Center for PFAS Research

Dr. Aguirre obtained his B.S. in Biology and M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of the Basque Country and his Ph.D. in Material Science and Tissue Engineering at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC). For his postdoctoral training, Dr. Aguirre joined The Salk Institute under the supervision of J.C. Izpisua-Belmonte, where he explored in vivo reprogramming applied to cardiac regeneration and made significant contributions to non-coding RNA biology in human development. Dr. Aguirre extended his postdoc at the University of California San Diego, studying cardiac metabolomics and lipidomics, and implementing CRISPR technologies for functional genetic screens. Dr. Aguirre became Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, in 2017 and joined IQ and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Michigan State University one year later. Dr. Aguirre has extensive experience in studying cardiac development and regeneration, cardiovascular disease and stem cell biology. His lab is supported by the NIH, NSF, AHA, and numerous other foundations and clinical initiatives.