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, Autonomous Systems, Manufacturing & Equipment / 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

L-SOMA: Oral Delivery of a Biologic Molecule to the Stomach Wall via a Liquid Injection

Technology / Case number: #21194QJ
Giovanni Traverso / Alex Abramson / Robert Langer / Morten Frederiksen / Mikkel Oliver Jespersen / Brian Mouridsen / Jesper Windum / Mette Poulsen / Brian Jensen / Mikkel Wennemoes Hvitfeld Ley / Xiaoya Lu / Jorrit Jeroen Water / Andreas Vegge
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Self-Righting Systems and Related Components and Methods

Technology / Case number: #20705QJ
Giovanni Traverso / Taylor Bensel / Alex Abramson / Minsoo Khang / Niclas Roxhed / Ester Caffarel Salvador / Robert Langer / Jorrit Water / Morten Frederiksen / Bo Kristiansen / Peter Herskind / Mikkel Oliver Jespersen / Mette Poulsen / Brian Jensen
Technology Areas: Industrial Engineering & Automation / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Devices for Needless Drug Delivery in the GI tract

Technology / Case number: #21911QJ
Giovanni Traverso / Niclas Roxhed / Robert Langer / Jacob Wainer / Sean You / Declan Gwynne / Graham Arrick / Yi Lu / Torben Sebastia Last / Cody Cleveland / Drago Sticker / Aghiad Ghazal / Adam Jun Bohr
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Drug Delivery / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Precision Administration of Ultra-Loaded Injectable Nanocarriers (PAULINA)

Technology / Case number: #26169J
Giovanni Traverso / Jason Li / SeungHo Lee / Will Tritschler / Nabil Shalabi / Yogesh Deshpande / Cooper Konz
Technology Areas: Drug Delivery
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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A Strategic Design of Metal-Hydrogel Composite for Joint Disease

Technology / Case number: #26323J
Giovanni Traverso / Xiaoyu Du / Stephen Ferguson / Cecilia Persson
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Chemicals & Materials / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Oxygen-Generating Scaffolds for Stem Cell Depot Support

Technology / Case number: #24650J
Giovanni Traverso / Young-Geun Park
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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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 / Alex Abramson / Morten Frederiksen / Mikkel Oliver Jespersen / Brian Jensen
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: #23215J
Giovanni Traverso / Robert Langer / Arijit Basu / Avik Som / Jan-Georg Rosenboom / Gabrielle Ndakwah / Eric Wehrenberg-Klee / Umar Mahmood
Technology Areas: 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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