Rate My Professor Sri Sridhar

Srinivas Sridhar is the University Distinguished Professor of Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University, where he earned recognition for his pioneering contributions to nanomedicine and neurotechnology. Holding a PhD from the California Institute of Technology, Sridhar also serves as Lecturer on Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School. His distinguished career includes serving as Vice Provost for Research at Northeastern University from 2004 to 2008, overseeing the institution's research portfolio. As founding Director of the Nanomedicine Innovation Center, Director of the Nanomedicine Academy, and Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded CaNCURE program, he has spearheaded interdisciplinary initiatives in nanomaterials, drug delivery, and quantitative MRI. Sridhar's research focuses on quantitative MRI, drug delivery, neurovisual science, nanomedicine, and neurotechnology, developing innovative nanoparticle platforms for cancer therapy, cardiovascular diseases, and neurological disorders. He has founded spinoff companies, including Theranano, to translate his discoveries into clinical applications, such as advanced MRI techniques tested in trials at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Sridhar has authored over 450 publications in prestigious journals, including a 2003 Nature paper listed among Science's Breakthroughs of the Year. Notable recent works include 'A nano-cocktail of the PARP inhibitor talazoparib and CDK inhibitor dinaciclib for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer' (Cancer Nanotechnology, 2024), 'Portable multi-focal visual evoked potential diagnostics for multiple sclerosis/optic neuritis patients' (Documenta Ophthalmologica, 2024), and US Patent 12,121,339 for 'Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of the vasculature' (2024). His impact is evidenced by major awards, including the 2016 Biomedical Engineering Society Diversity Award for establishing programs like the NSF IGERT on Nanomedicine and mentoring underrepresented students; election as Fellow of the American Physical Society for seminal experiments in metamaterials, quantum chaos, and superconductors; Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; and 2023 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Sridhar has secured over $24 million in grants from NSF, NIH, and DoD, mentored 14 PhD students and over 1,200 trainees, and delivered 240 lectures across 30 countries.