Joseph Wekselblatt is an experienced scientist who has studied visual capabilities in various species for over a decade. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science from Brown University and a PhD in Neurobiology from the University of Oregon. After completing his PhD, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Caltech until 2023, when he joined Cyagen as a Senior Scientific Business Development Manager.

John Merritt, MTM., designs custom animal models and strategies to provide cell therapy companies with contract research services. He has spent over seven years developing pre-clinical assays and has contributed to patenting novel lipid nanoparticles and bioengineering spray-drying techniques specifically for oral drug delivery systems. His academic qualifications include a Master of Translational Medicine from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Temple University.