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'''Robert S. Langer''' (born [[August 29]], [[1948]] in [[Albany, New York]]) is an [[Institute Professor]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. He was formerly the Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and maintains activity in the departments of [[chemical engineering]] and the biological engineering division at MIT. He is a distinguished and highly regarded researcher in [[biotechnology]], especially in the fields of [[drug delivery]] systems and [[tissue engineering]]. Dr. Langer's research laboratory at MIT is the largest [[biomedical engineering]] lab in the world, maintaining about $6 million in annual grants and over 100 researchers.

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|8|29|mf=y}}

| birth_place = [[Albany, New York]], United States

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| fields = [[Chemical Engineering]]<br />[[Biotechnology]]<br>[[Pharmaceuticals]]<br />[[Business]]

| workplaces = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]

| alma_mater = [[Cornell University]] ([[BSc]])<br />[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[ScD]])

| doctoral_advisor = Clark K. Colton

| academic_advisors = [[Judah Folkman]]

| doctoral_students = [[W. Mark Saltzman]], [[Erin Lavik]], [[Steven R. Little]], [[Elazer R. Edelman]], [[David J. Mooney]], [[Samir Mitragotri]], [[Mark Prausnitz]], [[Ali Khademhosseini]]

| notable_students = [[Kristi Anseth]], [[David Edwards (engineer)]], [[Jennifer Elisseeff]], [[Omid Cameron Farokhzad]], [[Linda Griffith]], [[Guadalupe Hayes-Mota]], [[Jeffrey Karp]], [[Cato Laurencin]], [[Christine E. Schmidt]], [[Robert J. Linhardt]], [[Antonios Mikos]], [[Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic]], [[David Berry (inventor)|David Berry]], [[Isaac Berzin]], [[Kathryn Uhrich]], [[Joseph Kost]], [[Akhilesh K. Gaharwar]], [[Molly Stevens]], [[Princess Imoukhuede]], [[Guillermo Ameer]], [[Canan Dağdeviren]], [[Laura Niklason]], [[María José Alonso]], [[Kaitlyn Sadtler]], [[Shiva Ayyadurai]], [[Mariah Hahn]]

| known_for = Controlled drug delivery and [[tissue engineering]]

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| awards = [[Gairdner Foundation International Award]] {{small|(1996)}} <br /> [[Charles Stark Draper Prize]] {{small|(2002)}} <br /> [[John Fritz Medal]] {{small|(2003)}} <br /> [[Harvey Prize]] {{small|(2003)}} <br /> [[Heinz Award]] {{small|(2004)}} <br /> [[Albany Medical Center Prize]] {{small|(2005)}} <br /> [[National Medal of Science]] {{small|(2006)}} <br /> [[Millennium Technology Prize]] {{small|(2008)}} <br /> [[Prince of Asturias Award]] {{small|(2008)}} <br /> [[National Medal of Technology and Innovation]] {{small|(2011)}} <br /> [[Perkin Medal]] {{small|(2012)}} <br /> [[Wilhelm Exner Medal]] {{small|(2012)}} <br /> [[Priestley Medal]] {{small|(2012)}} <br /> [[Wolf Prize in Chemistry]] {{small|(2013)}} <br /> [[IRI Medal]] {{small|(2013)}} <br />[[Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences]] {{small|(2014)}} <br /> [[Kyoto Prize]] {{small|(2014)}} <br /> [[Biotechnology Heritage Award]] {{small|(2014)}} <br /> [[FREng]]<ref name="List of Fellows">{{cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|access-date=October 28, 2014|archive-date=June 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{small|(2010)}} <br /> [[Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering]] {{small|(2015)}} <br /> [[Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine]] {{small|(2017)}} <br /> [[Medal of Science (Portugal)]] {{small|(2020)}}<br /> [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards]] {{small|(2021)}}<br /> [[Balzan Prize]] {{small|(2022)}}<br /> [[Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research]] {{small|(2023)}}<br /> [[Kavli Prize]] {{small|(2024)}}<br /> [[Double Helix Medal]] {{small|(2025)}}<br /> [[Lipid Science Prize]] {{small|(2025)}}

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{{external media | width = 210px | float = right | headerimage= [[File:Robert Langer BioTech Awards Video laboratory.png|210px]] | video1 = Scientists You Must Know: Robert Langer, [https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/robert-s-langer ''You want to put yourself in the position where you'll make the discoveries for tomorrow''], [[Science History Institute]] | video2 = [http://qeprize.org/winner-2015/ ''Hundreds of millions of people a year across the world benefit from the technologies that rest on the work of Robert Langer.''], [[Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering]] 2015 }}

Langer's contributions to [[medicine]] and the emerging fields of biotechnology are highly recognized and respected around the world. He is considered a pioneer of many new technologies, including transdermal delivery systems, which allow the administration of drugs or extraction of analytes from the body through the skin without needles or other invasive methods. He and the researchers in his lab have also made significant advances in tissue engineering, such as the creation of vascularized engineered [[muscle]] [[Biological tissue|tissue]] and engineered [[blood vessels]].

