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Robert S. Langer
American scientist
For the Australian cricketer, see Rob Langer.
Robert Samuel Langer, Jr. | |
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Langer in 2023 | |
| Born | (1948-08-29) August 29, 1948 (age 76) Albany, New York, United States |
| Other names | Bob Langer[2] |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (BSc) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ScD) |
| Known for | Controlled drug delivery and tissue engineering |
| Awards | Gairdner Foundation International Award(1996) Charles Stark Draper Prize(2002) John Fritz Medal(2003) Harvey Prize(2003) Heinz Award(2004) Albany Medical Center Prize(2005) National Medal of Science(2006) Millennium Technology Prize(2008) Prince of Asturias Award(2008) National Medal of Technology and Innovation(2011) Perkin Medal(2012) Wilhelm Exner Medal(2012) Priestley Medal(2012) Wolf Prize in Chemistry(2013) IRI Medal(2013) Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences(2014) Kyoto Prize(2014) Biotechnology Heritage Award(2014) FREng[1](2010) Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering(2015) Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine(2017) Medal of S
Robert S. Langer is one of 9 Institute Professors at MIT; being an Institute Professor is the highest honor that can be awarded to a faculty member. Dr. Langer has written more than 1,600 articles. He also has over 1,500 issued and pending patents worldwide. Dr. Langer’s patents have been licensed or sublicensed to over 400 pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and medical device companies. He is the most cited engineer in history (h-index 328 with more than 438,200 citations according to Google Scholar). He served as a member of the United States Food and Drug Administration’s SCIENCE Board, the FDA’s highest advisory board, from 1995 — 2002 and as its Chairman from 1999-2002. Dr. Langer has received over 220 major awards. He is one of 3 living individuals to have received both the United States National Medal of Science (2006) and the United States National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2011). He also received the 1996 Gairdner Foundation International Award, the 2002 Charles Stark Draper Prize, considered the equivalent of the Nobel
Robert LangerBio-bibliography USA2022 Balzan Prize for Biomaterials for Nanomedicine and Tissue EngineeringFor pioneering research on biopolymers and biomaterials, and their synthesis, and developing the field of nanomedicine, including advances in mRNA vaccines and tissue engineering. Robert Langer’s groundbreaking discoveries have paved the way for breakthroughs in the controlled release of macromolecules, with many medical applications.Robert Langer, born in Albany, New York in 1948, is an US citizen. Since 2009, he has been David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was previously Institute Professor; between 1988 and 2005, he was Kenneth J. Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at MIT Department of Chemical Engineering; Whitaker College of Health Sciences, Technology, and Management, and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Since 1999 he has been Senior Lecturer on Surgery, Harvard University, Harvard Medical School. He completed his undergraduate studies in Chemical E Copyright ©mobthaw.pages.dev 2025 |