Vladimir TorchilinVladimir Torchilin is a University Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine at Northeastern University, Boston. He was born in Moscow (that time Soviet Union), gothis scientific degrees from the Moscow State University, and immigrated to the US in 1990. He has published over 650 scientific papers and reviews, written and edited 15 books, holds over 40 patents, and received multiple national and international awards. He is also a writer (member of the Union of Moscow Writers), has multiple publications in leading Russian language literary magazines, and published eight books of short stories in Russian, both in Russia and US. He lives in Boston. Read More Read Less