Loran Solorio, PhD

Manager of Product Research Engineering at Cook Biotech, Inc.

Loran Solorio is the Manager of Product Research Engineering at Cook Biotech, Inc. She leads a team of talented engineers in the development of new platform technologies based on advanced biomaterials. Prior to moving to her management position in late 2021, Loran was a Development Engineer focused on the design and development of several innovative products including new medical devices and combination drug/device products in various stages of regulatory approval and commercialization. Before joining Cook Biotech, Loran spent two years as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, during which time she interfaced with groups in Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery as well as individuals at Cook Medical. Previously, Loran completed her Ph.D. and postdoctoral work in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. Her doctoral thesis, completed in 2012, was focused on spatiotemporal delivery of growth factors from polymer microspheres to guide chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells. Loran’s undergraduate work was performed at Saint Louis University, where she received a B.S. degree majoring in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Engineering Mathematics.