Vipula joined the Research & Development team at the Gates Foundation in September 2012 as a Senior Program Officer. She currently leads the Discovery Portfolio linking upstream, breakthrough science to application in Agricultural Development, which aligns with her longstanding interest in the convergence of basic science, technology and agricultural production. Prior to joining the foundation, Vipula spent more than a decade at Dow AgroSciences, where she led numerous research programs that delivered novel gene discovery and breakthrough genome-modification technology development for trait development.