Hesperos Inc.
Kaveena Autar is a skilled scientist with extensive experience in biochemistry, currently serving as Scientist III - Team Lead at Hesperos Inc. since August 2022. Kaveena previously held positions as a Post-Doctoral Fellow and Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Central Florida from January 2018 to August 2022, alongside serving as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for several chemistry courses. Prior experience includes an Undergraduate Research Assistant role at the University of Florida from September 2014 to August 2016. Kaveena holds a PhD and an MS in Biochemistry from the University of Central Florida, as well as a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Florida, following a High School Diploma from West Orange High School.
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.