Postdoctoral Researcher
Stanford University
Dr. Beu Oropeza is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in Stanford University's Cardiothoracic Surgery Department with an interest in a career in academic research and a passion for outreach efforts aimed at underrepresented groups in biomedical research. Her graduate work, which centered around cardiovascular bioprinting and biomechanics of the extracellular matrix, was done at The University of Texas-El Paso under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Boland. For her postdoctoral training, she has used her tissue engineering background as a base to continue working on regenerative medicine and transition to therapeutic testing in preclinical models under the mentorship of Dr. Ngan Huang.