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

Electronic Sensing/Valve Application (Concept 3a Needle-less Drug Delivery)

Technology / Case number: #22659
Giovanni Traverso / Niclas Roxhed / Sean You / Graham Arrick / Torben Sebastia Last
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Parameter Space for Jetting in the GI Submucosa

Technology / Case number: #22633J
Giovanni Traverso / Jorrit Water / Jacob Wainer / Brian Mouridsen / Mette Poulsen / Declan Gwynne / Graham Arrick / Cody Cleveland / Drago Sticker / Aghiad Ghazal / Jacob Pyung Hwa Jepsen / Dan Sorensen
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Endovascular Injectable Stents for Cardiovascular Drug Delivery

Technology / Case number: #22578J
Giovanni Traverso / Sahab Babaee / Mazen Albaghdadi / Mohammed Chowdhury
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Ingestible Electronic Pills for Hormone Modulation

Technology / Case number: #22427
Giovanni Traverso / Khalil Ramadi / James McRae
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Glucose-Responsive Glucagon Formulations for Closed-Loop Prophylactic Treatment of Hypoglycemia

Technology / Case number: #21838J
Giovanni Traverso / Robert Langer / Jason Li / Se Jun Lee
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Oleogel Drug Delivery Systems for Pediatric Applications

Technology / Case number: #22116J
Giovanni Traverso / Ameya Kirtane / Robert Langer / Aniket Wahane / Christina Karavasili
Technology Areas: Agriculture & Food / Chemicals & Materials / Drug Delivery
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Analysis and Design of a Membrane-based Triggering Mechanism for Ingestible Devices

Technology / Case number: #22043
Giovanni Traverso / Graham Arrick / Torben Sebastia Last
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Manually Actuated Device Capable of On-demand/Programmed Pulsatile Drug Delivery

Technology / Case number: #21833JQ
Giovanni Traverso / Jason Li / Rebecca McManus / SeungHo Lee / Adam Wentworth / Qianqian Wan
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Machine Learning for the Design of Cancer Vaccine Adjuvants

Technology / Case number: #21680J
Giovanni Traverso / Ameya Kirtane / Daniel Reker / Robert Langer / Lewis Scott Jones / Hyunjoon Kim / Netra Rajesh
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Chemicals & Materials / Drug Delivery / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Uncharted Frontiers
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Multi-stable Device Configurations and Controls for Gastric Drug Delivery Devices

Technology / Case number: #22017J
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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