Robert Langer

Robert Langer is the chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Langer is one of 10 Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and has written over 1,500 scholarly articles. He is also the most cited engineer in history (h-index 286, with over 338,000 citations according to Google Scholar). He has served as the Chair of the FDA’s Science Board, and has been recognized with over 220 awards, including the United States National Medals of both Science and Technology, and Innovation. Dr. Langer was named as one of the 20 most important people in biotechnology by Discover magazine and one of 15 innovators who will reinvent our future by Forbes. TIME and CNN named him as one of the most important people in America, and one of the 18 top people in science or medicine in America. He was also recognized as one of the world’s 25 most important individuals in biotechnology by Forbes and by BioWorld. Dr. Langer holds 35 honorary doctorate degrees, and has been elected to the National Academies of Medicine, Engineering, Sciences, and Inventors.