Our Team
Jonathan Irwin
Chief Executive Officer
JD, LLM, MBA
Jonathan Irwin is CEO of AgraFilms. He has a background in biotechnology and extensive experience at the executive level in multiple startups.
Nathan Chesmore
Chief Scientific Officer
Ph.D.
Dr. Chesmore is an expert in dictyostelid and biofilm biology. He has expertise in anti-biofilm protein fractionation and cell culture techniques at lab and industry scale.
Scientific Advisors
Amanda Gevens
Scientific Advisor
Ph.D.
Plant Pathology Chair at UW–Madison
Patricia McManus
Scientific Advisor
Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology at UW–Madison
John C. Landolt
Scientific Advisor
Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Plant Biology, Shepherd University, West Virginia
Founder
Marcin Filutowicz
Founder
Ph.D.
Marcin Filutowicz (1950–2022) founded AmebaGone in 2010 with the goal of commercializing the use of amoebae for biocontrol and disease treatment.