Carlo Giovanni Traverso

Associate 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 / Drug Discovery and Research Tools: Genomics & Proteomics, Cell Interrogation, Animal Models, Cell Culture / Therapeutics: Small Molecules, Vaccines, Proteins & Antibodies, Cell Based Therapy / Biomaterials & Bioelectronics: Health Monitoring, Medical Device Coatings, Tissue Repair / Communication Systems: Wireless / Agriculture & Food: Delivery, Nutrition / Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Electronics & Photonics: Semiconductors / Sensing & Imaging: Chemical & Radiation Sensing / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Robotics, Motors / Energy & Distribution: Electrochemical Devices, Energy Storage / Computer Science: Bioinformatics
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

Multi-stable Device Configurations and Controls for Gastric Drug Delivery Devices

Technology / Case number: #22017J
Carlo Giovanni Traverso / Niclas Roxhed / Robert Langer / Morten Frederiksen / Jacob Wainer / Brian Mouridsen / Jesper Windum / Declan Gwynne / Graham Arrick / Yi Lu / Torben Sebastia Last / Adam Jun Bohr / Nikolaj Eusebius Jakobsen / Kuldeep Sanger / Jens Laursen / Ludwig Erik Aguilar
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Flexible Electronics for Analyte Detection

Technology / Case number: #21994J
Carlo Giovanni Traverso / Robert Langer / Hen Wei Huang / Siheng You / Luca Di Tizio
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Decision System to Avoid and Analyze Excipient-based Adverse Effects

Technology / Case number: #21039JQ
Carlo Giovanni Traverso / Daniel Reker / Robert Langer / Steven Blum
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Flower-Inspired System with Shape-Memory Torsion Springs

Technology / Case number: #20940J
Carlo Giovanni Traverso / Robert Langer / Sahab Babaee / Simo Pajovic
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Tissue Platform and Machine Learning Algorithm for Drug-Drug Transporter Interaction Discovery

Technology / Case number: #21883J
Carlo Giovanni Traverso / Yunhua Shi / Vance Soares / Daniel Reker / Robert Langer
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Drug Discovery and Research Tools / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Motorized and Balloon Dynamic Satiety Stimulator

Technology / Case number: #25050J
Carlo Giovanni Traverso / Neil Jia
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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A Fully Implantable, Autonomous Closed-Loop System Capable of Long-Term Vital Signs Monitoring and Performing Lifesaving Treatment

Technology / Case number: #23387J
Carlo Giovanni Traverso / Hen Wei Huang / Seungho Lee / Saurav Maji / Peter Chai / Tom Kerssemakers / Ian Ballinger / Anantha Chandrakasan
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Thermo-Responsive, Inflammation-Targeting (TRIT) Hydrogel Formulations for Local Drug Delivery in Intestinal Inflammation

Technology / Case number: #19181J
Carlo Giovanni Traverso / Sufeng Zhang / Ashok Kakkar / Joshua Korzenik / Robert Langer
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Drug Delivery
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Gastric Residence Electronics

Technology / Case number: #20092J
Carlo Giovanni Traverso / Yong Lin Kong / Robert Langer
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Communication Systems
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Macro-Devices for Ultra-Long Residence and Large-Dose Drug Delivery in Stomach

Technology / Case number: #20938JQ
Carlo Giovanni Traverso / Robert Langer / Sahab Babaee / Simo Pajovic / Jiuyun Shi
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Drug Delivery
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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