Hesperos Inc.
Aakash Patel is a dedicated researcher currently serving as a PhD candidate at the University of Central Florida since August 2021 and holds a position as a research associate at Hesperos Inc. since September 2020. Prior experience includes roles as a graduate research assistant and undergraduate research assistant at the NanoScience Technology Center at the University of Central Florida from January 2017 to August 2020. Additionally, Aakash worked as a valet at Rachel's North Men's Club and Steakhouse from September 2018 to May 2020. Aakash Patel earned a Master's degree in Nanotechnology from the University of Central Florida in 2020 and a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences in 2018.
Hesperos Inc.
Hesperos, Inc. is a leader in efforts to characterize an individual's biology with Human-on-a-Chip microfluidic systems. Founders Michael L. Shuler and James J. Hickman have been at the forefront of every major scientific discovery in this realm, from individual organ-on-a-chip constructs to fully functional, interconnected multi-organsystems. With a mission to revolutionize toxicology testing as well as efficacy evaluation for drug discovery, the company has created pumpless platforms with serum-free cellular mediums that allow multi-organ system communication and integrated computational PKPD modeling of live physiological responses utilizing functional readouts from neurons, cardiac, muscle, barrier tissues and neuromuscular junctions as well as responses from liver, pancreas and barrier tissues.