Dr. Gallego-Perez is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and General Surgery at The Ohio State University (OSU). He was also recently appointed as the Edgar C. Hendrickson Chair in Biomedical Engineering, the Director of the Advanced Nanotherapeutics Center within the Gene Therapy Institute at OSU (2023), and a Faculty Fellow within the Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge (ERIK) at OSU. His lab’s research is aimed at developing nanotechnology-driven platforms (e.g., devices, methods, approaches, systems) for both fundamental and translational biomedical research. A major portion of his research has been devoted to using nanotechnology to induce controlled lineage conversions, in vivo, as a potential therapeutic approach for different conditions. Such efforts were highlighted in 2019 in the NIH Director’s Blog. Dr. Gallego-Perez is currently supervising a number of projects in which this approach is being tested within the context of diabetes, peripheral nerve injury, chronic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and cancer. In addition to high impact publications, this line of research has yielded multiple intellectual property filings and awarded patents, several of which have already been licensed to industry. Dr. Gallego-Perez is the lead inventor of the Tissue Nano-Transfection (TNT) technology, for which he was awarded the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award to work on developing TNT-driven therapies for ischemic stroke and peripheral nerve injury. Dr. Gallego-Perez was also awarded pilot funding through NIDDK’s Catalyst Award program to work on developing TNT-driven therapies for diabetes and metabolic disorders. In addition to these recognitions, he was also awarded the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Young Innovator Award, the Distinguished Alumni Award from both his undergraduate alma mater and OSU’s College of Engineering, and multiple other research and teaching distinctions from OSU, including the Institute for Materials Research Innovation Award, the Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award, and the Lumley Research Award, and the Harrison Faculty Award for Excellence in Engineering Education.