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, 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 / 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 / Energy & Distribution: Electrochemical Devices, Energy Storage / Computer Science: Bioinformatics / Diagnostics: Imaging Agents
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

Drinkable, Tough Hydrogels for Gastrointestinal Applications

Technology / Case number: #24642JQ
Giovanni Traverso / Robert Langer / Gary Liu / Matthew Pickett
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials / Drug Delivery / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Smart Injection Needle System for Accurate Characterization of Cell Types, Concentrations, and Viability

Technology / Case number: #24367J
Giovanni Traverso / Fangzhou Xia / Kamal Youcef-Toumi / Adam Gierlach / Kewang Nan / Yiyuan Yang / Ming Zhao
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Branched Poly(-amino esters) for the Delivery of Nucleic Acids

Technology / Case number: #20333JQ
Giovanni Traverso / Yunhua Shi / Ameya Kirtane / Grace Junyue Zhong / Daniel Reker / Robert Langer / Hyunjoon Kim / Netra Rajesh / James Byrne / Gary Liu
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: #25827J
Giovanni Traverso / Jack Chen / Alexander Alexiev
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: #26028J
Giovanni Traverso / Ameya Kirtane / Ming Zhao / Troy Ziliang Kang / Yubin Cai
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Biotechnology / Drug Delivery / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Bioinspired Soft Enteroscopic Robot for Facilitating Locomotion, Steering, and Intervention in the Deep Small Intestine

Technology / Case number: #26029J
Giovanni Traverso / Mujtaba Jebran / Sahab Babaee / Binbin Ying
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Battery-Free Gastric Electrical Stimulation

Technology / Case number: #26197J
Giovanni Traverso / Troy Ziliang Kang / Yubin Cai
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Synergisms between Small Molecule Boosters and LNP Formulations Uncovered using High Throughput Screening and Machine Learning

Technology / Case number: #26199J
Giovanni Traverso / Ameya Kirtane / Rajib Dey / Deepak Subramanian
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Computer Science / Drug Delivery / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Primary and Secondary Biodegradable Batteries as Power Sources for Bioelectronics

Technology / Case number: #26190J
Giovanni Traverso / Mehmet G Say
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Ultrasound-Mediated Gastrointestinal Drug Delivery

Technology / Case number: #17807JQ
William Brugge / Avraham Schroeder / Giovanni Traverso / Baris Polat / Carl Schoellhammer / Robert Langer / Daniel Blankschtein
Technology Areas: Drug Delivery / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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