David Barnes, Ph.D. Director of Research, Standard Process Inc.

Dr. Barnes attended graduate school at the University of California at Davis. There he studied animal science and nutrition receiving his M.S. (1986) and Ph.D. (1990). From 1990 to 1995, Dr. Barnes held a senior research fellowship at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina where he studied toxicology in marine animals and the role minerals play in insulin-regulated metabolism. In 1995, he took an assistant professor position at the University of Arkansas where he earned the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, awarded to the top 60 young scientists in the U.S. each year, for his research on the interrelationship between mercury and insulin. In 1999, Dr. Barnes joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study the multi-drug resistance proteins involved in the detoxification mechanisms of the gut in humans and birds. He has also been active in studying the mechanism of action of dietary phenolic compounds on cholesterol metabolism. In 2004, his interests led him to accept the position of Research Director at Standard Process Inc., a manufacturer of whole food nutrition supplements.