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Marissa Gionet-Gonzales

Education:

B.S., Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis

Dissertation:

Enhancing the Therapeutic Capacity of the MSC Secretome Using Engineered Biomaterials

Thesis Advisor:

J Kent Leach, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, Davis

Research Topic:

Investigation into the effect of stress relaxation and cell binding domains in an engineered hiPSC cardiomyocyte model

Mentor:

Beth Pruitt and Ryan Stowers, Professors of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position:

President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara

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