Impossible Foods
Marcus Howze is an experienced professional in the field of biopharmaceuticals and food science, currently serving as the Lead Pilot Plant Associate at Impossible Foods Inc. since August 2013, specializing in the extraction and purification of proteins and various chromatography techniques. Prior to this role, Marcus held positions as a Purification Development Research Associate at Genentech, a Purification Associate at Baxter Healthcare, and a Pilot Plant Associate at Bionovo, Inc., demonstrating expertise in downstream processing and technical writing. Earlier in the career, Marcus worked as a Fermentation Associate at both Bayer HealthCare and XOMA, focusing on CHO cell culture and process development. Marcus holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Management from Columbia College, earned between 1996 and 2000.
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.