Riccardo Gottardi, PhD (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania

Riccardo Gottardi, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He founded the Bioengineering and Biomaterials Laboratory where he leads an NIH funded program focused on engineering solutions for pediatric and adult disorders. He applies tissue engineering, organ on chips, new devices development, and drug delivery to understand and develop nnew treatment for disorder spanning from orthopaedics to otolaryngology. He has published over 60 manuscripts and filed for 10 patents, and has been recognized with several awards from professional societies, including the CMBE Rising Star Award and the Emerging Rock Star of Regenerative Engineering by the American Chemical Society. He serves on the council of TERMIS-AM and in the COOL committee of the Society for Biomaterials.

Presentation(s):

• Advancing Rehabilitation Outcomes for Diseases of the Joint: The Role of Tissue Engineering in Cartilage Repair

  Saturday, February 21, 2026
  1:30 PM - 2:30 PM AST