'''Robert Samuel Langer Jr.''' [[FREng]]<ref name="List of Fellows"/> (born August 29, 1948) is an American biotechnologist, businessman, [[chemical engineer]], chemist, and inventor. He is one of the nine [[Institute Professor]]s at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref name=hatch>{{cite news |author-first=Hannah |author-last=Seligson |title=Hatching Ideas, and Companies, by the Dozens at M.I.T. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/business/mit-lab-hatches-ideas-and-companies-by-the-dozens.html?pagewanted=all |quote=A chemical engineer by training, Dr. Langer has helped start 25 companies and has 811 patents, issued or pending, to his name. ... |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=November 24, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2012 }}</ref>

Langer holds more than 500 granted or pending patents and has authored more than 800 scientific papers. He has proven adroit at bringing together academia and industry and has participated in the founding of more than two dozen companies. He has received numerous awards, including the [[Charles Stark Draper Prize]], the [[Lemelson-MIT Prize]] and the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. He is the youngest person in history (at 43) to be elected to all three American science academies: the [[National Academy of Sciences]], the [[National Academy of Engineering]] and the [[Institute of Medicine]].

He was formerly the Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and [[Biomedical engineering|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]].

Dr. Langer received his [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Cornell University]] in chemical engineering. He earned his [[Sc.D.]] in chemical engineering from MIT in [[1974]]. His dissertation was entitled "Enzymatic regeneration of ATP" and his advisors were Clark K. Colton and Michael Archer. From 1974-1977 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow for famed cancer researcher [[Judah Folkman]] at the [[Children's Hospital Boston]] ([[Boston, MA]]) and at [[Harvard Medical School]]. He has been an advisor to influentical scholars in the fields of biomaterials, drug delivery systems, and tissue engineering: W. Mark Saltzman, David J. Mooney, and Lisa E. Freed.

Langer holds over 1,400 granted or pending patents.<ref name="citation" /> He is one of the world's most highly cited researchers and his [[h-index]] is now (according to [[Google Scholar]], 2025-06-17) 331 with currently over 450,000 citations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Langer |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5HX--AYAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> He is a widely recognized and cited researcher in [[biotechnology]], especially in the fields of [[drug delivery]] systems and [[tissue engineering]].<ref name=citation>{{Google Scholar id}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=1040 Highly Cited Researchers (h>100) according to their Google Scholar Citations public profiles |url=http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/58 |access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref><ref name="QueenElizabeth2015">{{cite news|last1=Shukman|first1=David|date=February 3, 2015|title=Drug-delivery pioneer wins £1m engineering prize|work=BBC News Science & Environment|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31111835|access-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref>

Robert Langer and his wife, Laura, whom he met at MIT and who has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, have three children.

He is the most cited engineer in history<ref name=":1">{{cite journal |title=The art of entrepreneurship |journal=Science|volume=346|issue=6213|pages=1146|doi=10.1126/science.346.6213.1146|pmid=25430772|year=2014|last1=Gura|first1=T.|bibcode=2014Sci...346.1146G|doi-access=free}}</ref> and one of the 10 most cited individuals in any field,<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Langer |url=https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/robert-langer/1343674 |website=AD Scientific Index 2024}}</ref> having authored over 1,600 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 has an honorary degree from a number of universities from around the world including the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].

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.<ref name="MIT2006">{{cite news|last=O'Neill|first=Kathryn M.|title=Colleagues honor Langer for 30 years of innovation|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/langer.html|access-date=February 6, 2014|newspaper=MIT News|date=July 20, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dutton |first=Gail |date=2023-10-30 |title=How Church and Langer Make the Impossible Possible |url=https://www.genengnews.com/topics/drug-discovery/how-church-and-langer-make-the-impossible-possible/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News |language=en-US}}</ref> He has been awarded numerous leading prizes in recognition of his work.

