Quercus Biosolutions Team
Jonathan Lightner, PhD
Jonathan Lightner, PhD
Jonathan Lightner, PhD
Founder & CEO
Seasoned Agribusiness Technology Executive with C-Suite Experience in global AgBiotech. Responsible for launching new technologies in seed and livestock that became industry standards.
Matthew B. Crisp
Jonathan Lightner, PhD
Jonathan Lightner, PhD
Founder & Executive Chair
Accomplished Entrepreneur, Board Member and Advisor with tech-based rapid growth enterprises, namely in the AgriFood value chain. Former life sciences-focused Venture Capitalist.
Kent Wood, PhD
Sarah Bloch, PhD
Sarah Bloch, PhD
Sr. Director of Plant Science
R&D leader with deep experience building and leading programs spanning plant physiology, biotechnology, and product development in both well-developed and early stage agriculture companies.
Sarah Bloch, PhD
Sarah Bloch, PhD
Sarah Bloch, PhD
IP Director
Experienced Agtech leader and patent practitioner with experience managing research strategy at Pivot Bio and developing IP portfolios for diverse food+ag clients at Morrison Foerster.
Advisors
Anna Rath
Franck Dayan, PhD
David Longo
Experienced life sciences executive in agriculture and industrial biotechnology. Former Vestaron, NexSteppe, McKinsey.
David Longo
Franck Dayan, PhD
David Longo
Serial innovator and expert in the fusion of gene and biotech. CEO and founder of Ordaos' and a Havard, Standford, IT and RIT alum.
Franck Dayan, PhD
Franck Dayan, PhD
Franck Dayan, PhD
Professor at Colorado State University and a leading academic in the area of novel mode of action discovery and resistant weed control.
Gusui Wu, PhD
Jacqueline Heard, PhD
Franck Dayan, PhD
Innovative R&D leader with +30 years in the biotechnology and seed industries including Syngenta, Corteva, DuPont Pioneer & Monsanto.
Jacqueline Heard, PhD
Jacqueline Heard, PhD
Jacqueline Heard, PhD
AgTech executive and entrepreneur who forged new open innovation structures at Monsanto and then Enko, which she founded.
Jim Borel
Jacqueline Heard, PhD
Jacqueline Heard, PhD
40-year veteran of the global agriculture and food industries, including as a crop protection executive with Dupont.
Jonathan Gressel, PhD
Jonathan Gressel, PhD
Jonathan Gressel, PhD
Award winning scientist, published author, and emeritus professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science. World-leading authority on weed science and crop protection. Developed a seed treatment system to control witchweed and pioneered biosafety measures for genetically engineered crops.
Steve Gutteridge, PhD
Jonathan Gressel, PhD
Jonathan Gressel, PhD
Subject Matter Expert in crop protection R&D, and a former research fellow at companies such as FMC and Dupont.
Thomas Sakmar, MD
Jonathan Gressel, PhD
Thomas Sakmar, MD
Richard M. and Isabel P. Furlaud Professor at The Rockefeller University and leading expert in G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). His work bridges chemistry, molecular biology, and medicine which range from visual pigments, to chemokine receptors.