Andrew Joseph Pettinari, BVM&S
Resident, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM)
Profile
Dr. Pettinari received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Northeastern University and his BVM&S from the University of Glasgow.
He worked with the Harvard Concord Field Station with guinea fowl and goats as an undergraduate, and the Franklin Park Zoo designing enrichment devices for coyotes. During his BVM&S, he investigated the prevalence of reproductive disease in cattle. After spending two years in private practice, Dr. Pettinari transitioned to a research role at MIT focusing on making gastrointestinal resident devices.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Pettinari’s research interests include surgical techniques, transgenics, translational medicine, experiment design, and reproduction.
Professional Background
- BVM&S, University of Glasgow, 2019
- BS in Biology, Northeastern University, 2012
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Feig, Vivian & Park, Sanghyun & Rivano, Pier & Kim, Jinhee & Muller, Benjamin & Patel, Ashka & Dial, Caroline & Gonzalez, Sofia & Carlisle, Hannah & Codreanu, Flavia & Lopes, Aaron & Erdogan, Ayten & Fabian, Niora & Guevara, Ashley & Pettinari, Andrew & Li, Jason & Liang, Jia & Liu, Gary & Tibbitt, Mark & Traverso, Giovanni. (2025). Self-aggregating long-acting injectable microcrystals. Nature Chemical Engineering. 2. 209-219. 10.1038/s44286-025-00194-x.
Huang, Wei & Chai, Peter & Hayward, Alison & Chandrakasan, Anantha & Correspondence, Giovanni & Huang, Hen-Wei & Lee, Seungho & Kerssemakers, Tom & Imani, Ali & Chen, Jack & Heim, Marco & Bo, Jessica & Wentworth, Adam & Sanoudos-Dramaliotis, Fokion-Taxiarchis & Ballinger, Ian & Maji, Saurav & Murphy, Matt & Alexiev, Alexander & Kang, Gloria & Traverso, Giovanni. (2024). An implantable system for opioid safety In brief An implantable system for opioid safety. Device. 2. 10.1016/j.device.2024.100517.
Li, Jason & Clark, Benjamin & Khosravi, Parmiss & Cotter, Colin & Liang, Jia & Ling, Susan & Su, Yuyan & Qi, Kent & Codreanu, Flavia & D’Orio, Ethan & Tan, Ivy & Green, Julia & Murawska, Katarzyna & Lopes, Aaron & Muller, Benjamin & Hayward, Alison & Fabian, Niora & Pettinari, Andrew & Schmidt, Kailyn & Traverso, Giovanni. (2025). Monolithic Shape-Shifting Absorbable Implants for Long-Term Contraception. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 10.1101/2025.05.18.654764.
Subramanian, Deepak & Kirtane, Ameya & White, Georgia & Freitas, Dylan & Ishida, Keiko & Jenkins, Josh & Pettinari, Andrew & Morimoto, Josh & Fitzgerald, Nina & Traverso, Giovanni. (2025). Identification and Validation of Small Molecules with Mucin-Selective Regiospecific Binding in the Gastrointestinal Tract. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 10.1101/2025.03.31.646052.
Ying, Binbin & Nan, Kewang & Zhu, Qing & Khuu, Tom & Ro, Hana & Qin, Sophia & Wang, Shubing & Jiang, Karen & Chen, Yonglin & Bao, Guangyu & Jenkins, Josh & Pettinari, Andrew & Kuosmanen, Johannes & Ishida, Keiko & Fabian, Niora & Lopes, Aaron & Codreanu, Flavia & Morimoto, Joshua & Li, Jason & Traverso, Giovanni. (2025). An electroadhesive hydrogel interface prolongs porcine gastrointestinal mucosal theranostics. Science translational medicine. 17. eadq1975. 10.1126/scitranslmed.adq1975.