Biography
Roger Downer is a Research Scientist with The Ohio State University. He has a PhD in Biology from The University of Portsmouth (UK).
Prior to moving from England to join Frank Hall’s team at the Laboratory for Pest Control Application Technology at Ohio State in 1989, Roger spent 20 years in the Agrochemical Industry as an entomologist but with a significant input into and interest in pesticide application. He has traveled to many parts of the world carrying out development field trials
For the past 18+ years he has been involved in a wide range of projects involving research into the role, use and effectiveness of adjuvants in crop protection with a special interest in drift management. More recently Roger has become involved in projects and organizations evaluating the role of pollinators in agricultural crop production and the effect pesticides have on those pollinators he is currently a co-chair of the Pollinator Partnership task force on pesticides. He is also involved in Food Safety Education programs at The Ohio State University.