Lorena Loarca is a senior postdoctoral research fellow interested in development of 3D biliary models as an in vitro tool to study organogenesis; disease modeling, and drug studies. Before joining Dr. Dupuis-Williams, Dr. Loarca worked at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States in the Laboratory of Dr. Nicholas and at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States, in the Laboratory of Dr. Rebecca Wells two leading laboratories in the study of biliary diseases.