Josh Armstrong
With a lifelong passion for cross-disciplinary research, Josh obtained his BA in Chemistry from the New College of Florida and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. His doctorate work with Carolyn Bertozzi focused on the design and evaluation of sulfotransferase inhibitors to study the role of sulfated carbohydrates in biological processes, ranging from plant-microbe signaling to inflammation.
Following this, Josh pursued his interest in plant molecular biology as an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Plant Gene Expression Center in Albany, California. There, he published one of the first examples of using chemical genetics to explore a plant hormone signaling pathway.
In 2004, Josh joined Mendel Biotechnology, where he held several scientific leadership positions while managing a multi-year collaboration with Bayer CropScience. This collaboration focused on discovering crop efficiency chemistry, with an aim to identify compounds that can deliver drought tolerance and disease resistance. When Mendel was acquired by Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) in 2014, Josh became the VP of R&D for Koch Biological Solutions. In this role, he was responsible for driving both internal and external innovation programs to identify novel biological technologies to complement the KAS enhanced efficiency fertilizer portfolio.
In 2019, as Corteva Agriscience began its journey as a stand-alone, pure-play agricultural company, Josh joined the team. He currently leads the Integrated Discovery & Bioprocess Department within Crop Health R&D. This team is responsible for discovering small molecule and microbial technologies using an industry-leading natural products and fermentation platform, as well as target-based design strategies that leverage artificial intelligence.
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