John Santini is an entrepreneur and scientist with over a decade of industrial and academic experience in drug delivery. He has given numerous invited lectures on the use of microtechnology in healthcare and has authored over 60 issued/pending patents and several technical papers. In 2002, Dr. Santini was honored by Technology Review Magazine as one of the Top 100 Young Innovators in the world. He is also a member of the Governing Council of the MEMS Industry Group, a national trade organization dedicated to the advancement and commercialization of MEMS technology in the United States.
Prior to founding MicroCHIPS, he obtained his PhD in chemical engineering from MIT as a National Science Foundation Fellow. Dr. Santini also graduated with a BSE in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan.
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