==Background and personal life==

Langer was born August 29, 1948, in [[Albany, New York]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert S. Langer life story |url=https://www.kavliprize.org/robert-langer-autobiography |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=www.kavliprize.org}}</ref>

He is an alumnus of [[The Milne School]] and received his [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Cornell University]] in chemical engineering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert S. Langer life story |url=https://www.kavliprize.org/robert-langer-autobiography |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=www.kavliprize.org}}</ref> He earned his [[Sc.D.]] in chemical engineering from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Robert S. Langer – Langer Lab |url=https://langerlab.mit.edu/langer-bio/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> His dissertation was entitled "Enzymatic regeneration of ATP" and completed under the direction of Clark K. Colton.<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Enzymatic regeneration of ATP |date=1974 |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |hdl=1721.1/109632 |url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/109632 |last1=Langer |first1=Robert S. }}</ref> From 1974–1977 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the [[Children's Hospital Boston]] and at [[Harvard Medical School]] under [[Judah Folkman]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert S. Langer, Sc.D. |url=https://achievement.org/achiever/robert-s-langer-ph-d/ |website=Academy of Achievement}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Robert S. Langer – Langer Lab |url=https://langerlab.mit.edu/langer-bio/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Contributions to medicine and biotechnology==

Langer is widely regarded for his contributions to medicine and [[biotechnology]].<ref name=Nature2009>{{cite journal|last=Pearson|first=Helen|title=Profile: Being Bob Langer|journal=Nature|date=March 4, 2009|volume=458|issue=7234|pages=22–24|doi=10.1038/458022a|pmid=19262647|doi-access=free}}</ref> He is considered a pioneer of many new technologies, including controlled release systems and transdermal delivery systems, which allow the administration of drugs or extraction of analytes from the body through the skin without needles or other invasive methods.<ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 7638603 | year = 1995 | last1 = Mitragotri | first1 = S | last2 = Blankschtein | first2 = D | last3 = Langer | first3 = R | title = Ultrasound-mediated transdermal protein delivery | volume = 269 | issue = 5225 | pages = 850–3 | journal = Science | doi=10.1126/science.7638603| bibcode = 1995Sci...269..850M | s2cid = 26069484 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 10700240 | year = 2000 | last1 = Kost | first1 = J | last2 = Mitragotri | first2 = S | last3 = Gabbay | first3 = RA | last4 = Pishko | first4 = M | last5 = Langer | first5 = R | title = Transdermal monitoring of glucose and other analytes using ultrasound | volume = 6 | issue = 3 | pages = 347–50 | doi = 10.1038/73213 | journal = Nature Medicine| s2cid = 31949252 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Langer|first=Robert|author2=Folkman, Judah |title=Polymers for the sustained release of proteins and other macromolecules|journal=Nature|date=October 1976|volume=263|issue=5580|pages=797–800|doi=10.1038/263797a0|pmid=995197|bibcode=1976Natur.263..797L|s2cid=4210402}}</ref>

Langer worked with [[Judah Folkman]] at [[Boston Children's Hospital]] to isolate the first [[angiogenesis]] inhibitor, a [[macromolecule]] to block the spread of blood vessels in tumors.<ref name="Nature2009"/><ref>Cooke, Robert; Koop, C Everett (2001). Dr. Folkman's War: Angiogenesis and the Struggle to Defeat Cancer. New York: Random House. {{ISBN|978-0-375-50244-6}}.</ref> Macromolecules tend to be broken down by digestion and blocked by body tissues if they are injected or inhaled, so finding a delivery system for them is difficult. Langer's idea was to encapsulate the angiogenesis inhibitor in a noninflammatory synthetic [[polymer]] system that could be implanted in the tumor and control the release of the inhibitor. He eventually invented polymer systems that would work. This discovery is considered to lay the foundation for much of today's drug delivery technology.<ref name="Nature2009"/><ref>National Academy of Science report Beyond Discovery: Polymer and People 1999</ref>

Langer also worked with [[Henry Brem]] of the [[Johns Hopkins University Medical School]] on a drug-delivery system for the treatment of brain cancer, to deliver chemotherapy directly to a tumor site. The wafer implants that he and his teams have designed have become increasingly more sophisticated, and can now deliver multiple drugs, and respond to stimuli.<ref name=CHFLanger>{{cite web|title=Robert S. Langer|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/robert-s-langer|publisher=[[Science History Institute]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=June 2016}}</ref> In 2019, he and his team developed and patented a technique whereby microneedle tattoo patches could be used to label people with invisible ink to store medical information subcutaneously. This was presented as a boon to "developing nations" where lack of infrastructure means an absence of medical records.<ref name="atmit">{{cite news |last1=Trafton |first1=Anne |title=Storing medical information below the skin's surface |url=https://news.mit.edu/2019/storing-vaccine-history-skin-1218 |publisher=MIT News |date=December 18, 2019}}</ref><ref name="jaklenec19">{{cite news |last1=Jaklenec |first1=Ana |last2=McHugh |first2=Kevin J. |last3=Langer |first3=Robert S. |title=Microneedle tattoo patches and use thereof |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190015650A1/en |issue=US20190015650A1 |publisher=US Patent and Trademark Office}}</ref> The technology uses a "[[quantum dot dye]] that is delivered, along with a [[vaccine]], by a [[microneedle patch]]."<ref name=atmit/>

