Dr. Leah Buchman serves as the Regulatory Policy lead in the Agriculture and Environment section at Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). BIO is the largest trade association in the world representing biotechnology companies.  BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative agricultural, industrial, and healthcare biotechnology products.  Dr. Buchman leads, manages, and advocates for regulatory policies of importance to the agriculture and environment biotechnology industry, including but not limited to plant, animal, microbial and industrial biotechnologies. Dr. Buchman is an entomologist and comes from a strong analytical and research background. Her dissertation work focused on plant-insect-microbe interactions and how beneficial fungi might be used to reduce insect pest pressure in agricultural systems. Concurrent to her dissertation work and continued post-graduate, Dr. Buchman has spent time researching public perceptions of emerging technologies in agriculture to better understand knowledge and trust of relevant stakeholders within this scope. Dr. Buchman is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute of Science, Technology, and Public Policy at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. She is also an Entomology Society of America Science Policy Fellow, Class of 2021 and is Adjunct Faculty at Georgetown University. Dr. Buchman has published in numerous scientific journals including Health Security, Science and Public Policy, Journal of Applied Microbiology and Nature Biotechnology. She holds her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in Entomology and her B.S. from Cornell University in Entomology.