Erin Roberts, PhD

SVP, Research and Development

Dr. Erin Roberts is the Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Medera's Novoheart, previously serving as Head of Bioengineering and having worked in both the Hong Kong and US locations since joining the company in 2018. Dr. Roberts completed her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Boston University and Boston Children’s Hospital. Her work focused on the design and fabrication of bio-MEMS for the stimulation and characterization of engineered cardiac tissue sheets, isolation and differentiation of human placental mesenchymal stem cells for cardiac applications, and characterization of expandable stented venous valve implants for pediatric surgical solutions.

Her technical expertise is in scaffolds for tissue engineering and characterization, bio-MEMS devices for cellular functional measurements, and biomaterial and tissue mechanical properties. Dr. Roberts has an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.

Prior to her PhD, she worked for GE Energy as part of their Edison Engineering program. Dr. Roberts is an author on 10+ peer-reviewed publications and several patents related to Novoheart technologies.