NanoDay 2025 – Industry Panel
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Christopher LongChristopher Long is the Director of Engineering and Automation at Hesperos, Inc., a growth-stage start up focusing on microphysiological systems (MPS devices), in vitro-based devices recapitulating physiological conditions for disease modeling, drug discovery, and personalized medicine. Dr. Long earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida, and has been developing MPS devices since 2010. As a member of Hesperos since the company first spun out of the University of Central Florida in 2015, Dr. Long has overseen the engineering development, pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling, and integration of Hesperos’ Human-on-a-Chip® MPS platform, which focuses on measuring functional changes in organ constructs in multi-organ devices with a common recirculating medium. Multi-organ Human-on-a-Chip systems enable interactions among the different organ modules, which are especially important when effects due to compound metabolism, disease-related mutations, or soluble factor production are not previously well established. Dr. Long developed pharmacokinetic modeling algorithms for application to specialized multi-organ microfluidic devices for predicting time-dependent drug and metabolite concentrations. The models are not only informative but also drive the development of the structure of the microfluidic network to optimize concentration profiles. |
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David MillsDavid Mills is the President at IC2. Prior to joining IC2, David earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida as a member of the Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group in 2010 and 2014, respectively. David’s education and background is in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors for high-temperature and harsh environments as well as MEMS wall shear stress and pressure sensors developed primarily for the aerospace industry. |
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Rob HoloboffRob works as Staff Engineer for SkyWater Technology, which is a US owned and operated semiconductor manufacturer and the only pure-play technology foundry in the U.S. that serves a variety of markets, including aerospace & defense, automotive, healthcare, and consumer electronics. Skywater offers a “Technology as a Service” model, providing custom process development and high-volume manufacturing for various technologies such as mixed-signal CMOS, rad-hard ICs, MEMS, and superconducting ICs for quantum computing. His current focus is building a facility to support advanced packaging operations in Florida. Rob has over 30 years of experience with semiconductor capital equipment, semiconductor manufacturing, business development, and operations. Rob has degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the University of Florida and an MBA from the University of Chicago. |
