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

Zero-Crossing-Based Bio Engineered Sensor

Technology / Case number: #23713J
Timothy K Lu / Giovanni Traverso / Phillip Nadeau / Christoph Winfried Johannes Steiger / Rabia Yazicigil Kirby / Maria Eugenia Inda / Miguel Jimenez / Adam Wentworth / Jenna Ahn / Qijun Liu
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Drug Discovery and Research Tools
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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A Handheld Closed-Loop Automatic Insulin Delivery System

Technology / Case number: #22018J
Giovanni Traverso / Hen Wei Huang / Sean You / Erin Raftery / Canchen Li
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Communication Systems / Drug Delivery
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Genotype-Directed Local Delivery of Targeted Therapeutics at the Tumor Margin

Technology / Case number: #19863J
Giovanni Traverso / Ameya Kirtane / Daniel Cahill / Robert Langer / Ganesh Shankar
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials / Drug Discovery and Research Tools / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Millineedle Systems for Esophageal Drug Delivery

Technology / Case number: #20939J
Giovanni Traverso / Ester Caffarel Salvador / Robert Langer / Sahab Babaee / Simo Pajovic
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Luminal Unfolding Micro-Injectors for Drug Delivery

Technology / Case number: #20106JQ
Giovanni Traverso / Daniel Minahan / Alex Abramson / Ester Caffarel Salvador / Vance Soares / Robert Langer
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Uncharted Frontiers
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Quick Release Capsules for Small Intestine Delivery

Technology / Case number: #20105J
Giovanni Traverso / Daniel Minahan / Alex Abramson / Niclas Roxhed / Ester Caffarel Salvador / David Dellal / Vance Soares / Robert Langer / Christoph Winfried Johannes Steiger / Morten Frederiksen
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Closed-Loop Intramuscular Motility Prosthesis, Submucosal Neuromodulation Device and Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Implantation Tool

Technology / Case number: #23258J
Polina Anikeeva / Giovanni Traverso / Shriya Sruthi Srinivasan / Robert Langer / Marc-Joseph Antonini
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials / Computer Science
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Ingestible Chemical Energy Harvesting System with Extended Lifetime

Technology / Case number: #23174
Giovanni Traverso / Jason Li / So-Yoon Yang
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Drug Discovery and Research Tools / Energy & Distribution / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Engineering a Swine Macro-Organ Colorectal Cancer Platform to Combat Transport-Induced Chemotherapy Resistance

Technology / Case number: #22864JQ
Giovanni Traverso / Yunhua Shi / Vance Soares / Daniel Reker / Robert Langer
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Drug Discovery and Research Tools / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Closed-Loop Ingestible Robot for Radiation and Chemical Sensing

Technology / Case number: #22735
Giovanni Traverso / Hen Wei Huang / James Byrne
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Industrial Engineering & Automation / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Uncharted Frontiers
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