Dr. Netz Arroyo is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from The University of Texas at Austin under the mentorship of electrochemist Allen J. Bard, focusing on the development of energy storage devices.
As a postdoctoral fellow at UC Santa Barbara with biophysicist Kevin W. Plaxco, he pioneered the first in vivo continuous molecular monitors based on aptamer affinity interactions. Dr. Arroyo joined the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in 2019 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2023, before transitioning his research program to UNC in 2025. He leads a multidisciplinary team advancing biosensing technologies for real-time molecular monitoring in biological systems. His research spans therapeutic transport across biological barriers, innovative diagnostics, drug delivery systems, and wearable therapeutic drug monitoring.
He was named a “Rising Star in Sensing” by ACS Sensors (2020) and received the Start a SUD Startup Challenge award from NIDA (2022). His lab is supported by funding from the NIH, other federal agencies, corporate sponsors, and private foundations. Outside the lab, Dr. Arroyo enjoys running, spending time with his family, and building professional connections.