BIOGRAPHY
Theodore Walrond
Neuroscience graduate, divemaster and mountaineer, now building in consumer health.
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Biography
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Theodore Rex Walrond (goes by Rex) Completed graduate coursework in finance, University of Notre Dame Scuba Diving International (SDI) Divemaster
B.S. in Psychology, Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Florida, cum laude McKnight Brain Institute (2022–2023); Romark Laboratories (2021) Building an early-stage venture in consumer health
Overview
Theodore Walrond is a neuroscience graduate whose path has moved from the research lab toward the business of health. Known to most people as Rex, he trained in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Florida, assisted on two research projects, and went on to complete graduate coursework in finance at the University of Notre Dame. He is currently building an early-stage venture in consumer health.
Research background
Walrond's research experience spans two settings. In the summer of 2021 he was a research assistant at Romark Laboratories, where he organized data on more than 25 COVID-19 drug candidates and reviewed the published evidence on the antiviral potential of niclosamide. From 2022 to 2023 he worked at UF's McKnight Brain Institute on an evidence synthesis asking whether a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a bleed into the space around the brain, may raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease later in life. His analysis of more than 300 studies became a framework of linking variables that the team used to decide which experiments to pursue, and he presented the findings to faculty across three departments.
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In the water
Walrond holds SDI certifications from Open Water through Divemaster, including Advanced, Nitrox, Rescue Diver and Master Scuba Diver. From 2020 to 2023 he served as a divemaster and teaching assistant with the University of Florida's Scientific Diving Program, supporting courses from entry level through Master Diver. Most of his logged dives are in Florida's freshwater springs. His favorite is Paradise Spring in central Florida; his favorite dive anywhere is the kelp forest off Catalina Island.
In the mountains
His biggest climb was a guided ascent of Mount Rainier (14,411 feet) with International Mountain Guides in July 2020. He has also backpacked the Four Pass Loop in Colorado, the John Muir Trail through Yosemite, the Teton Crest Trail, the remote Bowman-to-Kintla route in Glacier National Park and a fifty-mile High Sierra traverse from Onion Valley to Whitney Portal.
Service
In 2025 and 2026 Walrond volunteered as an Impact Partner with the American Parkinson Disease Association, facilitating a monthly support group for people living with Parkinson's disease and their caregivers.
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