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Jeffrey Staub

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Co-founder & former Chief Scientist at Impetus Agriculture · Executive at Plastomics, Inc.

Greater St. Louis

FoundedImpetus Agriculture

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Ann Miura-KounlockedJeffrey: together at Yale University (1995–1997)
×4Jeffrey: together at Monsanto Company
Jeffrey: together at Impetus Agriculture, Inc.
×2Jeffrey: together at Solis Agrosciences

About

Jeffrey Staub founded Plastomics in December 2016 and serves as its Chief Product Officer, having previously held the title of CTO. He is a co-inventor of plant plastid transformation technology with expertise in plant transformation, organelle genetics, and molecular biology, and spent more than 19 years at Monsanto. Staub has also cofounded ImpetusAg, where he was formerly CTO, and Solis Ag.

Co-founder & former Chief Scientist at Impetus Agriculture

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Impetus Agriculture's investors · 5

Cultivation CapitalSt. Louis · $100K – $3.5M checks · since 2020Missouri Technology CorporationSt. Louis · since 2020Radicle GrowthSan Diego · since 2020Swan Venture FundSeattle · $200K – $1.2M checks · since 2020Tet VenturesBerlin · $50K – $250K checks · since 2020

Executive at Plastomics, Inc.

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Plastomics, Inc.'s investors · 7

BioGenerator VenturesSt. Louis · $50K – $250K checks · since 2025Cultivation CapitalSt. Louis · $100K – $3.5M checksFulcrum Global CapitalKansas City · since 2021iSelect FundSt. Louis · $250K – $2M checksMissouri Technology CorporationSt. Louis · since 2025National Science FoundationAlexandria · since 2020Prolog VenturesClayton · $250K – $1M checks · since 2017

Experience

  1. Plastomics, Inc.Chief Product Officercurrent2025 — present
  2. Plastomics, Inc.Founder and Chief Scientist2016 — 2025Greater St. Louis Area
  3. Impetus Agriculture, Inc.Chair, Scientific Advisory Board2021 — 2025St Louis, Missouri, United States
  4. Impetus Agriculture, Inc.Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer2018 — 2020St. Louis MO
  5. Solis AgrosciencesCofounder Solis Agrosciences2021 — 2022
  6. Technology Acceleration Partners (TechAccel, LLC)Senior Technical Advisor2017 — 2018Kansas City, Missouri Area
  7. Monsanto CompanyScience Fellow2000 — 2016Greater St. Louis Area
  8. Monsanto CompanyTechnology Prospecting, Analytical Platform Development2014 — 2016St. Louis
  9. Monsanto CompanyLead, New Technologies and Assay Development2011 — 2014St. Louis, MO
  10. Monsanto CompanyLead, Expression Profiling2006 — 2011
  11. Monsanto CompanyLead, BioInformatics Strategy2003 — 2006
  12. Monsanto CompanyLead, Paradigm Genetics Collaboration2003 — 2006
  13. Monsanto CompanyProgram Manager, Vector Technology group2001 — 2003
  14. Monsanto CompanyLead, Plastid Transformation Initiative1997 — 2002
  15. Yale UniversityNIH Postdoctoral Fellow1995 — 1997

Skills & more

Molecular Biology74Genomics52Biotechnology52Genetics36Bioinformatics25DNA13Biology10Biochemistry13Protein Chemistry12Assay Development10DNA sequencing9Cell Biology9
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Who is Jeffrey Staub?
Jeffrey Staub founded Plastomics in December 2016 and serves as its Chief Product Officer, having previously held the title of CTO. He is a co-inventor of plant plastid transformation technology with expertise in plant transformation, organelle genetics, and molecular biology, and spent more than 19 years at Monsanto. Staub has also cofounded ImpetusAg, where he was formerly CTO, and Solis Ag.
Where does Jeffrey Staub work?
Jeffrey Staub is Co-founder & former Chief Scientist of Impetus Agriculture and Executive at Plastomics, Inc..
What companies did Jeffrey Staub found?
Jeffrey Staub founded Impetus Agriculture.
Where did Jeffrey Staub go to school?
Jeffrey Staub studied at Rutgers University (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Microbiology and Molecular Genetics); University of Maryland Baltimore County (Master of Science (MS), Applied Molecular Biology); Penn State University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Microbiology).

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