Bob Langer

Bob Langer has been referred to as The Edison of Medicine, with 1,400 issued and pending patents worldwide licensed or sublicensed to over 400 companies. Bob himself has played a role in the foundation of over 40 companies, including Moderna, where he is a co-founder. Bob’s 1,500 articles have been cited over 320,000 times, which gives him the highest h-index of any engineer in history; he is currently in a competition with Sigmund Freud in the top six most cited person in history. Bob has collected 220 awards and 34 honorary doctorates, and been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors. Where does Bob get his inspiration? He loves to attend magic shows. Or he makes his own magic shows. Literally.