Chief Molecular Science Officer Deane Falcone, PhD (faculty at University of Massachusetts) co-founded the company and directs its research. Their team includes Dr Trent Rogers (UK molecular pharmacology), Dr Pat Lawless (ecology and plant secondary metabolism), Dr Noel Monks (cancer research), Dr Baochun Li (plant molecular biology), Dr Samir Gunjan (UK plant molecular biology) and Dr Manish Kulshrestha (UK chemical analysis and synthetic modification of natural products).