Ana Mora-Boza

Short CV

Prof. Mora-Boza (*1992) is a biomaterials scientist at the interface of stem cell biology and advanced in vitro modeling. She studied Biotechnology at Universidad Pablo de Olavide and completed her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Universidad Carlos III with Julio San Román. Following postdoctoral research at Georgia Institute of Technology with Andrés García and at University of Galway with Abhay Pandit, she began her position as Rudolf Mößbauer Assistant Professor at Technical University of Munich in February 2026.

Selected Awards

• 2025, BMBF-NanoMatFutur Grant
• 2025, ECCO Award, European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation
• 2023, Women in Interactive Materials Award Shortlist
• 2022, Postdoctoral Leadership and Innovation Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology
• 2021, Marie Skłodowska-Curie GLOBAL Postdoctoral Fellowship

Research Interests

Prof. Mora-Boza’s research focuses on developing organoid-based and microphysiological systems using stem cells and patient-derived samples to study tissue function, chronic inflammatory diseases, and women’s health. She employs cell-instructive bioengineered matrices to guide cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, aiming to create predictive human models that reduce animal experimentation and enable personalized therapies.

Selected Publications

• Adriana Mulero-Russe, Ana Mora-Boza, Elijah N. Holland, Morgan Ziegelski, Michael Helmrath, Andrés J. García. Synthetic Hydrogel Substrate for Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Definitive Endoderm Differentiation. Biomaterials 2025, 315, 122920. Abstract
• Ana Mora-Boza, Adriana Mulero-Russe, Nikolas Di Caprio, Jason A. Burdick, Ankur Singh, Andrés J. García. Facile photopatterning of perfusable microchannels in hydrogels for microphysiological systems. Nature Protocols 2025, 20, 272–292. Abstract
• Zhe Zhong, Manuel Q. Perez, …, Ana Mora-Boza, Devyani J. Joshi, Rafick Sekaly, Todd Sulchek, Steven Goudy, Jens Wrammert, Krishnendu Roy, Jeremy M. Boss, Ahmet Coskun, Christopher D. Scharer, Andrés J. García, Jean Koff, Ankur Singh. Human immune organoids to decode B cell response in healthy donors and patients with lymphoma. Nature Materials 2025, 24, 297–31. Abstract
• Ana Mora-Boza, Zakir Ahmedin, Andrés J. García. Controlled release of therapeutic antibody using hydrolytically degradable microgels. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 2023, 1-11. Abstract
• Ana Mora-Boza, Saron Ghebrezadik, Johannes Leisen, Andrés J. García. Rapid and facile light-based approach to fabricate protease-degradable poly(ethylene glycol)-norbornene microgels for cell encapsulation. Advanced Healthcare Materials 2023, 2300942. Abstract