Dr. Ronaldo Hirata is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics at New York University College of Dentistry, where he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in 2014.

He also maintains a partnership in restorative practice at Ki Clinica Conceito in Curitiba, Brazil. His work focuses on adhesive dentistry, direct restoratives and biomimetic restorative techniques, bridging clinical practice with materials-focused research.

He lectures internationally on these topics and is active on NYU's faculty and research programs in biomaterials, with a research and teaching record documented on NYU's faculty pages and on ResearchGate.

At Dental Leaders Academy, he teaches biomimetic and adhesive approaches to esthetic restorative dentistry.