Langer is regarded as the founder of tissue engineering in [[regenerative medicine]].<ref name=ITIN2013>{{cite news|last=Schilling|first=David Russell|title=Langer Profile. Engineering Synthetic Skin|url=http://www.industrytap.com/robert-langer-profile-engineering-synthetic-skin/1347|access-date=February 6, 2014|newspaper=Industry Tap into News|date=February 15, 2013}}</ref> He and the researchers in his lab have made advances in tissue engineering, such as the creation of engineered [[blood vessels]] and vascularized engineered [[muscle]] [[Biological tissue|tissue]].<ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 10205057 | year = 1999 | last1 = Niklason | first1 = LE | last2 = Gao | first2 = J | last3 = Abbott | first3 = WM | last4 = Hirschi | first4 = KK | last5 = Houser | first5 = S | last6 = Marini | first6 = R | last7 = Langer | first7 = R | title = Functional arteries grown in vitro | volume = 284 | issue = 5413 | pages = 489–93 | journal = Science | doi=10.1126/science.284.5413.489| bibcode = 1999Sci...284..489N }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 15965465 | year = 2005 | last1 = Levenberg | first1 = S | last2 = Rouwkema | first2 = J | last3 = MacDonald | first3 = M | last4 = Garfein | first4 = ES | last5 = Kohane | first5 = DS | last6 = Darland | first6 = DC | last7 = Marini | first7 = R | last8 = Van Blitterswijk | first8 = CA | last9 = Mulligan | first9 = RC| display-authors = 8 | title = Engineering vascularized skeletal muscle tissue | volume = 23 | issue = 7 | pages = 879–84 | doi = 10.1038/nbt1109 | journal = Nature Biotechnology| s2cid = 28136064 | url = https://ris.utwente.nl/ws/files/6843677/engineering.pdf }}</ref> Bioengineered synthetic polymers provide a scaffolding on which new skin, muscle, bone, and entire organs can be grown. With such a substrate in place, victims of serious accidents or birth defects could more easily grow missing tissue.<ref name=CHFLanger /><ref name=Vacanti1999>{{cite journal|last=Vacanti|first=Joseph P|author2=Langer, Robert |title=Tissue engineering: the design and fabrication of living replacement devices for surgical reconstruction and transplantation|journal=The Lancet|date=July 1999|volume=354|pages=S32–S34|url=http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2899%2990247-7/fulltext|access-date=February 6, 2014|doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(99)90247-7|pmid=10437854|s2cid=33614316}}</ref> Such polymers can be biocompatible and biodegradable.<ref name=Freed1994>{{cite journal|last=Freed|first=Lisa E.|author2=Vunjak-Novakovic, Gordana |author3=Biron, Robert J. |author4=Eagles, Dana B. |author5=Lesnoy, Daniel C. |author6=Barlow, Sandra K. |author7= Langer, Robert |title=Biodegradable Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering|journal=Bio/Technology|date=July 1994|volume=12|issue=7|pages=689–693|doi=10.1038/nbt0794-689|pmid=7764913|s2cid=22968473}}</ref>

Langer is involved in several projects related to [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/536351/the-problem-solver/|title=Engineering Drug Delivery and Tissue Growth|last=Schaffer|first=Amanda|website=MIT Technology Review|language=en|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref> Alongside Daniel G. Anderson, he has contributed bioengineering work to a project involving teams from MIT, Harvard University and other institutions, to produce an implantable device to treat [[Diabetes mellitus type 1|type 1 diabetes]] by shielding [[insulin]]-producing [[beta cell]]s from immune system attacks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/01/potential-diabetes-treatment-advances/|title=Potential diabetes treatment advances|date=January 25, 2016|website=Harvard Gazette|language=en-US|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Anderson|first1=Daniel G.|last2=Langer|first2=Robert|last3=Melton|first3=Douglas A.|last4=Weir|first4=Gordon C.|last5=Greiner|first5=Dale L.|last6=Oberholzer|first6=Jose|last7=Hollister-Lock|first7=Jennifer|last8=Bochenek|first8=Matthew A.|last9=McGarrigle|first9=James J.|date=January 25, 2016|title=Long-term glycemic control using polymer-encapsulated human stem cell–derived beta cells in immune-competent mice|journal=Nature Medicine|language=en|volume=22|issue=3|pages=306–311|doi=10.1038/nm.4030|pmid=26808346|issn=1546-170X|pmc=4825868}}</ref> He is also part of a team at MIT that have developed a drug capsule that could be used to deliver oral doses of [[Insulin (medication)|insulin]] to people with type 1 diabetes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.mit.edu/2019/pill-deliver-insulin-orally-0207|title=New pill can deliver insulin|website=MIT News|date=February 7, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==

At 43 years old, Langer was the youngest person in history to be elected to all three American science academies: the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]], the [[National Academy of Engineering]] and the [[National Academy of Medicine]]. He was also elected as a charter member of [[National Academy of Inventors]].<ref name=USF2013>{{cite news|last=Lowry|first=Judy|title=National Academy of Inventors congratulates NAI Fellows Robert Langer and Leroy Hood, and NAI Member James Wynne on receiving U.S. National Medals|url=http://www.research.usf.edu/absolute-news/templates/template1.aspx?articleid=866&zoneid=1|access-date=February 6, 2014|newspaper=USF Research News|date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> He was elected as an International [[Fellow]]<ref name="List of Fellows"/> of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]]<ref name="List of Fellows"/> in 2010.

