Giovanni Traverso

Professor
Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Technology Areas
Chemicals & Materials: Polymers, Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials, Catalysis & Synthesis, Composites, Metals / Drug Delivery: Microparticles & Nanoparticles / Biotechnology: Biomedical Devices & Systems, Sensors & Monitoring, Biomanufacturing, Tissue Engineering, Cell Separation, Prostheses, Synthetic Biology, DNA & RNA Editing / Drug Discovery and Research Tools: Genomics & Proteomics, Cell Interrogation, Animal Models, Cell Culture, Cell Lines & Organoids / Therapeutics: Small Molecules, Vaccines, Proteins & Antibodies, Cell Based Therapy, Regenerative Medicine, Nucleic Acids / Biomaterials & Bioelectronics: Health Monitoring, Medical Device Coatings, Tissue Repair / Communication Systems: Wireless / Computer Science: Networking & Signals, Bioinformatics / Agriculture & Food: Delivery, Nutrition / Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Electronics & Photonics: Semiconductors / Sensing & Imaging: Chemical & Radiation Sensing, Imaging / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Robotics, Motors, Autonomous Systems, Manufacturing & Equipment / Energy & Distribution: Electrochemical Devices, Energy Storage / Diagnostics: Imaging Agents, Assays
Impact Areas
Healthy Living, Advanced Materials, Uncharted Frontiers, Connected World

Multidisciplinary researcher and clinician who combines engineering and medicine to create innovative solutions for drug delivery, sensing and cancer detection.

Background and Experience

Giovanni Traverso is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and also a gastroenterologist in the Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Harvard Medical School. His current research program is focused on developing the next generation of drug delivery systems to enable safe and efficient delivery of therapeutics, biomedical device to support new modes of drug administration and sensing a broad array of physiologic and pathophysiologic signals. Additionally, Dr. Traverso continues his efforts towards the development of novel diagnostic tests that enable the early detection of cancer.

Technologies

Compacted Powder Needles for Intramucosal Delivery

Technology / Case number: #21149QJ
Giovanni Traverso / Morten Frederiksen
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Silicone Valve API Compartment Sealing Barrier

Technology / Case number: #21569QJ
Giovanni Traverso / Brian Jensen / Mikkel Oliver Jespersen / Morten Frederiksen / Alex Abramson
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Chemicals & Materials / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Prolonged-Release Hydrogel Formulations of Toll-Like Receptor Agonists for Intratumoral Injection to Increase Immunotherapy Response

Technology / Case number: #23215JQ
Robert Langer / Umar Mahmood / Eric Wehrenberg-Klee / Gabrielle Ndakwah / Jan-Georg Rosenboom / Avik Som / Arijit Basu / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Branched Poly(-amino esters) for the Delivery of Nucleic Acids

Technology / Case number: #20333JQ
Robert Langer / Gary Liu / James Byrne / Netra Kamat / Hyunjoon Kim / Daniel Reker / Grace Junyue Zhong / Ameya Kirtane / Yunhua Shi / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Drug Delivery / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Electrically-Triggered Microactuator Powered by Aluminium-Nickel Nanofilm

Technology / Case number: #25827JQ
Giovanni Traverso / Alexander Alexiev / Jack Chen
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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A Mechanical Underwater Soft Adhesion System for Kinetic Biosensing and Intelligent Targeted Drug Delivery

Technology / Case number: #26028JQ
Giovanni Traverso / Yubin Cai / Troy Ziliang Kang / Ming Zhao / Ameya Kirtane
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Biotechnology / Drug Delivery / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Primary and Secondary Biodegradable Batteries as Power Sources for Bioelectronics

Technology / Case number: #26190JQ
Giovanni Traverso / Ada Erus / Hari Narayanam / Olivia Girand / Alaz Cig / Mehmet G Say / Yubin Cai / Sean You
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Colon Delivery Platform for Constipation Treatment

Technology / Case number: #20570JQ
Robert Langer / Christoph Winfried Johannes Steiger / Joshua Korzenik / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Ingestible Physiological Status Monitoring (PSM) Device (the "PSM Pill")

Technology / Case number: #16636LJ
Robert Langer / Kerry Johnson / Gregory Ciccarelli / Giovanni Traverso / Tadd Hughes / Albert Swiston
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Formulations for Stabilizing Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium Strains

Technology / Case number: #25723JQ
Giovanni Traverso / Isaac Tucker / Kimberley Biggs / Mairead Heavey / Samantha Bozorgzadeh / Matt Murphy / Christina Karavasili
Technology Areas: Drug Discovery and Research Tools / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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