Dr. Mario Romero
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Mario Romero is Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Juniper Biomedical, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. He received his doctorate in Neuroscience from Tulane University and postdoctoral training from UTSW as Associate Member of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Research Consortium on Spinal Cord Injury.
Expertise
- Dr. Romero-Ortega is Head of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Arizona. He is co-founder of Pioneer Neurotech Inc. USA, RBI Medical, USA.
- His work has been presented in more than 190 publications and focuses on the understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in axon guidance and target recognition and clinical neuromodulation of the peripheral nervous system.
- He serves in the Editorial Boards of the Open Journal in Medicine and Biology, and the Journal of Bioelectronic Medicine, and as Associate Editor of Frontiers in Neuro- engineering, and as Reviewer for 31 Scientific Journals and panelist Reviewer for the VA, DoD, NIH and International Foundations.
- He is the recipient of the 2014 UTA College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award, 2013 Tech Fort Worth Impact Award and Ten Most Promising Life Science Company Award and the 2013 Tech Titans Award in Technology Innovation.