Our Team

LEADERSHIP

  • 2Blades Founder & President Diana Horvath headshot

    Diana Horvath

    President & Co-Founder

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  • 2Blades Business Development Manager Jack Luft headshot

    Jack Luft

    Business Development Manager

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  • 2Blades St. Paul, Minnesota Group Leader Josiah Mutuku headshot

    Josiah Musembi Mutuku

    Group Leader (St. Paul, MN)

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  • 2Blades Director of External Affairs Wilson Paine headshot

    Wilson Paine

    Director of External Affairs

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  • 2Blades Norwich, United Kingdom Group Leader Kamil Witek headshot

    Kamil Witek

    Group Leader (Norwich, UK)

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  • 2Blades Director of Administration and Finance Kathy Yamada headshot

    Kathy Yamada

    Director of Administration & Finance

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2BLADES GROUPS

  • Sara Dorhmi

    Postdoctoral Scientist
    Norwich, UK

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  • Jack Eagle

    Lab Technician
    Norwich, UK

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  • 2Blades Postdoctoral Scientist in Norwich, United Kingdom Everton Geraldo Capote Ferreira headshot

    Everton Geraldo Capote Ferreira

    Postdoctoral Scientist
    Norwich, UK

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  • 2Blades Lab technician in Norwich, United Kingdom James Houghton headshot

    James Houghton

    Lab Technician
    Norwich, UK

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  • 2Blades Lab Technician in Norwich, United Kingdom Lesley Milnes headshot

    Lesley Milnes

    Lab Technician
    Norwich, UK

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  • Sarah Pottinger

    Postdoctoral Scientist
    Norwich, UK

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  • Tiana Roth

    Lab Technician
    St. Paul, MN

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  • 2Blades Scientist in St. Paul, Minnesota Brian Rutter headshot

    Brian Rutter

    Senior Scientist
    St. Paul, MN

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  • 2Blades Lab technician in Norwich, United Kingdom Sophie Sharpe headshot

    Sophie Sharpe

    Lab Technician
    Norwich, UK

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  • 2Blades Postdoctoral Scientist in Norwich, United Kingdom Shona Strachan headshot

    Shona Strachan

    Postdoctoral Scientist
    Norwich, UK

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  • 2Blades Scientist in St. Paul, Minnesota Mengying Wang headshot

    Mengying Wang

    Scientist
    St. Paul, MN

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • 2Blades Board of Directors Appolinaire Djikeng headshot

    Appolinaire Djikeng

    Director General
    International Livestock Research Institute

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  • 2Blades Founder and President Diana Horvath headshot

    Diana Horvath

    President & Co-Founder
    2Blades

  • 2Blades Board of Directors Ken Moonie headshot

    Ken Moonie

    Former Director
    Calgene

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  • 2Blades Board of Directors Peter van Esse headshot

    Peter van Esse

    Founder
    Van Esse Coaching & Consulting

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  • 2Blades Board of Directors Eric Ward headshot

    Eric Ward (Chair)

    Former Co-CEO
    AgBiome

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  • 2Blades Board of Directors Sylvia Wulf headshot

    Sylvia Wulf

    Executive Vice President
    Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)

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SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

  • 2Blades Scientific Advisory Board member Sir David Baulcombe headshot

    Sir David Baulcombe

    Head of Group, Department of Plant Sciences
    University of Cambridge

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  • 2Blades Scientific Advisory Board member Jim Carrington headshot

    Jim Carrington

    President
    Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

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  • 2Blades Scientific Advisory Board member Jeff Dangl headshot

    Jeff Dangl

    HHMI Investigator & Professor of Biology
    University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

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  • 2Blades Scientific Advisory Board member Jeff Ellis headshot

    Jeff Ellis

    Program Leader
    CSIRO Plant Industry

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  • 2Blades Scientific Advisory Board member Jonathan D. G. Jones headshot

    Jonathan D. G. Jones

    Group Leader
    The Sainsbury Laboratory

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  • 2Blades Scientific Advisory Board member Sophien Kamoun headshot

    Sophien Kamoun

    Group Leader
    The Sainsbury Laboratory

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  • 2Blades Scientific Advisory Board member Paul Shulze-Lefert headshot

    Paul Shulze-Lefert

    Director
    Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

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  • 2Blades Scientific Advisory Board member Brian Staskawicz headshot

    Brian J. Staskawicz

    Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
    University of California, Berkeley

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  • 2Blades Scientific Advisory Board member Cyril Zipfel headshot

    Cyril Zipfel

    Chair of Molecular & Cellular Plant Physiology
    University of Zurich

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SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL

  • 2Blades Sustainability Council member Euler Bropleh headshot

    Euler Bropleh

    Managing Director
    VestedWorld

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  • 2Blades Sustainability Council member Robert Easter headshot

    Robert Easter

    Former President and Professor Emeritus
    University of Illinois

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  • Tony Gathungu

    Chief Growth Officer
    CGIAR, Sustainable Farming Program

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  • Michelle Hresko

    Former Global Portfolio Lead
    Bayer Crop Science

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  • 2Blades Sustainability Council member Frank O'Keefe headshot

    Frank O'Keefe

    CEO
    Carbon Sink, Inc.

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  • 2Blades Sustainability Council member Tom Turpen headshot

    Tom Turpen

    CEO
    SensIT Ventures

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  • 2Blades Sustainability Council member Maria Velissariou headshot

    Maria Velissariou

    Founder & Principal Consultant
    Maria Velissariou Consulting, LLC

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