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Renato Navarro, PhD (he/him/his)

Postdoctoral Researcher
Stanford University
Mountain View, California, United States

Renato S. Navarro Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University. My research goal is to achieve comprehensive solutions to cardiovascular clinical challenges via chemistry approaches to produce tailorable materials that serve as scaffolds or therapeutic delivery vehicles that enhance tissue regeneration. I am a trained polymer chemist with expertise in biomaterials engineering for cardiovascular regeneration and nanomedicine. My graduate research experience, under the supervision of Peter X. Ma, focused on broadening the use of tunable tissue engineering scaffolds by developing polymers with chemical functionality that can be easily and rapidly fashioned into biomimetic physical constructs and activated with regulatory signals (biomolecules, peptides, and growth factors). I accomplished this by developing novel polymer synthesis methods that are cost-effective and facile to ease the path toward clinical translation. As a postdoctoral scholar, my current training is under the co-supervision of Prof. Sarah Heilshorn and Prof. Joseph Wu as a K99/R00 MOSAIC Fellow. My work entails the development of tailored injectable hydrogels for the local delivery of therapies after a myocardial infarct. In accomplishing this training, I will expand my knowledge in biopolymers injectable materials, the use of animal models for in vivo experiments, cardiovascular biology, and regenerative medicine. This interdisciplinary training will position me to succeed in my long-term goal of becoming an independent investigator and establishing a research program that solves pressing cardiovascular medicine challenges using advanced materials engineered to enhance regenerative potential.

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