Now a leader in developing the next generation of environmentally-friendly crop protection products, AgroSpheres started from humble beginnings.
Just six years ago, the founders and original core team were students doing undergraduate research together at UVA.
Board Director
Board Director
Dr. Robert Fraley is the former executive vice president and chief technology officer at Monsanto Company. Also a World Food Prize Laureate, he is widely recognized as a key contributor to the worldwide science and agriculture communities – most notably, for developing the first genetically modified crops as a solution for farmers battling pests and weeds that threatened their yields.
Board Director
Board Director
Yelda joined the AgroSpheres board of directors in August 2017. Currently, Yelda leads the R&D department and is the manager of production and quality assurance at ORBA Biokimya San. A.S. in Istanbul. Yelda has a degree in food engineering and a master’s degree in Biotechnology from Middle Eastern Technical University of Ankara, Turkey.
RNAi Research Associate
RNAi Research Associate
Margaret comes to us with a wealth of hands-on experience and sequencing knowledge from her years at MIT and working with DNA and RNA. She is not only dedicated to research projects and benchwork, but also contributes to the company through event planning and marketing design.
Our new hires are propelling AgroSpheres forward with their expertise.
We are engineers, scientists, creators, and innovators. We're a group of diverse individuals playing on the same team, solving the problems we're passionate about.
We welcome both industry and academic partners who are aligned with our mission.
