Dr Sorokin has more than 20 years’ experience in genetics, agronomy and biotechnology. He obtained his PhD in plant genetics obtained in 1991 from the school of Agronomy in Minsk for his work on wheat and triticale genetics. Prior to founding Algentech he held the position of senior research associate at the Sainsbury Laboratory (Norwich, UK), in charge of technology development and consultant at Plant Bioscience Ltd (Norwich, UK). He is co-inventor on 5 patent families owned by Algentech.