Janna Nawroth,
Principal Investigator, R&D Lead
Dr. Nawroth is Principal Investigator and Research & Development (R&D) Lead at Emulate, Inc. Based on their Organs-on-Chips technology, Emulate is developing a new living system that places cells within micro-engineered environments, allowing researchers to understand how different diseases, medicines, chemicals and foods affect human health.
Nawroth has more than six years' experience in academia and industry in leadership roles in basic research and discovery and in managing technology development. Prior to joining Emulate, she led the development of engineered cardiac muscle and Heart-Chip technology as a Technology Development Fellow at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. Her work on the Heart-Chip and other Organ-Chips has been published in high-impact scientific journals and has been presented at international conferences.
Nawroth earned her Ph.D. in biology from the California Institute of Technology in collaboration with Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Her research career has focused on the biomechanics and fluid interactions of living tissues and organs and on the development of micro-engineered systems for drug safety and efficacy testing. She has co-authored over 15 peer-reviewed publications and multiple patents.
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