Kurt Walsh’s scientific background is primarily as a scientist and engineer in academia. Mr. Walsh earned a B.Sc in Biomolecular Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, where he performed research to understand the effects of small molecule drugs on the signaling dynamics of primary bovine chondrocytes. After UC Santa Cruz, Mr. Walsh went on to earn an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at UC San Diego, where his research focus was in tissue engineering, cell-ECM signaling dynamics and cell-ECM biomechanics.