Vladimir Torchilin


Vladimir Petrovich Torchilin is a Soviet, Russian and American biochemist, pharmacologist, and an expert in medical nanotechnology. Torchillin is a University Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences 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 liposomes, lipid-core micelles, biomedical polymers, drug delivery and targeting, pharmaceutical nanocarriers and experimental cancer immunology.

Education

Torchilin was awarded a Master of Science in Polymer Chemistry from Moscow State University in 1968. In 1971 and 1980, he went on to receive his Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Science in Polymer Chemistry 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 Harvard University. 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.

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Prose

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