Pharmaceutical Formulations

Biography

Dr. Vladimir Torchilin graduated from the Moscow University with MS in Chemistry, and also obtained there his Ph.D. (1971) and D.Sc. (1981) in Polymer Chemistry, Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis, and Chemistry of Physiologically Active Compounds. In years 1968-1973 Dr. Torchilin made his research at the Chemical Department of Moscow State University. In 1974-1990 he was with the Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Russian Cardiology Research Center, where he founded the Laboratory of Enzyme Engineering of which he was a Head in 1981-1990. In 1991 Dr. Torchilin joined Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School as the Head of Chemistry Program, Center for Imaging and Pharmaceutical Research, and Associate Professor of Radiology. Since 1998 Dr. Torchilin is with Northeastern University. In 1998-2008 he served as a Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Since 2005, he is also the Director of The Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine.

Research Interest

His research interests have focused on the engineering of biomedical polymers and polymeric drugs, medicinal enzyme stabilization and immobilization, drug delivery and targeting, drug carriers including liposomes and micelles, long-circulating drug carriers, novel imaging agents, antibody modification, and, more recently, experimental cancer immunology. His outstanding contributions to all these areas are widely recognized by the international scientific community. Related research has been communicated in more than 400 original publications. He also wrote more than 150 reviews and book chapters, wrote and edited 12 books including "Immobilized Enzymes in Medicine", "Handbook of Targeted Delivery of Imaging Agents", “Liposomes: A Practical Approach”, “Biomedical Aspects of Drug Targeting”, “Delivery of Protein and Peptide Drugs in Cancer”, “Nanoparticulates as Drug Carriers”, “Multifunctional Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers”, and 4 volume set “Handbook of Nanobiomedical Research”, made over 250 invited lectures and seminars and holds more than 40 patents. He is also a Co-Editor of a novel book series on Biomedical Nanotechnology with Pan Stanford Publishing (World Scientific). According to Google Scholar, his H-index is 97 with >47,000 citations. His commitment to the engineering of drug delivery and targeting systems is also reflected in the numerous grants and contracts awarded to him by the NIH and various industries.