Dr. Muro obtained her PhD in Sciences from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and then moved to University of Pennsylvania as a Postdoctoral Associate and Research Assistant Professor in Pharmacology. In 2008 she joined the Bioengineering Department and the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research at the University of Maryland, where she was a tenured Associate Professor since 2012. Since November 2017, she is an ICREA Professor in the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia. Dr. Muro has published 90+ articles and chapters in drug delivery and has received awards from the Controlled Release Society, American Society for Nanomedicine, UMD Outstanding Life Sciences Invention in 2011, Junior Faculty Outstanding Engineering Research award, has been a member of the USA NIH Nanomedicine Study Section and serves in the Small Business: Biomaterials, Delivery, and Nanotechnology Study Section.