Robert S. Langer
Robert Samuel Langer Jr. FREng (born August 29, 1948) is an American biotechnologist, businessman, chemical engineer, chemist, and inventor. He is one of the nine Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.He was formerly the Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and maintains activity in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT. He is also a faculty member of the Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology and the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.
Langer holds over 1,400 granted or pending patents. He is one of the world's most highly cited researchers and his h-index is now (according to Google Scholar, 2023-09-16) 320 with currently over 413,000 citations. He is a widely recognized and cited researcher in biotechnology, especially in the fields of drug delivery systems and tissue engineering.
He is the most cited engineer in history and 4th most cited individual in any field, having authored over 1,500 scientific papers. Langer is also a prolific businessman, having been behind the participation in the founding of over 40 biotechnology companies including the well-known American pharmaceutical company, Moderna.
Langer's research laboratory at MIT is the largest biomedical engineering lab in the world; maintaining over $10 million in annual grants and over 100 researchers. He has been awarded numerous leading prizes in recognition of his work. Provided by Wikipedia
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5by Malia McAvoy, Joshua C. Doloff, Joshua C. Doloff, Omar F. Khan, Omar F. Khan, Joseph Rosen, Robert Langer, Robert Langer, Robert Langer, Robert Langer, Daniel G. Anderson, Daniel G. Anderson, Daniel G. Anderson, Daniel G. AndersonGet full text
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8by Shriya Srinivasan, Shriya Srinivasan, Keval Vyas, Malia McAvoy, Malia McAvoy, Peter Calvaresi, Omar F. Khan, Omar F. Khan, Robert Langer, Robert Langer, Robert Langer, Robert Langer, Daniel G. Anderson, Daniel G. Anderson, Daniel G. Anderson, Daniel G. Anderson, Hugh HerrGet full text
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9by M. Conley Wake, Antonios G. Mikos, Georgios Sarakinos, Joseph P. Vacanti, Robert LangerGet full text
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10by Michael J. Mitchell, Jamie Webster, Amanda Chung, Pedro P. G. Guimarães, Omar F. Khan, Robert LangerGet full text
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14by Hyoungshin Park, Michael C. Yip, Beata Chertok, Joseph Kost, James B. Kobler, Robert Langer, Steven M. ZeitelsGet full text
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17by Geoffrey W Stone, Suzanne Barzee, Victoria Snarsky, Camila Santucci, Brian Tran, Robert Langer, Gregory T Zugates, Daniel G Anderson, Richard S KornbluthGet full text
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18by Daniel Reker, Yunhua Shi, Ameya R. Kirtane, Kaitlyn Hess, Grace J. Zhong, Evan Crane, Chih-Hsin Lin, Robert Langer, Giovanni TraversoGet full text
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19by Sezin Aday, Janet Zoldan, Marie Besnier, Laura Carreto, Jaimy Saif, Rui Fernandes, Tiago Santos, Liliana Bernardino, Robert Langer, Costanza Emanueli, Lino FerreiraGet full text
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