Vladimir Torchilin

Vladimir Petrovich Torchilin (; born 1946) 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.

Education Torchilin was awarded a Master of Science in Polymer Chemistry from Moscow State University in 1968. 2005: Research Achievements in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Award from the AAPS 2007: Research Achievements Award from the Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress 2012: Alec Bangham 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.