Dilip Shah Dr. Dilip Shah is a Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. The research in his lab is focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying plants’ defense against pathogens. His research team is currently investigating the mode of action of antifungal defensins and their use in development of mycotoxin-free disease resistant crops. Prior to joining the Danforth Center in 2001, he was a Science Fellow at Monsanto Company. During his tenure at Monsanto Company, he played a major role in the development of Roundup Ready crops, led the company’s R&D effort on the development of fungal disease resistant crops and was instrumental in setting up the company’s R&D center for agricultural research in India. He has served on the NSF and NIH grant review panels and has regularly reviewed manuscripts for various journals. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has been a co-inventor on several patents in agricultural biotechnology. He organized the Danforth Center’s Fall Symposium “New Frontiers in Plant Biology” in 2006.