Impossible Foods
Aaron Pleitner, Ph.D. is a Senior Manager at Impossible Foods, with previous experience as a Food Safety Scientist at Danone and a Principal Scientist at Food Safety Net Services. Aaron's expertise lies in product quality, food safety, microbiology, and research in the food science industry. Aaron holds a Ph.D. in Food Safety from Purdue University, a Master's degree in Food Science and Technology from the University of Alberta, and a Bachelor's degree in Food Science from Purdue University.
Impossible Foods
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Based in California’s Silicon Valley, Impossible Foods makes delicious, nutritious meat and dairy products from plants — with a much smaller environmental footprint than meat from animals. The privately held food tech startup was founded in 2011 by Patrick O. Brown, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at Stanford University and a former Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. Investors include Mirae Asset Global Investments, Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, Google Ventures, Horizons Ventures, UBS, Viking Global Investors, Temasek, Sailing Capital, and Open Philanthropy Project.