Gregory Penner, Ph.D., grew up in rural western Canada on a tree nursery. He decided to enroll in agriculture at University because he was inspired by Dr. Norman Borlaug obtaining a Nobel Peace Prize for the green revolution in India and Pakistan. He later went on to complete a Master’s and PhD in molecular biology. He built a career in cereal molecular breeding, eventually becoming the global leader for wheat genomics with Monsanto. He is founder & CEO of NeoVentures Biotechnology-Aptamers and Co-Founder of NeoVentures Biotech Europe (NeoNeuro).