Juan Crespo is associate professor at the Industrial Design Engineering BSc at Elisava University School of Design and Engineering UVIC-UCC (Barcelona), and research leader of Design, Engineering & Living Systems group at Tissue Repair and Regeneration Laboratory (TR2Lab) at UVIC-UCC. His research focuses on exploring the potential of biomedicine, generative design and additive manufacturing to create new strategies for tissue regeneration. He currently leads the projects 3D BONE BIOTEC funded by AEI (Ministerio de Industria y Turismo) and PHYGITAL HUMAN BONE funded by LLAVOR (AGAUR).

Juan Crespo holds a PhD in Biomedicine awarded Cum Laude in 2016, from the University of Barcelona (Spain) on Development of biomimetic human iPS-derived myocardial grafts. A MSc in Biomedical Engineering on Development of nano-fibered stimulating scaffolds, from the University of Barcelona & Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain), a BSc in Industrial Design Engineering from Elisava University School of Design and Engineering UVIC-UCC (Spain) and a BA in Design from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain).

Previously, during the completion of his PhD he worked as a predoctoral researcher at the Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) Potency group with Dr. Ángel Raya, at the Institute of Engineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona. In 2016 he became a collaborating professor at Elisava UVIC-UCC, and in 2019 he became an associate professor and head of the Design and Materials Area of the same institution. In 2021 he founded the Biolab to promote bioengineering research and began his own research line at the same institution. The same year he joined the TR2Lab UIVIC-UCC as Senior Researcher, where he currently continues to expand his research in bone tissue engineering.