Bernardo leads application and business development, and is one of the Halo Labs’ founders. He has was previously CEO and CTO, and played a pivotal role in bringing over $6M in federal grant funding. Prior to starting Halo Labs, Bernardo was a Postdoctoral Associate at Cornell University, where he also obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering. His wide range of technical experience includes particle analysis, detection and manipulation, drug delivery devices, microfluidics, nanophotonics and bioenergy production. In 2012, Bernardo was named one of Philadelphia’s top 30 under 30 entrepreneurs, the same year Halo Labs was named Philadelphia Life Science Startup of the year by the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies.
