Robert S. Langer

Life

Robert Samuel Langer Jr. was the son of Robert Samuel sr. and Mary Long, born Swartz, was born. He studied chemical engineering, made in 1970 his bachelor's degree from Cornell University and his doctorate in 1974 at Clark K. Colton at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After his postdoctoral period 1974-1977 when Judah Folkman in the cancer ward of Children's Hospital Boston, he was from 1978 to 1981 Assistant Professor, 1981-1985 associate professor, 1985-1989 Professor and 1989-2004 Kenneth J. Germeshausen professor of chemical engineering and medical engineering at MIT. Since 2005 he has been Professor Institute there.

Langer 's research is in the field of biotechnology and materials science. Its main focus is on the development of polymers that allow a controlled release of drugs embedded in them for extended periods. By reducing the doses administered as side effects can be reduced. It also examines applications such as the delivery of insulin, substances to combat cancer, growth factors, and vaccines. He also developed systems whose discharge rates can be selectively altered magnetically, enzymatically or by ultrasound, and pursuing new approaches to overcome physiological barriers such as the blood -brain barrier, the intestine, the blood- air barrier or skin. Another area of ​​Langers is tissue engineering.

Writings

In addition to more than 950 scientific articles and more than 600 of granted patents worldwide Langer wrote the following books:

  • Enzymatic regeneration of ATP. PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1974.
  • Zs with William Hrusheysky and Felix Theeuwes: Temporal Control of Drug Delivery. New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1991, ISBN 0-89766 - 633- X, ISBN 0-89766-634-8

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Memberships

August 29 1948 American Diabetes Association Charles Stark Draper Prize Albany Medical Center Prize National Medal of Science National Inventors Hall of Fame Millennium Technology Prize National Medal of Technology and Innovation Wolf Prize IRI Medal Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Pennsylvania State University Northwestern University Carl Djerassi Herman Francis Mark Henry Eyring Joseph Chatt John Polanyi George C. Pimentel Harden M. McConnell John S. Waugh Albert Eschenmoser David Chilton Phillips Raphael David Levine Duilio Arigoni Alan R. Battersby Richard R. Ernst Alexander Pines Richard Lerner Peter G. Schultz Gerhard Ertl Raymond Lemieux Karl Barry Sharpless Richard Zare George Feher Stuart A. Rice Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Paul Alivisatos Charles M. Lieber
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