About CelluDot
In January of 2020, CelluDot LLC was founded to leverage and commercialize a patent-pending nanocellulose-based emulsion technology platform.
As a short-term goal and first attempt to commercialize the technology, CelluDot addresses herbicide drift, a multi $B agricultural problem, with a trusted solution.
Every year, U.S. soybeans, cotton, and corn farmers lose about 25% of their crop yield (~ $500M) due to herbicide drift, a phenomenon caused by the off-target movement and volatilization of herbicides. To prepare for their tank mix, farmers rely on herbicide adjuvants to improve herbicidal use and performance. But commercially available adjuvants are inefficient to solve both, vapor and particle drift. Consequently, farmers who already face poor tank mix preparation due to complex labels and product incompatibilities, suffer the financial and legal consequences of their spray applications, drifting away and destroying non-engineered crops and natural ecosystem. As regulated by the EPA, tank mixes of volatile herbicides must be prepared with a volatility reducing agent (VRA) that simultaneously keeps sprayed herbicides at the target sites.
CelluDot offers an efficacious all-in-one herbicide adjuvant, with the benefits of a drift reducing agent (DRA), VRA, rainfastness agent (RFA), and many more in a single jug, to solve the herbicide drift problem. CelluDot’s product is compatible with any drift-prone herbicide, including in tank mixtures with and without glyphosate and/or glufosinate.
Team Members
Joseph Batta-Mpouma, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Gurshagan Kandhola, PhD
Chief Technology Officer
Shivakumar Sonnaila, PhD Senior Scientist
Maya Henderson
Formulation Chemist Assistant
Avonelle Lindon
Process Engineer Assistant
John Coates
Marketing Intern
A board of advisors, made of world class successful entrepreneurs and scientists, supplements CelluDot’s product development and commercialization efforts.
Business Board of Advisors
Kelly Phipps
Tenkoz Member & Former Business Manager at Armor Seed
Jeff Amerine
Founder & Managing Director at Startup Junkie Consulting
Angie Bailey
Co-Founder & CEO at Best In Class Suppliers
Scientific Board of Advisors
Jin-Woo Kim, PhD
Professor
Biological & Agri. Engineering, University of Arkansas
Nilda R. Burgos, PhD
Professor
Crop, Soil, & Env. Sciences, University of Arkansas
Tommy Butts, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Agronomy & Weed Science, Purdue University
Awards
AR Governor’s Cup 2020
First Place: Walton Family Foundation Division
Winner: Innovate AR innovation Award
Heartland Challenge 2020
Third Place
AR Business of the Year 2024
Winner: Innovation Pacesetter