Langer has received more than 220 major awards. He is one of three living individuals to have received both the U.S. National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.<ref name=2014Bio />

* 1996: [[Gairdner Foundation International Award]]<ref name=Gairdner>{{cite news|title=R.S. Langer to receive 1996 Gairdner Award|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1996/langer-0124.html|access-date=February 5, 2014|newspaper=MIT News|date=January 24, 1996}}</ref>

* 1998: [[Lemelson-MIT Prize]] for invention and innovation<ref name=Lemelson-MIT>{{cite web|title=Half Million Dollar Lemelson-MIT Prize Winner Announced|url=http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-98LMP.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030306233457/http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-98LMP.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 6, 2003|publisher=Lemelson-MIT|date=April 15, 1998|access-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref>

* 2002: [[Othmer Gold Medal]]<ref name=Othmer2002>{{cite web|title=Past Winners of the Othmer Gold Medal|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/othmer-gold-medal|publisher=Science History Institute|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=May 31, 2016}}</ref>

* 2002: [[Dickson Prize|Dickson Prize in Science]]

* 2002: [[Charles Stark Draper Prize]] (considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for engineers).<ref name=Draper2002>{{cite journal|title=Robert S. Langer Receives 2002 Charles Stark Draper Prize from National Academy of Engineering|journal=Journal of Investigative Medicine|year=2002|volume=50|issue=3|pages=159–160|doi=10.2310/6650.2002.33415|s2cid=219540335}}</ref>

* 2003: Golden Plate Award of the [[American Academy of Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Robert S. Langer, Sc.D. Biography and Interview |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://www.achievement.org/achiever/robert-s-langer-ph-d/#interview}}</ref>

* 2003: [[Harvey Prize]] in Science & Technology and Human Health.<ref name="Harvey">{{cite news|title=MIT's Langer wins two prestigious prizes|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/langerprizes.html|access-date=February 5, 2014|newspaper=MIT News|date=December 2, 2003|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222160102/http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/langerprizes.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* 2005: [[Dan David Prize]]<ref name=DanDavid>{{cite web|last1=Prize |first1=Dan David |title=Laureates 2005: Robert Langer|url=http://www.dandavidprize.org/laureates/2005/76-future-materials-science/172-prof-robert-langer|publisher=Dan David Prize|access-date=February 6, 2014}}</ref>

* 2005: [[Albany Medical Center Prize]] in Medicine and Biomedical Research.<ref name=Albany>{{cite web|last=McGarry|first=Greg|title=MIT Researcher and Albany Native Who Pioneered New Methods for Drug Delivery Named Recipient of America's Top Prize in Medicine|url=http://www.amc.edu/PR/PressRelease/PR_597.html|publisher=Albany Medical Center|date=April 29, 2005|access-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref>

* 2006: United States [[National Medal of Science]] from President George W. Bush.<ref>[https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/results.jsp;jsessionid=67C644F2D0C43F8BFDEBD1D575315249?d-6908034-o=2&d-6908034-s=3&d-6908034-p=15 National Medal of Science 2006]</ref>

* 2008: Max Planck Research Award 2008<ref name="Max Planck Award">{{cite news|title=Max Planck Research Award|url=https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/1087551.html|access-date=June 10, 2014|archive-date=May 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502052034/https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/1087551.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* 2008: [[Prince of Asturias Award]] for Scientific Research<ref name="Prince of Asturias Award">{{cite news|title=PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR TECHNICAL & SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 2008|url=http://www.fpa.es/en/prince-of-asturias-awards/awards/2008-sumio-iijima-shuji-nakamura-robert-langer-george-m-whitesides-y-tobin-marks.html?especifica=0|access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref>

* 2008: Awarded [[Finland]]'s [[Millennium Technology Prize]] for developing innovative [[biomaterial]]s for controlled drug release.<ref name=ESF2008>{{cite news|last=Lau|first=Thomas|title=2008 Millennium Technology Prize Awarded to Professor Robert Langer for Intelligent Drug Delivery|url=http://www.esf.org/ext-ceo-news-singleview/article/2008-millennium-technology-prize-awarded-to-professor-robert-langer-for-intelligent-drug-delivery-4.html|access-date=February 6, 2014|newspaper=European Science Foundation|date=June 11, 2008|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221202809/http://www.esf.org/ext-ceo-news-singleview/article/2008-millennium-technology-prize-awarded-to-professor-robert-langer-for-intelligent-drug-delivery-4.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* 2010: Elected an International [[Fellow]]<ref name="List of Fellows"/> of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]].<ref name="List of Fellows"/>

* 2011: [[The Economist]]'s Innovation award in the category of bioscience for his proven successes in drug-delivery and [[tissue engineering]].<ref name=Economist2011>{{cite news|title=And the winners were…|url=https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2011/12/03/and-the-winners-were|access-date=February 6, 2014|newspaper=The Economist|date=December 3, 2011}}</ref>

* 2011: [[Warren Alpert Foundation Prize]]<ref name="Warren Alpert Foundation Prize">{{cite news|title=2011 recipients|url=http://www.warrenalpert.org/prize-recipients/robert-langer|access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref>

* 2012: [[Perkin Medal]], recognized as the highest honor given for outstanding work in applied chemistry in the United States.<ref name=Perkin2012>{{cite web|title=Past Perkin Medalists|url=http://sci-america.org/site/?page_id=227|website=SCI America|access-date=February 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name=SCI2012>{{cite web|title=Biopolymer innovator Robert Langer receives 2012 Perkin Medal|publisher=SCI|date=November 8, 2012|url=http://www.soci.org/News/America/America-Perkin-Langer|access-date=December 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="SCI Perkin Medal">{{cite web|title=SCI Perkin Medal|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/sci-perkin-medal|website=[[Science History Institute]]|access-date=March 24, 2018|date=May 31, 2016}}</ref>

* 2012: [[Wilhelm Exner Medal]].<ref>Editor, ÖGV. (2015). Wilhelm Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria.</ref>

* 2012: [[Priestley Medal]], the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society (ACS), for distinguished service in the field of chemistry.<ref name=Priestley>{{cite journal | url = http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/89/i24/8924notw1.html | year = 2011 | volume = 89 | issue = 24 | pages = 7 | title = Robert Langer Named Priestley Medalist | journal = [[Chemical & Engineering News]]| doi = 10.1021/cen-v089n024.p007 | last1 = Ritter | first1 = Steve | url-access = subscription }}</ref>

* 2013: United States [[National Medal of Technology and Innovation]] from President Obama.<ref name=MIT2013>{{cite news|last=Landergan|first=Katherine|title=M.I.T. professor to be honored by President Obama|url=http://www.boston.com/yourcampus/news/mit/2013/01/mit_professor_to_be_honored_by_president_obama.html|access-date=February 6, 2014|newspaper=MIT|date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>

* 2013: [[Wolf Prize in Chemistry]] for conceiving and implementing advances in polymer chemistry that provide both controlled drug-release systems and new biomaterials.<ref name=Wolf>{{cite news|title=Two MIT professors win prestigious Wolf Prize Michael Artin and Robert Langer honored for groundbreaking work in mathematics and chemistry.|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/artin-langer-win-wolf-prizes.html|access-date=February 5, 2014|newspaper=MIT News|date=January 4, 2013}}</ref>

* 2013: [[IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology]]

* 2014: The [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]] (BIO) and the [[Chemical Heritage Foundation]] selected Robert Langer as the winner of the 2014 [[Biotechnology Heritage Award]] for significant contribution to the growth of biotechnology.<ref name=2014Bio>{{cite web|title= Biotechnology Heritage Award|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/biotechnology-heritage-award|website=[[Science History Institute]]|access-date=February 21, 2018|date=May 31, 2016}}</ref>

* 2014: Awarded the $3 million [[Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences]] for his work.<ref name="Breakthrough">{{cite web|title=Laureates: 2014|url=https://breakthroughprizeinlifesciences.org/laureates|publisher=Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences}}</ref><ref name=MITnodate>{{cite news|last=Kaufman|first=Melanie Miller|title=Robert Langer wins 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2014/robert-langer-wins-2014-breakthrough-prize-in-life-sciences.html|access-date=February 6, 2014|newspaper=MIT News}}</ref>

* 2014: [[Kyoto Prize]]<ref name="Kyoto prize">{{cite web|title=MIT biomedical engineer Robert Langer wins $500,000 Kyoto Prize|website=[[The Boston Globe]]|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2014/06/20/mit-biomedical-engineer-robert-langer-wins-kyoto-prize/cOkiBBC6il1UzvtMJNfeWN/story.html}}</ref>

