Assistant Professor
New York University
New York, New York, United States
Irene de Lazaro, PhD, MsC, PharmD. Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Irene is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and leads the NanoBioengineering for Tissue Reprogramming and Regeneration laboratory. Before joining NYU, she obtained a 5-year degree in Pharmacy at the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain) for which she received a National Award to the Excellence in Academic Performance (Spanish Ministry of Education, 2009), among several other honors and prizes. She then went to complete postgraduate studies in the UK, including an MSc in Drug Delivery and a PhD in Regenerative Medicine, both from the School of Pharmacy at University College London (UCL). Irene conducted postdoctoral training in Regenerative Therapeutics (2015-17) at The University of Manchester (UK) and in Bioengineering (2018-21) at Harvard University and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (USA), advised by Prof. David Mooney. She has contributed to more than 30 publications in high impact journals including Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Science Translational Medicine, ACS Nano and Biomaterials, and secured research funding from Hong Kong University, LaCaixa Foundation, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the UK. She has been awarded several awards and distinctions including the LaCaixa Foundation, Ikerbasque and Ramon y Cajal Fellowships.
Thursday, October 12, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
Friday, October 13, 2023
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT