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TEAM MEMBERS

CEO Roland Ludlow
Dr. Ira Kurtz
CFO Mike Wise
Board Member Stanko Barle
Roland G. Ludlow

Founder | CEO
Board Member

  • Former CEO of the Implantable Artificial Kidney Corp (IAKC)

  • Seasoned CEO of multiple companies

  • Strong background in international business operations and marketing

  • Business Owner

Ira Kurtz MD FRCP FASN

Science/Medical Adviser | Board Member

Mike Wise
Stanko Barle, PhD - Physics

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) 

Board Member

Board Member 

  • Chief of the Division of Nephrology UCLA

  • Professor of Medicine

  • Factor Chair in Molecular Nephrology

  • Member of the UCLA Brain Research Center

  • 25 years' experience in business
    administration and financial accounting

  • Corporate Controller

  • Business Consultant

Research Scientist at
Renaissance Technologies LLC

Jamie Hestekin PhD

Jamie Hestekin, PhD

 

Research Partner ​​- Chief of UA Research Team

  • Professor University of Arkansas

  • Department of Chemical Engineering

  • Distinguished faculty award

  • Secretary North American Membrane Society

Christa Hestekin PhD

Christa Hestekin, PhD

Research Partner ​​

UA Research Team

  • Associate Professor University of Arkansas

  • Department of Chemical Engineering

  • V.P. AES Electrophoresis Society (2013-2015)

  • President AES Electrophoresis Society (2015-2017)

Yupo Lin PhD

YuPo J. Lin, PhD

Chief Consultant

Research ​​& Development

  • Argonne National Laboratory – Research group lead of Chemical and Biological Technologies

  • Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Engineering and Science (NAISE) - Senior Research Fellow

Department of Chemical Engineering 

USKRC Affiliations

Additional Researchers:

Josh Goodrich - Graduate Researcher

Juliana Marcal - Graduate Researcher

Oladipupo Ogolo - Graduate Researcher

Declan Greenhaw - Undergraduate Researcher

Olivia Reid - Undergraduate Researcher

David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA           


University of Arkansas Dept of Chemical Engineering

Morrison Foerster Law

Holcombe Law Group

Silvers Accountancy Corporation

American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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