David is a Latino in the sciences from Barranquilla, Colombia, and is currently a Provost Early Career Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering working in the lab of Dr. Adrianne Rosales (March 2021). Prior to this position, he earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, working with Dr. Jorge Almodóvar in May 2021, and a master’s degree from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez working with Dr. Jorge Almodóvar in June 2016. At the interface of polymer science and biology, David’s research concerns the design of polymeric biomaterials for different approaches including, stem cell manufacturing, tissue regeneration, and drug delivery, with the goal of addressing specific problems in human and animal health.