
OUR MISSION

Rhodium Scientific is a HISPANIC-AMERICAN, WOMAN-OWNED DEEP TECH/biotechnology company founded in 2014. As America’s first commercial space biotech company, Rhodium leads the space industry in biomanufacturing and DoD science missions on the International Space Station (ISS). Rhodium is an official Commercial Services Provider and Implementation Partner to multiple national laboratories, including the ISS U.S. National Laboratory. To date, Rhodium has supported more than 25 space science missions resulting in publications, patents, and intellectual property, a track record unmatched in the space industry.
From R&D to Biomanufacturing in Space
Rhodium Scientific supports diverse partnership opportunities and programs in human health and performance, microbiology, phage (virus) testing and development, technology demonstrations, cell-culturing, biomanufacturing, plant/soil science, chemistry, and regenerative medicine. Through this experience and past performance, Rhodium Scientific is pioneering new opportunities and commercial markets in space with the Rhodium Science Chamber Facility — an new platform on the ISS designed to scale fundamental discoveries and biomanufacturing in space.
Scientific Approach
The Rhodium Scientific team specializes in turn-key project management and services for scientists. We are composed of multi-disciplinary Ph.D.’s and science-focused business experts who partner with both first time and experienced researchers conducting space-based experiments. During a mission’s multiple development phases, we ensure science protocols are accurately translated from the lab bench to the International Space Station. During this process, we ensure transparency and confidence that the proper quality assurances and ground controls are implemented. As scientists, we help meet a project’s objectives by identifying the best-suited flight hardware and operational needs necessary to navigate NASA processes. With our guidance in designing, integrating, and operating investigations in space, we demystify these processes for our clients and afford them the ability to focus on an investigation’s scientific merit to obtain reproducible, quality results trusted by academia and industry.
Quality Assurance
Rhodium Scientific is setting new standards for conducting space-based research. We place high emphasis on moving at the speed of business while focusing on a mission’s commercial value. Rhodium Scientific standardizes and simplifies many aspects of integrating a project’s experimental design onto the ISS to allow for efficient, reproducible, scalable research and manufacturing in space. Science missions conducted through us include appropriate levels of industry-standard quality assurance, controls, and chain of custody necessary to facilitate the transition of space-based discoveries into commercially viable products within biotech, energy, and pharmaceutical markets.