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Sangeeta Bhatia is a biomedical researcher, professor at MIT, and a biotech entrepreneur working to adapt technologies developed in the computer industry for medical innovation. A trained physician and engineer, she graduated from Harvard, MIT, and Brown University. Bhatia leverages 'tiny technologies' for miniaturization yielding inventions including human microlivers as models for human drug metabolism and liver disease, as well as responsive nanoparticles for diagnosing, studying, and treating a variety of diseases, including cancer. She has launched multiple biotechnology companies with her trainees to improve human health and is a prolific inventor who passionately advocates for diversity in science and engineering. Bhatia's extensive honors include the Lemelson-MIT Prize, the Heinz Medal for her groundbreaking inventions, and membership in several prestigious academies including the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. She serves as the Director of the Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine at the Koch Institute and is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Core faculty member specializing in biomedical engineering and nanotechnology.