Mario Romero-Ortega
· Department Head of Biomedical Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering Courses Member of the Graduate Faculty ContactUniversity of Arizona · Biomedical Engineering
Active 1993–2024
About
Mario Romero-Ortega is the head of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Arizona. He has served as Cullen Endowed Professor and director of the undergraduate program in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, as well as a joint faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Tilman Fertitta J. Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston. His work has been presented in more than 190 publications and focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in axon guidance and target recognition, as well as clinical neuromodulation of the peripheral nervous system. His specific areas of interest include spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve gap repair, regenerative peripheral neurointerfaces for the control and sensation of robotic prosthetic limbs, and applications in bioelectronics medicine.
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