Hesperos Inc.
Rocky Brighton is an accomplished scientist with extensive experience in both educational and research settings. Currently serving as Scientist 1 at Hesperos Inc. since June 2017, Rocky has previously held roles such as Associate Scientist and Photonics Engineering Lab Technician at Ocean Optics. Rocky's background includes teaching chemistry at Bishop Moore Catholic High School and assisting in nanotechnology research at the University of Central Florida. Rocky possesses a Master's Degree in Nanotechnology and dual Bachelor's Degrees in Biotechnology and Microbiology and Molecular Biology, all from the University of Central Florida.
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.