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Keypoint Newsletter: Welcoming the New Fellows Class of 2024
Keystone Symposia is pleased to introduce the Keystone Symposia Fellows Class of 2024! This year we welcome seven...
Dr. Cartagena-Rivera received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. He completed a Post-Doctoral IRTA Fellowship in the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders at the National Institutes of Health. He is now an Earl Stadtman (Tenure-Track) Principal Investigator and Chief of the Section on Mechanobiology at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, where his laboratory research focuses on understanding the cellular and tissue molecular-mechanical self-organization regulation and development of advanced Atomic Force Microscopy tools for cancer biology and hearing research. In 2019 he received the prestigious NIH Distinguished Scholars Program award. His research interests lie in diverse and multidisciplinary scientific fields including biomedical engineering, biophysics, cellular and tissue micro/nanomechanics, hearing mechanics, and cellular biology.
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Mentor: Yasmine Belkaid, PhD
Dec 4, 2023 by Keystone Symposia
Keystone Symposia is pleased to introduce the Keystone Symposia Fellows Class of 2024! This year we welcome seven...
Sep 6, 2023 by Keystone Symposia
Established in 2009, Keystone Symposia’s Fellows Program has become a premier professional advancement opportunity for...