Noah Christopher Jenkins
Oakdale
Summary
Dynamic Vice-President of Innovation at Botanic Innovations, skilled in product development and formulation design. Orchestrated over 50 innovative formulations, significantly improving health outcomes. Demonstrated expertise in clinical trial management and regulatory compliance, combined with exceptional leadership capabilities. Dedicated to propelling scientific research and achieving market success through strategic product pipelines.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice-President of Innovation/Chief Innovations Officer
Botanic Innovations
Spooner
05.2020 - 06.2025
- Company Overview: Lead scientific research into natural products, focusing on their additive and synergistic potentials to optimize health. Develops innovative formulations that go beyond traditional pharmaceutical approaches.
- Lead the overall scientific and product development direction of the company
- Developed the complete strategy and implementation of a new product development pipeline for scientifically validated and differentiated products, from ideation to commercialization.
- Completed over 50 formulations, including products for personal care, supplements for various outcomes and body systems, as well as a diverse array of agricultural feed products, pet supplements, and biofuel
- Formulated and launched 2 entire lines of various personal-care and nutritional supplements. These were 'Core Ritual' (www.coreritual.com) and 'Visage Life' (www.visagelife.com)
- Keep current on published research on ways natural products and their constituents affect the molecular biological pathways of the human body
- Lead other scientists and formulators in driving research and development
- Planning commercialization of new products with third party developers and manufacturers
- Design testing protocols on formulations to further elucidate the scientific points of differentiation and publish results
- Assist in writing patents on relevant findings
- Work directly with the President of the company on portfolio expansion and the ideation of new products, product categories, and overall direction of the company.
- Assist in calculating and implementing the R and D budget
- Assist in the hiring of an expanded scientific team
- Construct a lab space and purchase equipment necessary for formulation of benchtop samples for initial testing.
- Work constantly and cross-functionally in an efficient fashion with Sales, Marketing, Sourcing, Regulatory, Finance, and Operations
- Assist in formulation with customer businesses and creation of science-based marketing material for their use
- Serve on the Scientific Advisory Board for AXXA Global, an international MLM company in the Beauty and Wellness Sector based in Singapore.
- Promoted a line of products for our company on live television
- Lead scientific research into natural products, focusing on their additive and synergistic potentials to optimize health. Develops innovative formulations that go beyond traditional pharmaceutical approaches.
Nutritional Research Scientist/Manager of Research and Development
Nature’s Sunshine Products
Lehi
08.2017 - 05.2020
- Company Overview: A company focused on nutritional products and supplements.
- Manage a team of 3-4 Nutritional Research Scientists in preparing clinical trials and conducting scientific experiments investigating the mechanisms of action of natural products
- Assist with the patent strategy and managing intellectual property
- Formulated 15-20 new formulas with clear points of differentiation and scientific mechanisms of action
- Served as the main scientific speaker at distributor conventions, workshops, and town hall meetings
- Worked closely with distributors to hear their input and concern concerning new and future formulations. Maintained a feeling of trust between the corporate members of the company and the distributors
- Worked closely with the Scientific Advisory Board on overall Research and Development strategy
- Review all claims on Nutraceutical product labels for peer-reviewed evidence and accuracy
- Conduct thorough investigations into hundreds of different active alkaloids contained in our botanical nutraceutical ingredients
- Review product formulations for safety concerns and possible drug interactions
- Write monographs, Materials Safety and Data Sheets, and other supporting documents to different international government entities to register and legally import products
- Communicate with raw material suppliers on possible future formulations and effects of potential future nutraceutical products.
- Work directly with the Executive Director of Product Development on feasibility and efficacy of products
- A company focused on nutritional products and supplements.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Utah
01.2015 - 08.2017
- Company Overview: Department of Molecular Medicine focused on cardiovascular research.
- Awarded a T32 Cardiovascular Training grant for two years of funding
- Lead project studying angiogenesis in Sturge-Weber Syndrome
- Investigated and identified heterogeneity of several human endothelial cell lines
- Discovered a critical signaling node that can be pharmacologically inhibited to reduce the pathological effects of Sturge-Weber Syndrome
- Worked on utilizing Crispr/CAS9 to create the first knock-in mouse model of human Sturge-Weber Syndrome
- Designed and used adenoviral constructs to model the aberrant signaling pathways in vitro, BSL2+ certified
- Gave departmental talks four times a year, wrote a larger section of a review article on small GTPases
- Department of Molecular Medicine focused on cardiovascular research.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Utah
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Company Overview: Department of Neurosurgery focused on brain cancer research.
- Discovered several genetic drivers of leptomeningeal dissemination of medulloblastoma
- Successfully inhibited growth of a specific subtype of medulloblastoma with pharmacological intervention
- Published several papers as lead author advancing the understanding of the specifics of brain cancer metastasis.
- Gave academic talks to the medical doctors in the Department of Neurosurgery, functioned as the departmental liaison from bench to bedside.
- Successfully created the first mouse model of the most aggressive subtype of human medulloblastoma using designed lentiviral constructs. BSL2+ certified
- Department of Neurosurgery focused on brain cancer research.
Graduate student
University of Utah
01.2006 - 01.2012
- Company Overview: Department of Oncological Sciences focused on cancer research.
- Completed my academic requirements with a 3.95 GPA
- Discovered a novel oncogenic pathway of melanoma development
- Delivered annual departmental talks about research in progress
- Helped design and execute a successful clinical trial on antioxidant utilization for protection against UV-induced DNA damage.
- Published several papers in top-tier journals as lead author advancing the understanding of melanoma development
- Successfully defended PhD thesis in Molecular Biology/Biochemistry
- Second fastest to graduate in class of 27
- Department of Oncological Sciences focused on cancer research.
Lab technician
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Company Overview: A research institute focused on cancer research.
- Entrusted to lead personal project studying embryonic cell polarity
- Published my first lead author paper in the journal Science
- Presented my work in an oral presentation at an international Developmental Biology meeting
- A research institute focused on cancer research.
Confocal microscopy technician
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
01.2003 - 01.2004
- Company Overview: Cell Imaging Core Facility focused on microscopy.
- Cell Imaging Core Facility focused on microscopy.
Undergraduate research assistant
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
01.2001 - 01.2003
- Company Overview: Department of Biology focused on undergraduate research.
- Department of Biology focused on undergraduate research.
Education
Ph.D. - Molecular Biology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT06-2012
Skills
- Product development and formulation design
- Clinical trial management
- Intellectual property and regulatory compliance
- Market research
Affiliations
- 2nd Degree Black Belt instructor and competitor is Brazilian-Jiu-Jitsu. 2023 Wisconsin Black Belt Heavyweight Champion. Utah State Heavyweight Champion in Olympic Style Weightlifting. Avid musician and guitar player
Timeline
Vice-President of Innovation/Chief Innovations Officer
Botanic Innovations
05.2020 - 06.2025
Nutritional Research Scientist/Manager of Research and Development
Nature’s Sunshine Products
08.2017 - 05.2020
Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Utah
01.2015 - 08.2017
Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Utah
01.2012 - 01.2015
Graduate student
University of Utah
01.2006 - 01.2012
Lab technician
Huntsman Cancer Institute
01.2004 - 01.2006
Confocal microscopy technician
University of Utah
01.2003 - 01.2004
Undergraduate research assistant
University of Utah
01.2001 - 01.2003
Ph.D. - Molecular Biology
University of Utah
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