Boris Petrov Kovatchev is a professor at the University of Virginia where he is the founding Director of the UVA Center for Diabetes Technology, and a principal investigator of the JDRF Artificial Pancreas Project.

He received an MS in Mathematics from Sofia University, Bulgaria where he also completed his PhD in Mathematics in 1989.[1]

He and his team of more than 25 investigators[2] at UVA have been working on the integration of continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps to create a closed-loop system requiring little or no intervention by the user.[3] He holds 38 patents for technology related to diabetes and blood glucose monitoring.[1]

In 2008, he became the first mathematician to be awarded the international Diabetes Technology Leadership Award, presented by the Diabetes Technology Society,[4] and in 2013, he was awarded the prestigious Gerold & Kayla Grodsky Basic Research Scientist Award for leadership and innovation in type 1 diabetes.[5]

He has an h-index of 85 according to Google Scholar.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Boris Kovatchev, PhD". University of Virginia School of Medicine. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "People to Know 2016: Boris Kovatchev, PhD".
  3. ↑ Lyon, Lindsay (30 June 2009). "Boris Kovatchev: Artificial pancreas could help diabetics". US News. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  4. ↑ admin. "UVA Researcher Boris Kovatchev, Ph.D., Receives International Award for Pioneering Work in Diabetes Technology — UVA Health".
  5. ↑ "UVA's Boris Kovatchev Honored for Artificial Pancreas Research - JDRF". 30 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Boris Kovatchev". Google Scholar. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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