About
Our mission is to provide long-term sustainable biotherapeutic solutions for aquatic ecosystems
EQO is an Austin-based company with a revolutionary platform that brings unprecedented sensitivity and specificity to detecting and quantifying the presence of aquatic invasive species. EQO's platform provides government agencies and NGO's who are responsible for watersheds, lakes and rivers with an automated means to continuously monitor for invasive species such as Asian carp and Zebra mussels, and to interactively adjust treatment. This minimizes the cost of the program while at the same time reducing the amount of labor and treatment chemistry required.
"I worked in biopharmaceutical research for over ten years. When developing cures for cancer and congenital diseases, I never heard, 'why bother, death is inevitable.' So why is this something I’ve heard since working in water? Invasive species are cancer. Extinction events are organ failures. Water quality is drug safety. Water infrastructure is drug delivery. These are problems we face, persevere through, and solve in biotechnology."
--John Higley, Founder EQO
EQO expands biotechnology and data science past disease management and into saving aquatic ecosystems. These technologies protect public health, conserve aquatic ecosystems, protect commerce, and protect aquatic recreational areas. Water is life. EQO applies the same rigor and optimism of life saving biotech to aquatic ecosystems.
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Leadership
Advisory Board
David Altounian, PhD
St. Edward's University
Steven Carothers, PhD
Founder/Director SWCA
Erin Keys
Director, ATI Water