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, generational 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. Prior to joining Plant Biotechnology, Lyle had diverse roles in Regulatory in both the US and Brazil, including product molecular characterization for global regulatory submissions, regulatory affairs, and product stewardship. 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.