Arcadia Biosciences Company Culture

Mr. Raj Ketkar has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. since May 23, 2016. Mr. Ketkar has nearly 35 years of agriculture and agricultural biotechnology business experience in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Ketkar spent more than 30 years in a variety of business, operations and strategy roles for Monsanto Company, during which time he demonstrated successes in agricultural trait commercialization and growth around the globe. As joint managing director of Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech Ltd. in India, Mr. Ketkar led the launch of Bt cotton, the country's first agricultural biotechnology product. In addition to his operations and trait commercialization experience, he served as Director of biotechnology strategy for Monsanto, where he led the development of its trait stacking technology from 2009 to 2012. From January 2013 to May 23, 2016, he served as the principal consultant of RDK Global Consulting LLC, a U.S.-based firm specializing in working with companies in the U.S. and Asia. He has been a Director of Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. since June 2016. Mr. Ketkar has a bachelor of technology degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India, an MS in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University and an MBA from University of New Orleans.

Dr. Zhongjin Lu, Ph.D. has been the Vice President of Product Development at Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. since February 2010. Dr. Lu has 30 years of experience in agronomy, crop genetics and breeding, plant stress physiology and agricultural biotechnology. Prior to joining Arcadia Biosciences, Dr. Lu was a Director of Plant Breeding and Senior Scientist at Seaphire International Inc., a seawater-based agricultural company in Arizona, where he led R & D programs for genetic improvement of Salicornia bigelovii as a halophytic oilcrop grown on coastal deserts irrigated with full-strength seawater. Prior to Seaphire International, Dr. Lu was with the Monsanto Company where he was responsible for the project of salicornia genetic improvement for saline agriculture. Dr. Lu worked nearly ten years with the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), China and worked in all aspects of Brassica, including genetics, breeding, physiology, agronomy and product quality. While with JAAS, Dr. Lu developed multiple apetalous OP and hybrid canola lines characteristic of high-yielding, high-oil content and resistance to Sclerotinia diseases. He attained several scientific achievements authenticated and awarded at both provincial and national levels. Dr. Lu is the named inventor on four patents (two in China and two in the U.S.), and is the author of more than 70 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters. Dr. Lu holds an M.S. in Plant Genetics and Breeding from the Nanjing Agricultural University, China and a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.