1. Samir Mitragotri was born on 28 May 1971 and is an Indian American professor at Harvard University, an inventor, an entrepreneur, and a researcher in the fields of drug delivery and biomaterials.
12 Facts About Samir Mitragotri
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Samir Mitragotri is currently the Hiller Professor of Bioengineering and Hansjorg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.
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Samir Mitragotri invented techniques to deliver drugs transdermally using low-frequency ultrasound, pulsed microjet injector, high throughput skin experimentation, skin penetrating peptides and ionic liquids.
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Samir Mitragotri invented intestinal patches and ionic liquids for oral delivery of proteins.
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Samir Mitragotri pioneered nanoparticle-enabled cell therapies which use drug-loaded nanoparticles that hitch a ride on red blood cells, monocytes and other circulatory cells for tissue-specific delivery.
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Samir Mitragotri's technologies are used to develop next generation therapies against diabetes, cancer, psoriasis, hemorrhage, trauma and infections.
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Samir Mitragotri's publications are cited over 74000 times with an h-index of 135.
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Samir Mitragotri is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Inventors.
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Samir Mitragotri is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering since 2015 for the development, clinical translation, and commercialization of transdermal drug delivery systems.
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Samir Mitragotri is a co-founder of several companies that are developing products based on his inventions.
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Samir Mitragotri received his PhD in chemical engineering at MIT and BS in chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology.
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Samir Mitragotri serves on the editorial boards of several journals and has served as the founding editor-in-chief of Bioengineering and Translational Medicine.