Jijun Zou

Jijun Zou currently serves as the General Manager of AgriBusiness at Thermo Fisher Scientific, focusing on managing business unit P&L and overseeing multiple operational areas. Previously, Jijun held the position of Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President at Sensei Ag, where responsibilities included setting scientific strategy and managing product development. Additional experience includes roles at Citic Group as Deputy General Manager of CITIC Agri Fund, and General Manager of Kunxin Life Science Fund, as well as significant contributions as a board member and adjunct professor at various institutions. Jijun's early career featured a Program Leader role at DuPont Pioneer and postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, complemented by a Ph.D. in Plant Genetics and Breeding from Northeast Agricultural University.