

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