Jason Thomas
FounderFounder at The Pennycress Company
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
FoundedThe Pennycress Company
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Jason: together at Marble
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Experience
- The Pennycress CompanyCEO and Foundercurrent2023 — presentLincoln, Nebraska, United States
- MarbleFounder in Residence2024Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Carnegie Institution for SciencePostdoctoral Researcher2020 — 2023Stanford, CA
- University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesPh.D Candidate2014 — 2019Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- University of Nebraska-LincolnUndergraduate Research Assistant2012 — 2014Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Area
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AgricultureR (Programming Language)Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointPublic SpeakingResearch1Social MediaCRISPR1Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)1Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)1
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GenotypingMicroscopyCRISPR/Cas9 Genome EditingAgarose Gel ElectrophoresisScientific WritingScientific CommunicationsGrant WritingTeachingLanguages English · French · Spanish
- Stanford Ignite — Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- 2017 US Fulbright Student Finalist — The Fulbright Program
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- Who is Jason Thomas?
- Founder at The Pennycress Company
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- Jason Thomas is Founder of The Pennycress Company.
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- Jason Thomas founded The Pennycress Company.
- Where did Jason Thomas go to school?
- Jason Thomas studied at University of Minnesota (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plant Biological Sciences); University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Bachelor’s Degree, Biological Systems Engineering, minors in Music (piano), Spanish, and International Engineering).
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Evan WilliamsCo-founder of Twitter, Blogger and MediumMaria HeyenInvestor at LightbankJim BarsnessInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalJennifer MirandaDesign Director at Red Cell IncubationJami HuntManaging Partner at Alpha EdisonKylie UvodichPrincipal at Five Elms Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Marble5
Also worked at Carnegie Institution for Science5
Also worked at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities66
Jessica A. Zeaske, PhD, MBAManaging Partner, Strategic Investment at Echo Health VenturesBrett BrohlManaging Partner at Bread And Butter Ventures, LlcWill MorrisonPrincipal at DFJWilliam Tunstall-PedoeBritish entrepreneur focused on Artificial Intelligence and Deep TechNicholas TanAssociate Director at Aura GroupKatherine M. BryanInvestor at Madison Dearborn Partners
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Also worked at University of Nebraska-Lincoln17
Kylie UvodichPrincipal at Five Elms CapitalDan HoffmanChief Executive Officer at Invest NebraskaBen HohenseeInvestment Analyst at Invest NebraskaNichole MacDonaldBusiness Manager at Invest NebraskaJess HaradenAssociate, Caduceus TALENT at Caduceus Capital PartnersTyler CyboronChief of Staff, VP of Investment Operations at McCarthy Capital
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