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

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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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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Machine Learning-Guided Discovery of Nanoparticle Formulations Maximizing mRNA Transfection

Technology / Case number: #25890J
Giovanni Traverso / Taksim Ahmed / Hao Song / Xisha Huang / Simon Qu / Deepak Subramanian / Jonathan Woo / Alvin Chan / Joshua Bernstock / Ameya Kirtane
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Chemicals & Materials / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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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: #25723J
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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Compositions for Enhancing Esophageal Drug Retention and Absorption

Technology / Case number: #25238JQ
Giovanni Traverso / Christina Karavasili
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Robocap

Technology / Case number: #24836J
Robert Langer / Amro Alshareef / Shriya Sruthi Srinivasan / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Drug Delivery / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Long-term Stabilization, Formulation and Tableting of Live Microbial Cells

Technology / Case number: #22886J
Robert Langer / Emily Kolaya / Johanna L'Heureux / Miguel Jimenez / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Drug Discovery and Research Tools
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Universal Gastrointestinal Tract Motility Mapping System

Technology / Case number: #24142JQ
Giovanni Traverso / Neil Jia
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Vibrating Ingestible BioElectronic Stimulator (VIBES)

Technology / Case number: #23759JQ
Robert Langer / Amro Alshareef / Shriya Sruthi Srinivasan / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Drug Delivery / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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