Vladimir Torchilin
Vladimir Petrovich Torchilin (Russian: Владимир Петрович Торчилин, born 1946) is a Soviet, Russian and American biochemist, pharmacologist , and an expert in medical nanotechnology.[1]
Since 1991 lives in the USA. Since 1993-1999 he was with 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 he is with Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, and as of 2013, distinguished professor and Director of Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine of Nortwestern University.[2]
PhD, DSc, MS, Moscow State University[2]
Scientific work
Awards
- 1982 Lenin Prize in Science and Technology[1]
- 2005 Research Achievements in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Award from the AAPS[1]
- 2007 Research Achievements Award from the Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress[1]
Prose
In addition to his scientific work, Torchilin publishes essays and short stories in Russian and American magazines and newspapers.[3]
Books
- 1991: Там, где кончается наука ("Where the Science Ends", about pseudoscience)[4]
- 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)
^2002 Лабух, Moscow, Аграф, ISBN 978-5-7784-0429-8 (hardcover; novels, short stories)