Joe Landolina
{{Short description|American inventor and biomedical engineer}}
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| name = Joe Landolina
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| caption = Landolina at the NYU School of Engineering Innovation Gala, April 2014
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|1|27|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Pine Bush, New York, U.S.
| alma_mater = New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering{{Cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/news/2014/07/25/entrepreneur-and-alum-joe-landolina-chosen-2014-ted-fellow/|title=Entrepreneur and Alum Joe Landolina Chosen as 2014 TED Fellow | NYU Tandon School of Engineering|date=25 July 2014 }}
| occupation = President & CEO of Cresilon, Inc.
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Joseph Alexander Landolina (born January 27, 1993) is an American inventor and biomedical engineer, who is known for starting his company Cresilon, Inc. (formerly Suneris, Inc.){{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/embracing-new-name-cresilon-joe-landolina/|title = Embracing a new name: Cresilon}} at a young age.{{Specify|date=March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://engineering.nyu.edu/news/2014/07/25/entrepreneur-and-alum-joe-landolina-chosen-2014-ted-fellow|title = Entrepreneur and Alum Joe Landolina Chosen as 2014 TED Fellow | NYU Tandon School of Engineering| date=25 July 2014 }}
Career
While an undergrad at NYU Poly, Landolina invented Vetigel, a substance intended for the treatment of wounds to skin, internal organs, and arteries.{{cite news| url=https://nypost.com/2013/03/18/nyu-student-invents-wound-closing-goo/ | work=New York Post | first=Bob | last=Fredericks | title=NYU student invents wound-closing goo | date=18 March 2013}} The gel can be used as a replacement for traditional gauze bandages. Landolina created the substance using the extracellular matrix matter from skin as a blueprint using plant-derived versions of polymers.{{cite web | first1=Ansa | last1=Varughese | url=http://www.medicaldaily.com/college-student-joe-landolina-creates-healing-gel-how-does-veti-gel-work-video-244683 | title=College Student Joe Landolina Creates Healing Gel; How Does Veti-Gel Work? | publisher=IBT Media | accessdate=27 December 2014 | website=medicaldaily.com| date=19 March 2013 }} In 2010, Landolina founded Suneris, Inc. with business partner Isaac Miller.{{Cite web |url=http://www.suneris.co/ |title=Suneris | Technologies in Partnership with Your Body |access-date=2014-12-27 |archive-date=2014-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218091556/http://suneris.co/ |url-status=dead }} Landolina is also a 2014 TED Fellow and received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship in 2013 for his work in the field of biomaterials.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_landolina_this_gel_can_make_you_stop_bleeding_instantly?language=en|title=This gel can make you stop bleeding instantly|date=20 November 2014 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyunews.com/2013/12/12/landolina/|title = Joe Landolina | the Inventor|date = 12 December 2013}}{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/02/nyu-student-wound-healing-gel/2046815/ | work=USA Today | first=Stephanie | last=Haven | title=NYU undergrad invents gel to instantly stop mass bleeding | date=2 April 2013}}
Personal life and education
Landolina is Italian-American, and was born in Pine Bush in Orange County, New York. As a child, he learned about chemistry from his grandfather at their family's winery, Baldwin Vineyards.{{cite web |last1=Safford |first1=Matt |title=This Plant-Based Gel Stops Bleeding in Seconds |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/plant-based-gel-stops-bleeding-seconds-180953488/?no-ist |website=Smithsonian.com |publisher=Smithsonian |accessdate=27 December 2014}} He graduated from Pine Bush High School in 2010 before attending New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering.{{cite news | date=19 March 2013 | agency=Times Herald-Record | accessdate=27 December 2014 | first1=JEREMIAH | issue=online | last1=HORRIGAN | url=http://www.recordonline.com/article/20130319/News/303190320 | title=Student from Pine Bush has smart idea: bandage made from gel | publisher=Local Media Group, Inc. | work=Times Herald-Record}} As of 2015, he has a bachelor's degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from New York University.{{cite news | date=Fall 2013 | agency=NYU Alumni Magazine | accessdate=27 December 2014 | first1=Alyson | issue=21 | last1=Krueger | url=http://www.nyu.edu/alumni.magazine/issue21/sq_CER.html | title=Bloody Brilliant Undergrad Joe Landolina may revolutionize healing | publisher=New York University | website=nyu.edu}}
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|jlandolina}}
- {{TED speaker}}
; Interviews
- [http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000341453 Video of interview], Tyler Mathisen, CNBC Dec. 23, 2014
- [http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/3911448726001/love-of-chemistry-leads-to-innovation-that-could-save-lives/?#sp=show-clips Video of Interview], Melissa Francis, Fox Business Network Nov. 26, 2014
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Category:American chief executives
Category:American bioengineers
Category:Chief executives in the pharmaceutical industry
Category:Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni
Category:21st-century American engineers