Dr. Lyle Ralston is the Crop Efficiency Platform Lead in Plant Biotechnology R&D for Bayer Crop Science. Lyle has spent much of his 20+ year career focused on delivering innovative solutions for farmers. Recognizing that climate change poses a global threat to agriculture and food security, Lyle is currently focused on developing crops that are more resilient to the impacts of climate change and resulting extreme weather events and that are more productive under sustainable management systems. Prior to joining Plant Biotechnology, Lyle has served in diverse roles in Regulatory in both the US and Brazil, including Product Stewardship, Regulatory Affairs, and Regulatory Science. Before joining industry, Lyle was a USDA postdoctoral fellow at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, MO, and he received his PhD in Plant Biology from the University of Kentucky.