James Rogers, PhD, is Founder and CEO of Apeel Sciences, a company fighting the globalfood waste crisis by utilizing advances in materials science to prevent waste in the first place--asustainable approach to the world's growing food demands. Dr. Rogers leads corporate strategyand Apeel's team of award-winning scientists in developing plant-derived technologies that keepfruits and vegetables fresh longer so less is wasted. Dr. Rogers received dual undergraduatedegrees from Carnegie Mellon University in Materials Science & Engineering and BiomedicalEngineering and his PhD in Materials from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr.Rogers was the 2012 recipient of the Frank J. Padden Jr. Award in polymer physics, the premierpolymer physics prize in the United States.