Robert Langer

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biomedical engineer chemical engineer human inventor university professor

Robert Langer is a pioneering American chemical engineer and prolific inventor renowned for his groundbreaking work in drug delivery and tissue engineering, making him one of the most cited and influential scientists in history.

Aliases (1)

Robert S. Langer ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biomedical engineer → chemical engineer → human → inventor → university professor →
awardReceived	Charles Stark Draper Prize → Israel Prize in Chemistry and Physics → Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology → Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award → National Medal of Science → National Medal of Technology and Innovation → Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering → Wolf Prize in Chemistry →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Cornell University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
familyName	Langer →
fieldOfWork	biomaterials → biomedical engineering → chemical engineering → controlled release systems → drug delivery → tissue engineering →
givenName	Robert →
hasPatentOn	biomaterials for medical applications → drug delivery systems → tissue engineering technologies →
influenced	field of drug delivery → field of tissue engineering →
memberOf	National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Medicine → National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America →
name	Robert Langer →
notableFor	high scientific citation impact → pioneering work in drug delivery → pioneering work in tissue engineering →
notableStudent	Katalin Karikó →
notableWork	biodegradable polymers for drug delivery → controlled drug delivery systems → foundational work in mRNA delivery technologies → tissue engineering scaffolds →
occupation	biomedical engineer → chemical engineer → inventor → university teacher →
positionHeld	Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
sexOrGender	male →
workplace	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lemelson-MIT Prize → MRS Von Hippel Award →	notableRecipient
Langer →	hasNotableBearer
Institute Professor at MIT →	hasNotableHolder
Arthur M. Bueche Award ("Robert S. Langer") →	hasNotableRecipient
Robert Langer →	name
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering →	notableLaureate