Samir Mitragotri
Samir Mitragotri is the Hiller Professor of Bioengineering and the Hansjorg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering in the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. His lab has made groundbreaking contributions to drug delivery and biomaterials, leading to new diagnoses and treatments for diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other conditions.
A core faculty member at the Wyss Institute, Mitragotri has pioneered novel technologies using ultrasound and ionic liquids to enable transdermal delivery of proteins, peptides, and siRNA. He has also invented systems for synthetic carriers to “hitchhike” on natural cells for targeted drug delivery.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Medicine, and National Academy of Inventors, and is an elected fellow of many academic organizations including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Biomedical Engineering Society.
His B.S. in chemical engineering is from the Institute of Chemical Technology, India, and his Ph.D. in chemical engineering is from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.