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Meet the team

Team

Jonathan Irwin

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JD, LLM, MBA

Jonathan Irwin is CEO of AmebaGone. He has a background in biotechnology and extensive experience at the executive level in multiple startups.

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Courtney Griese

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B.S.

Courtney Griese joined Amebagone in 2017.  She holds a B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Noah Stern

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Ph.D.

Dr. Stern leads agricultural research efforts at AmebaGone.  He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry and Technology at the University of Wisconsin.

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Nathan Chesmore

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Ph.D.

Dr. Chesmore received his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Animal Sciences. His doctoral dissertation was the first to reveal the anti-biofilm strategy of Dicty and focused on the fractionation of Dicty compounds produced during their predation on bacteria.

Scientific Advisors

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Michael Bentz

MD

Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs, Dept. of Surgery, Chair, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

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John C. Landolt

Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Plant Biology, Shepherd University, West Virginia

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Curtis Brant

Ph.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical Microbiology and Immunology and the Clinical Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Ophthalmology

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Richard Proctor

Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retired Global Director for Infectious Diseases for Antibiotics and Antifungals, Merck

Business Advisors

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David Casimir

JD, Ph.D.

Shareholder, Casimir and Jones

Founder

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Marcin Filutowicz
1950 - 2022

Ph.D.

Marcin Filutowicz founded AmebaGone in 2010 with the goal of commercializing the use of amoebae for biocontrol and disease treatment.

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