OUR TEAM
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B Pratyusha Chennupati
Head of Regulatory and Government Affairs
Ms. B. Pratyusha Chennupati did a Bachelor of Technology in India and received a Master of Science from McGill University, Canada. She has worked in various roles in the ag industry, including leading product development, registration, and commercial launch. In 2019, she was selected as one of the young leaders to work on frugal solutions for UN SDG’s with UNESCO in Paris. In 2018, she was part of the AdvancingAg Leadership program as a mentee under the mentorship of Hon. Menzies (Former M.P. of Finance – Alberta). Presently, she is a member of the Canadian Agriculture Youth council and a Jury member of the Food Waste Reduction Challenge - Impact Canada.
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Johnny Sena
Head of Microbiology and Agriculture
Dr. Johnny Sena is an experienced researcher with a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Colorado Anschutz medical campus, where he studied epigenetics, transcription, and alternative splicing of hypoxia-regulated genes and their roles in cancer. His expertise includes intimate understanding of the research process, especially molecular biology that is fundamental to the core development of Pebble Labs’ Directed Biotics technology. Dr. Sena previously served as the NGS Laboratory Coordinator at the National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR), where he managed NGS projects on Illumina, Pacbio, and Oxford Nanopore platforms with organisms ranging from microbes to various plants and animals for collaborators in industry and academia. Concurrently, he served as a Bioinformatics Research Associate at NCGR where he performed numerous RNA and DNA-Seq bioinformatics analyses. While at NCGR, Dr. Sena studied the role of exosomes and outer membrane vesicles in plant and endophyte symbiosis.
OUR BOARD
Nick Adams
Chairman
Mr. Nick Adams was CEO for 18 years of Bioquell PLC, a London Stock exchange-listed international applied microbiology group. Prior to that he was an investment banker for 9 years based in London and Paris. Nick has a degree in Chemistry from Durham University and is currently doing a part time Masters in Cell and Gene Therapy at University College London. He is Chairman of a number of privately held companies operating in the Life Sciences sector.
David Rosenthal
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Gotham Green Partners
Mr. David Rosenthal joined the GGP team in 2017 and serves as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. As General Counsel David is actively involved in investment, exit, and fund structuring as well as firmwide legal strategy and operations. He also provides strategic guidance to certain portfolio companies where he serves as a board member. As Chief Compliance Officer, David defines and maintains all compliance policies at the firm. Before joining GGP, David spent six years as an associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis. David has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and JD from the University of Pennsylvania.