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

Thermo-Responsive, Inflammation-Targeting (TRIT) Hydrogel Formulations for Local Drug Delivery in Intestinal Inflammation

Technology / Case number: #19181J
Robert Langer / Joshua Korzenik / Ashok Kakkar / Sufeng Zhang / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Drug Delivery
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Gastric Residence Electronics

Technology / Case number: #20092J
Robert Langer / Yong Lin Kong / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Communication Systems
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Macro-Devices for Ultra-Long Residence and Large-Dose Drug Delivery in Stomach

Technology / Case number: #20938JQ
Robert Langer / Jiuyun Shi / Simo Pajovic / Sahab Babaee / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Drug Delivery
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Systems for Electrical Stimulation

Technology / Case number: #20707JQ
Robert Langer / David Dellal / Alex Abramson / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Drug Delivery
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Retrieval Systems for Gastric Resident Systems

Technology / Case number: #20382JQ
Robert Langer / Macy Castaneda / Feyisope Eweje / Niclas Roxhed / Malvika Verma / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Drug Delivery
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Flexible Piezoelectric Devices for Gastrointestinal Motility Sensing

Technology / Case number: #19910JQ
Robert Langer / Canan Dagdeviren / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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Single Administration, Multi-Dose, Multi-Therapeutic Capable Delivery Platform for Veterinary Applications

Technology / Case number: #20943J
Robert Langer / Tiffany Hua / Miguel Jimenez / Jason Li / Jacob Coffey / Michael Williams / Christoph Winfried Johannes Steiger / Ester Caffarel Salvador / Alex Abramson / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Agriculture & Food / Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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A Rapidly Clinically Translatable, Closed-Loop Drug Delivery System

Technology / Case number: #24932JQ
Robert Langer / Charles Seaberg / Nikhil Lal / Aaron Lopes / Louis DeRidder / Hen Wei Huang / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Secure and Stable Wireless Communication for an Ingestible Device

Technology / Case number: #25143JQ
Anantha Chandrakasan / Ian Ballinger / Yeseul Jeon / James McRae / Adam Gierlach / Giovanni Traverso
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Communication Systems
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Connected World
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Electrically-Triggered Degradation Of The Drug/Bacteria Chamber Covering

Technology / Case number: #24830JQ
Anantha Chandrakasan / Ian Ballinger / Yeseul Jeon / Kyeongho Kim / Emily Kolaya / Yiyuan Yang / Kewang Nan / James McRae / Adam Gierlach / So-Yoon Yang / Rishabh Mittal / Seokkee Min / Sean You / Miguel Jimenez / Giovanni Traverso / Betar Gallant
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Healthy Living, Advanced Materials
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