* 2015: [[Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering]]<ref name=QueenElizabeth2015/><ref name="QE Prize">{{cite web|title=QEPrize Winner 2015 – Robert Langer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti46YSsPf0E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ti46YSsPf0E |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=February 3, 2015|website=Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering| date=February 3, 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

* 2015: Named [[Cornell University]]'s 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year.<ref name=2015CornellEntrepreneur>{{cite web|title=Entrepreneurship at Cornell|url=https://summit.eship.cornell.edu/2015/|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref>

* 2015: [[Scheele Award]]<ref name="Scheele">{{cite web|title=The Scheele Symposium 2015|url=https://www.lakemedelsakademin.se/produkt/the-scheele-symposium-2015/?lang=en|website=Läkemedelsakademin|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=November 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128192804/https://www.lakemedelsakademin.se/produkt/the-scheele-symposium-2015/?lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* 2015: Kazemi Prize (Royan Institute)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.royaninstitute.org/cmsen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=621&Itemid=1|title=Kazemi Prize 2015 Will Be Awarded to Professor Robert S. Langer – Royan Institute|last=Administrator|website=www.royaninstitute.org|access-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref>

* 2015: [[Hoover Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/honors-awards/unit-awards/hoover-awards/2015|title= Robert S. Langer|publisher= ASME|access-date= June 6, 2017}}</ref>

*2016: European Inventor Award<ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert Langer (USA)|url=https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/european-inventor/finalists/2016/langer.html|access-date=May 11, 2021|website=www.epo.org|language=en}}</ref>

* 2016: [[Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute)|Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://be.mit.edu/news-events/news/2016-franklin-institute-awards-laureates|title=The 2016 Franklin Institute Awards Laureates {{!}} MIT Department of Biological Engineering|website=be.mit.edu|language=en|access-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref>

* 2017: [[Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iinano.org/kabiller-prize-nanomedicine|title=Kabiller Prize & Award}}</ref>

* 2017: Named 1# Translational&nbsp;Researcher in the World by ''Nature Biotechnology''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Huggett|first1=Brady|last2=Paisner|first2=Kathryn|date=December 8, 2017|title=Top 20 translational researchers of 2016|journal=Nature Biotechnology|language=En|volume=35|issue=12|pages=1126|doi=10.1038/nbt.4028|pmid=29220038|s2cid=205285596}}</ref>

* 2018: Named 1# Translational&nbsp;Researcher in the World by ''Nature Biotechnology''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Top 20 translational researchers of 2017 |journal=Nature Biotechnology |date=2018 |volume=36 |issue=9 |page=798 |doi=10.1038/nbt.4237 |pmid=30188525 |last1=Huggett |first1=Brady |last2=Paisner |first2=Kathryn |doi-access=free }}</ref>

* 2018: Leadership Award for Historic Scientific Advancement, [[American Chemical Society]]<ref name=":2" />

* 2018: Inducted into [[Advanced Materials]] Hall of Fame<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://news.mit.edu/2018/school-engineering-third-quarter-awards-1019|title=School of Engineering third quarter 2018 awards|website=MIT News|date=October 19, 2018 |access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>

* 2019: Hope Funds for Cancer Award of Excellence in Basic Sciences<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hope-funds.org/2019-honorees/|title=2019 Honorees|date=May 19, 2019|website=The Hope Funds for Cancer Research|language=en-US|access-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref>

* 2019: National Library of Medicine (Friends) Distinguished Medical Science Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fnlm.org/|title=Welcome|language=en-US|access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref>

* 2019: [[Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreyfus.org/robert-langer-2019/|title=Robert Langer, 2019 {{!}} Dreyfus Foundation|work=Dreyfus Foundation |language=en-US|access-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref>

* 2020: Maurice Marie–Janot Award<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maurice-Marie JANOT Award – APGI|url=https://www.apgi.org/awards/maurice-marie-janot-award/|access-date=September 21, 2020|website=www.apgi.org/|language=en-US}}</ref>

* 2020: Medalha da Ciência, Highest Distinction for Scientists, Government of Portugal (Portugal's Highest Honor)

* 2021: Elected Foreign Associate, Chinese Academy of Engineering

* 2021: Biomaterials Global Impact Award

* 2021: Falch Lecture Prize, University of Bergen, Norway

* 2021: John P. Merrill Award

* 2021: [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards|BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]]<ref>[https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/ BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards 2021]</ref>

* 2022: [[Balzan Prize]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.balzan.org/it/aggiornamenti/i-vincitori-dei-premi-balzan-2022/ | title=I vincitori dei Premi Balzan 2022 | date=September 12, 2022 }}</ref>

* 2023: Cornell Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

* 2023: Genome Valley Excellence Award (India)

* 2023: Hamilton Medal (Queen's University Belfast)

* 2023/2024: [[Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research|Paul Janssen Award]]

