We spoke with Dr. Crystal Icenhour of Aperiomics. Aperiomics is a Loudoun-based company that has made great strides forwarding diagnosis tools in the identification of parasites. Over the past few weeks, they have shifted operations to creating covid-19 tests. Dr. Crystal Icenhour is one of the rising stars of American biotechnology. After more than 25 years in medical research and biotech, she was named founding CEO of Aperiomics, a company that harnesses the power of next-generation DNA sequencing to identify any known pathogen (bacteria, virus, fungi or parasite). Aperiomics is the only company of its kind and scope in the world. Throughout Dr. Icenhour’s career, she has demonstrated strong leadership in business and science and has dedicated herself to “bridging the translational gap between these two worlds.”