Meet the Founders: AgroSpheres co-founders share lessons in ag biotech and the value of a long-term perspective
Jennifer Marston Biomedical engineering or crop biologicals? That was the question Payam Pourtaheri and Ameer Shakeel faced upon graduating from the University of Virginia [UVA] seven years ago. The two went on to start AgroSpheres, which offers a novel delivery system for more targeted pesticide use, but in many ways, having a non-traditional (i.e., non-agricultural) background …