Principal Investigator

Luis Solorio

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Education

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, USA (2012)
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA (2007)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry, Saint Louis University, USA (2006)

Work Experience

Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University (Apr. 2023-Present)
Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University (Dec. 2016 - Mar. 2023)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan (Sept. 2013 - Dec. 2016)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Radiology, Case Western Reserve University (April 2012 - Sept. 2013)
U.S. Army, Intelligence Operator, Final Rank Sergeant (E5), 1996-2001

Luis joined the faculty at Purdue University in 2016 as an Assistant Professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. He is a U.S. Army veteran who proudly served for 5 years immediately after graduating high school.
Luis has been trained in both engineering and chemistry, obtaining a B.S.

in Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry from Saint Louis University in St. Louis. Luis received his M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he developed a growth factor release system to use in conjunction with an injectable 3D culture platform for the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells along the osteogenic lineage. Luis received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. His thesis focused on the use of medical imaging systems to characterize the role that the local microenvironment plays on the release profile from in situ forming polymeric drug eluting depots. After graduation Luis received funding through the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Postdoctoral Fellowship where he focused on the developing novel 3D culture platforms for the expansion of primary metastatic human cancer cells for 3D culture in order to elucidate the role of matrix biology on phenotypic transitions and drug resistance.

Post Docs and Graduate Students

Jiaqi Li

li5372@purdue.edu

Post Doctoral Researcher, Purdue University.
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
B.E. Energy and Power Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China