Vladimir Petrovich Torchilin (russian: Владимир Петрович Торчилин, born 1946) is a

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n and

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biochemist,

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, and an expert in medical nanotechnology. Torchillin is a University Distinguished Professor of

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at Northeastern University. He also serves as a director at both the Center for Translational Cancer Nanomedicine and at the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine at Northeastern University. Torchillin researches topics like

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s, lipid-core

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s, biomedical polymers, drug delivery and targeting, pharmaceutical nanocarriers and experimental

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Education

Torchilin was awarded a

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from

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

in 1968. In 1971 and 1980, he went on to receive his

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(Ph.D.) and

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and Chemistry of Physiologically Active Compounds, respectively.

Career

In 1991, Torchillin became the head of the chemistry program, Center for Imaging and Pharmaceutical Research, and associate professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and

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. From 1998 to 2008, he served as the chair of the department of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University. In 2012, Torchillin became a distinguished professor at Northeastern University.

Awards and honors

*1982 Lenin Prize in Science and Technology, for theoretical, experimental and clinical substantiation of the use of immobilized enzymes for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. *2005 Research Achievements in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Award from the AAPS *2007 Research Achievements Award from the Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress *2009 International Journal of Nanomedicine Distinguished Scientist Award *2010 Founders Award, Controlled Release Society *2012

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Life Achievement Award *2013 Journal of Drug Targeting Life Achievement Award *2013 Blaise Pascal Medal in Biomedicine from the European Academy of Sciences

Fellowships

*2002 Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering *2003 Member of the European Academy of Science *2003 Fellow, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) *2010 Fellow, Controlled Release Society

Prose

In addition to his scientific work, Torchilin publishes essays and short stories in Russian and American magazines and newspapers.

Bibliography

In 2021, Torchilin was acknowledged as the top-cited researcher, amongst 131,000 researchers, in the ''Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Clinical Medicine'' Category, according Elsevier.com. Torchilin has published over 400 papers, 150 reviews and written and edited 10 books.
* Torchilin has published the following short stories for children: *1995: ''Странные рассказы'', Moscow (short stories) *1996: ''Повезло'', New York (short stories) *2000: ''Время между'', St. Petersburg, Пушкинский Фонд ( Pushkin Foundation), . (short stories and essays) *2006 ''Кружок друзей Автандила'', Moscow, Наука-Культура (hard cover; novels, short stories) * The following is a series of academic handbooks by Torchilin, published at Jenny Stanford Publishing, on biomedical nanotechnology: * * * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torchilin, Vladimir 1946 births Living people American male writers Russian biochemists American biochemists Recipients of the Lenin Prize Northeastern University faculty Harvard Medical School faculty Moscow State University alumni Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering