Heather Junqueira, Founder
Heather Junqueira is a world-renown lead researcher a highly sought after authority in the field of canine scent detection. She has been involved in canine breeding, training, and genetics for over 20 years. Heather holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Louisville, and an Associate’s degree in Veterinary Technology from Saint Petersburg College. She started her career as a breeding manager for Southeastern Guide Dogs (SGD), located in southwest Florida. At the SGD, she oversaw the breeding and genetic research of services dogs for the disabled.
In 2015, Heather founded BioScent K9 a not-for-profit organization and in 2019, she founded BioScent, Inc which now operates as. Bio-K9 Inc. Bio-K9 Inc. is a for-profit company focused on using canine scent detection to develop non-invasive ways of screening for cancer and other life-threatening disease in humans and in canines. Heather's groundbreaking work in training canines to pick up on minute changes in human biomarkers including hormones, proteins, and other organic compounds. The intent is to deliver a cost-effective, scalable testing application for the early detection of cancer and continue to do pioneering work in the field.
When the pandemic started in 2020, The company quickly shifted to training dogs to detect COVID 19 and has now expanded in to many other areas of research and development.