Vladimir Torchilin
Alma materMoscow State University
AwardsLenin Prize
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsNortheastern University

Vladimir Petrovich Torchilin (Russian: Владимир Петрович Торчилин, born 1946) is a Soviet, Russian and American biochemist, pharmacologist , and an expert in medical nanotechnology.[1] 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.[1][2]

Torchillin researches topics like liposomes, lipid-core micelles, biomedical polymers, drug delivery and targeting, pharmaceutical nanocarriers and experimental cancer immunology.[3]

Education

Torchilin was awarded a Master of Science in Polymer Chemistry from Moscow State University in 1968.[1][3] In 1971 and 1980, he went on to receive his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Doctor of Science in Polymer Chemistry and Chemistry of Physiologically Active Compounds, respectively.[3]

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.[4][3] From 1998 to 2008, he served as the chair of the department of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University.[3] In 2012, Torchillin became a distinguished professor at Northeastern University.[1]

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.[1][5]
  • 2005 Research Achievements in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Award from the AAPS[6]
  • 2007 Research Achievements Award from the Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress[1]
  • 2009 International Journal of Nanomedicine Distinguished Scientist Award[1]
  • 2010 Founders Award, Controlled Release Society[7]
  • 2012 Alec Bangham Life Achievement Award
  • 2013 Journal of Drug Targeting Life Achievement Award[8]
  • 2013 Blaise Pascal Medal in Biomedicine from the European Academy of Sciences[9]

Fellowships

  • 2002 Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering[10]
  • 2003 Member of the European Academy of Science[11]
  • 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.[12]

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.[13] Torchilin has published over 400 papers, 150 reviews and written and edited 10 books.[2]

  • Torchilin, V. P. (1991). Tam, gde konchaet︠s︡ia nauka. Besedy o mire i cheloveke (in Russian). Moskva: Izd-vo polit. lit. ISBN 9785250012300. OCLC 28484727.

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), ISBN 5-89803-044-1. (short stories and essays)
  • 2006 Кружок друзей Автандила, Moscow, Наука-Культура (hard cover; novels, short stories)
  • Torchilin, V. P.; Торчилин, В. П. (2012). Labukh : povesti i rasskazy (in Russian). Moskva: Agraf. ISBN 9785778404298. OCLC 815723847.

The following is a series of academic handbooks by Torchilin, published at Jenny Stanford Publishing, on biomedical nanotechnology:

  • Torchilin, Vladimir; Amiji, Mansoor M (2011). Handbook of materials for nanomedicine. Pan Stanford series on biomedical nanotechnology. Vol. 1. Singapore: Pan Stanford. ISBN 9789814267557. OCLC 770813246.
  • Torčilin, Vladimir P, ed. (July 2020). Handbook of materials for nanomedicine : polymeric nanomaterials. Jenny Stanford series on biomedical nanotechnology. Vol. 1. Singapore: Jenny Stanford Publishing. ISBN 9781003045113. OCLC 1226113508.
  • Torčilin, Vladimir P, ed. (2020). Handbook of materials for nanomedicine : metal based and other. Jenny Stanford series on biomedical nanotechnology. Singapore: Jenny Stanford Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781000067132. OCLC 1145591940.
  • Torčilin, Vladimir P (2020). Torčilin, Vladimir P (ed.). Handbook of materials for nanomedicine : lipid-based and inorganic nanomaterials. Jenny Stanford series on biomedical nanotechnology. Vol. 6. Singapore: Jenny Standord Publishing. ISBN 9789814800914. OCLC 1263215249.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Vladimir P. Torchilin Curriculum vitae" (PDF). Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine. Boston: School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Vladimir P. Torchilin". Allied Academies.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Vladimir Torchilin Review Editor". Journal of Controlled Release. Boston: Elsevier.
  4. ↑ "Interview with a Luminary: Vladimir P. Torchilin, Ph.D., D.Sc". Controlled Release Society.
  5. ↑ "The Lenin Prizes for 1982". The Current Digest of the Soviet Press. University of Virginia: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. 34 (16): 14. 1982.
  6. ↑ "AAPS Announces 2005 Award Winners". Nashville: American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. Pharmaceutical Online. 8 November 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Founders Award Recipients". Controlled Release Society. Mount Laurel: Controlled Release Society 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Akhtar, Saghir (December 2013). "In honour of Professor Vladimir Torchilin, Recipient of the Journal of Drug Targeting's Life-Time Achievement Award for 2013". Journal of Drug Targeting. 21 (10): 885. doi:10.3109/1061186X.2013.837621. PMID 24033001. S2CID 9332515.
  9. ↑ "Blaise Pascal Medals EURASC Awardees". European Academy of Sciences. Liège: European Academy of Sciences 2022. 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Vladimir P. Torchilin, Ph.D., D.Sc". AIMBE Fellowship director. Washington: The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. 2002. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "Member Profile". European Academy of Sciences. Brussels: European Academy of Sciences 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "Владимир Торчилин".
  13. ↑ "Bouvé College Distinguished Professor Recognized as Top-Cited Researcher in Category". Northeastern University Bouve College of Health Sciences.
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