This episode features a conversation with Aaron Emerson.Aaron is the Chief Executive Officer at CEGA Innovations located in Sioux Falls, SD. Before co founding CEGA, Aaron honed his expertise as a litigation attorney, specializing in complex commercial disputes and risk advisement. His rich background also extends into the academic realm, having delved into neuroscience at the University of South Dakota and Creighton University School of Medicine, kidney ischemia research at University Physicians, and cardiovascular studies at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.Furthermore, Aaron's scholarly contributions include publications and co-authorship in prominent journals such as Behavioral Brain Research, Brain Research Bulletin, and General Comparative Endocrinology, among others. His educational journey encompasses a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Biology, a Master of Arts in Neuroscience from the University of South Dakota, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of South Dakota School of Law. “I am mindful that scientific achievement is rooted in the past, is cultivated to full stature by many contemporaries and flourishes only in favorable environment.” - Ernest O. Lawrence. Ernest Lawrence was an American nuclear physicist and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He was born and educated in South Dakota. In 2023, he was portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film, 'Oppenheimer,' which explores the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atomic bomb, a project to which Lawrence significantly contributed.EPISODE LINKS:CEGA Innovations: https://www.cegaco.com/ (https://www.cegaco.com/)celer: https://www.celerco.io/ (https://www.celerco.io/)USD Discovery District: https://www.usddiscovery.com/ (https://www.usddiscovery.com/)Favorable Environments: https://favorableenvironments.com/ (https://favorableenvironments.com/)