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About
James J. Hickman is Chief Scientist at Hesperos, Inc., which develops a "Human-on-a-Chip" platform, and a Professor of NanoScience, Chemistry, Biomolecular Science, Physics, and Electrical Engineering at the University of Central Florida. His research includes publishing a serum-free, defined culture system for neuronal systems in 1995 and early toxicity studies using neurons on microelectrode arrays, work he later extended to cardiac, muscle, glia, endothelial, hepatocyte, bone marrow, cancer, and epithelial cells. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and M.S. and B.A. degrees from Penn State, is a Fellow and former Board member of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers, and is credited with over 100 publications, 17 book chapters, and 16 pat
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- Who is James J. Hickman?
- James J. Hickman is Chief Scientist at Hesperos, Inc., which develops a "Human-on-a-Chip" platform, and a Professor of NanoScience, Chemistry, Biomolecular Science, Physics, and Electrical Engineering at the University of Central Florida. His research includes publishing a serum-free, defined culture system for neuronal systems in 1995 and early toxicity studies using neurons on microelectrode arrays, work he later extended to cardiac, muscle, glia, endothelial, hepatocyte, bone marrow, cancer, and epithelial cells. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and M.S. and B.A. degrees from Penn State, is a Fellow and former Board member of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers, and is credited with over 100 publications, 17 book chapters, and 16 pat
- Where does James J. Hickman work?
- James J. Hickman is Chief Scientist of Hesperos.
- What companies did James J. Hickman found?
- James J. Hickman founded Hesperos.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,487
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Penn State University mafia220
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University of Central Florida mafia60
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National Science Foundation mafia46
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) mafia17
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