Artificial Kidney Research & Development
(Formerly Curion Research Corporation)
TEAM MEMBERS
Roland G. Ludlow
Founder | CEO
Board Member
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Former CEO of the Implantable Artificial Kidney Corp (IAKC)
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Seasoned CEO of multiple companies
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Strong background in international business operations and marketing
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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
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Chief of the Division of Nephrology UCLA
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Professor of Medicine
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Factor Chair in Molecular Nephrology
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Member of the UCLA Brain Research Center
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25 years' experience in business
administration and financial accounting -
Corporate Controller
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Business Consultant
Research Scientist at
Renaissance Technologies LLC
Jamie Hestekin, PhD
Research Partner - Chief of UA Research Team
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Professor University of Arkansas
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Department of Chemical Engineering
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Distinguished faculty award
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Secretary North American Membrane Society
Christa Hestekin, PhD
Research Partner
UA Research Team
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Associate Professor University of Arkansas
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Department of Chemical Engineering
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V.P. AES Electrophoresis Society (2013-2015)
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President AES Electrophoresis Society (2015-2017)
YuPo J. Lin, PhD
Chief Consultant
Research & Development
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Argonne National Laboratory – Research group lead of Chemical and Biological Technologies
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Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Engineering and Science (NAISE) - Senior Research Fellow
Department of Chemical Engineering - Researchers
USKRC Affiliations
David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA
University of Arkansas Dept of Chemical Engineering
Morrison Foerster Law
Holcombe Law Group
Silvers Accountancy Corporation
Oyinlola Obanla PhD
Omprakash Sahu - (M. Tech)
Thermal Science
Post-Doctorate Employees:
Partha Pratim Chowdhury
Imen Bousrih
Graduate Student Researchers:
Leticia Santos de Souza
Eric Walker
Haley Duncan
Juliana Louzada Marçal
Polymer Engineer
Undergraduate Student Researchers:
Josh Goodrich
Siddhi Bhat
Kylie Folkes