Hernán Hermida

Hernán Hermida

Veterinarian · MSc in Biotechnology · Veterinary Immunology, University of Buenos Aires (FCV-UBA)

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What I do

Wet lab, in vitro and in vivo

  • Production and purification of polyclonal antibodies in mice, rats, rabbits, sheep and chickens: immunization schedule, bleeding, precipitation and affinity chromatography.
  • Safety testing of veterinary vaccines in mice, within the SePreVet diagnostic service at FCV-UBA.
  • MSc thesis: an in-house PPA-ELISA for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in red deer.

Computational modeling of antigen–antibody interactions

  • Protein structure, B and T cell epitope and antigen–antibody interaction modeling with computational tools (AlphaFold, RFdiffusion, TxGemma, NetMHCpan, etc.).
  • Researcher and teacher on InmunoVet AI (UBATIC 2026-2027), which brings predictive AI into the teaching of rational vaccine design.

Animal medicine

  • Veterinarian (UBA, 2016), license MN 9769. Small animal practice since 2016.
  • Laboratory animal medicine: veterinary adviser to the animal facility at Fundación Instituto Leloir, and support to its institutional animal care and use committee.
  • Clinical monitoring of cats and bats as experimental models for a vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (UBATEC 2020).

Teaching and science communication

  • Teaching assistant at the Immunology Department, FCV-UBA, since 2014; tenured by competitive examination since 2024.
  • Postgraduate Specialist in University Teaching for Veterinary and Biological Sciences.
  • Immunology for Laboratory Animal Technicians, and tutoring for the Translational Health Science Internship (Georgetown University / INFANT).
  • Biotendencias: paper analysis in Spanish for Latin American researchers, on X as @MilsteinmAb.

Growth, business development and AI-assisted operations

  • Partner at NeoPower, an AI and automation company, where I was Chief Growth Officer from 2022 to September 2026.
  • Partner at Alumbra, its AI agent platform.
  • Took Argiefy, an in-house product, to 500,000+ users and 25,000+ followers in the fintech community on X.
  • Generated US$200,000 in revenue through business development and prospecting, and led a team of five in marketing and growth.
  • I run prospecting through AI agents connected to a CRM, an ERP and task managers such as Linear. The same agents handle data analysis and metrics tracking, on workflows and custom skills I build.

Projects

InmunoVet AI

UBATIC 2026-2027, FCV-UBA

Bringing predictive AI and machine learning into the teaching of rational vaccine design in veterinary immunology. In progress.

AI teaching prototype

UBATIC 2024-2025, FCV-UBA

First prototype of an AI-based tool for teaching veterinary immunology. Presented at LatInmVet 2025 (Colonia, Uruguay) and at UBA Digital 2025.

3D-Bioprinted Oral Vaccine Platform

PREINC.UBA 2026

A One Health approach to oral vaccine delivery, awarded by the Secretariat of Science and Technology of the University of Buenos Aires. Led by Dr. Silvia Colavecchia; I am co-director. In progress.

Services

Work I currently take on, through FCV-UBA, Fundación Instituto Leloir and Alumbra. Write to me and we'll talk it through.

  • Operational automation and data analysis for companies and institutions, through Alumbra.
  • Veterinary technical advice for laboratory animal facilities.
  • Production of polyclonal antibodies in mice, rats, rabbits, sheep and chickens.
  • Vaccine safety testing in mice.
  • Molecular bioprinting.

Publications

Peer-reviewed

Hermida HS, Colavecchia S, Fernández B, Suhevic J, Martínez Vivot M, Mereb G, Mundo SL (2020). Rabbit anti-deer polyclonal antibody applied to the diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in red deer (Cervus elaphus). Small Ruminant Research 190, 106184. DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2020.106184

Book chapters, conference papers and talks are listed in the CV.

Along the way

UBA research fellowships: producing antibodies and building in-house ELISAs for the diagnosis of paratuberculosis.
2014-2021 UBA research fellowships: producing antibodies and building in-house ELISAs for the diagnosis of paratuberculosis.
Field work with red deer, the species in my MSc thesis and my first paper.
2021 Field work with red deer, the species in my MSc thesis and my first paper.
Joining NeoPower as Chief Growth Officer, and later Alumbra as a partner.
2022 Joining NeoPower as Chief Growth Officer, and later Alumbra as a partner.
LatInmVet, Colonia: invited talk on the AI-based tool we built for teaching veterinary immunology.
2025 LatInmVet, Colonia: invited talk on the AI-based tool we built for teaching veterinary immunology.
An immunology class at FCV-UBA, where AI tools are now part of how we teach.
2026 An immunology class at FCV-UBA, where AI tools are now part of how we teach.

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