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, Assays
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

Luminal Unfolding Micro-Injectors for Drug Delivery

Technology / Case number: #20106JQ
Robert Langer / Vance Soares / Ester Caffarel Salvador / Alex Abramson / Daniel Minahan / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Uncharted Frontiers
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Closed-Loop Intramuscular Motility Prosthesis, Submucosal Neuromodulation Device and Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Implantation Tool

Technology / Case number: #23258J
Robert Langer / MJ Antonini / Shriya Sruthi Srinivasan / Giovanni Traverso / Polina Anikeeva
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 / So-Yoon Yang / Jason Li
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
Robert Langer / Daniel Reker / Vance Soares / Yunhua Shi / Giovanni Traverso
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 / James Byrne / Hen Wei Huang
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Industrial Engineering & Automation / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Uncharted Frontiers
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Electronic Sensing/Valve Application (Concept 3a Needle-less Drug Delivery)

Technology / Case number: #22659
Giovanni Traverso / Torben Sebastia Last / Graham Arrick / Sean You / Niclas Roxhed
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 / Dan Sorensen / Jacob Pyung Hwa Jepsen / Aghiad Ghazal / Drago Sticker / Cody Cleveland / Graham Arrick / Declan Gwynne / Mette Poulsen / Brian Mouridsen / Jacob Wainer / Jorrit Water
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Endovascular Injectable Stents for Cardiovascular Drug Delivery

Technology / Case number: #22578J
Giovanni Traverso / Mohammed Chowdhury / Mazen Albaghdadi / Sahab Babaee
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 / James McRae / Khalil Ramadi
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
Robert Langer / Se Jun Lee / Jason Li / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials / Therapeutics
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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