Dr. Kinneret Shefer – a Fulbright scholar, RNA researcher, entrepreneur and activist – channeled her scientific work in plant genetics into the development of a solution to drought tolerance in essential crops. Her work evolved into an innovative and ground-breaking platform capable of simplifying and embellishing the process and safety of gene editing.

She teamed with Prof. Oded Shoseyov, Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, an expert in nanobiotechnology, and a serial entrepreneur in agritech. Together, they co-founded GeneNeer.