* 2024: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavli_Prize#:~:text=Each%20of%20the%20three%20Kavli,311%20grams%20(11.0%20oz).&text=outstanding%20contributions%20in%20Astrophysics%2C%20Nanoscience%2C%20and%20Neuroscience/ Kavli Prize in Nanoscience]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.kavliprize.org/?et_cid=5243269 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612164453/https://www.kavliprize.org/?et_cid=5243269 |archive-date=2024-06-12 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.kavliprize.org}}</ref>

* 2025: [[Ellis Island Medal of Honor]]

* 2025: Lipid Science Prize (Camurus Lipid Research Foundation - Sweden)<ref>{{Cite web |title=CLRF Lipid Science Prize 2025 – Camurus Lipid Research Foundation |url=https://www.clrf.se/lipid/clrf-lipid-science-prize-2025/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |language=sv-SE}}</ref>

* 2025: Double Helix Prize with [[Martina Navratilova]] and [[Chris Evert]]

He has received numerous other awards, including the 10th Annual [[Heinz Award]] in the category of Technology, the Economy and Employment (2003),<ref name="Harvey" /><ref name="HeinzOnline">{{cite web|title=Robert Langer|url=http://heinzawards.net/recipients/robert-langer|publisher=The Heinz Awards|access-date=February 6, 2014}}</ref> In 2013 he was awarded the [[IRI Medal]] alongside long-time friend [[George M. Whitesides]] for outstanding accomplishments in technological innovation that have contributed broadly to the development of industry and the benefit of society.<ref name="Wang">{{cite news|last=Wang|first=Linda|title=Industrial Research Institute Medal Awarded To Robert S. Langer And George M. Whitesides|url=http://www.iri75.org/2013/05/industrial-research-institute-medal-awarded-to-robert-s-langer-and-george-m-whitesides/|access-date=February 5, 2014|newspaper=Chemical & Engineering News|date=May 28, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221130740/http://www.iri75.org/2013/05/industrial-research-institute-medal-awarded-to-robert-s-langer-and-george-m-whitesides/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="IRI">{{cite news|title=IRI to recognize George Whitesides, Robert Langer with top award|url=http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/04/iri-recognize-george-whitesides-robert-langer-top-award|access-date=February 5, 2014|newspaper=R&D Magazine|date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> He also received the [[Rusnano]] prize that year.<ref name="Rusnano">{{cite news|title=Langer receives 2013 Rusnano prize|url=http://www.rusnanoprize.ru/en/laureate/12/|access-date=June 17, 2014|archive-date=July 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723085601/http://www.rusnanoprize.ru/en/laureate/12/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Langer has honorary degrees from 44 universities from around the world including Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Oxford Universities.<ref name="LangerLab">{{cite web|title=Langer Lab: Professor Robert Langer|url=http://web.mit.edu/langerlab/langer.html|publisher=MIT|access-date=February 6, 2014}}</ref>

==Business ventures==

Langer has been involved in the founding of many companies,<ref name=Tree>{{cite news|last=Huang|first=Gregory T.|title=The Bob Langer and Polaris Family Tree: From Acusphere to Momenta to Visterra|url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2011/04/19/the-bob-langer-and-polaris-company-tree-from-acusphere-to-momenta-to-visterra/|access-date=February 6, 2014|newspaper=Xconomy|date=April 19, 2011}}</ref> more than twenty in partnership with the venture capital firm [[Polaris Partners]].<ref name="mcguire2019">{{Cite journal|last=Mcguire|first=Terry|author-link=Terry McGuire|date=July 1, 2019|title=The Many Shades Of VC/Repeat Entrepreneur Relationships|url=https://www.lifescienceleader.com/doc/the-many-shades-of-vc-repeat-entrepreneur-relationships-0001|journal=Life Science Leader|___location=Pennsylvania, United States<!--based on office # with area code of 814-->|publisher=VertMarkets}}</ref> Success of these companies and Langer's contribution has been detailed by Harvard Business Review:<ref name=HBR>{{cite news|last=Prokesch|first=Steven T.|title=The Edison of Medicine|url=https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-edison-of-medicine/|access-date=March 27, 2017|newspaper=Harvard Business Review|date=March–April 2017}}</ref>

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* Acusphere

* AIR<ref name="mcguire2019" /> (acquired by Alkermes and subsequently acquired by Acorda)

* Arsenal Medical

* Arsia (acquired by Eagle Pharmaceuticals)

* BIND Therapeutics (acquired by Pfizer)

* Tarveda Therapeutics (formerly Blend Therapeutics)

* Sontra Medical (acquired by Echo Therapeutics)

* Enzytech (acquired by Alkermes)

* Tissium (formerly Gecko Biomedical)<ref name=BG2013>{{cite news|last=Farrell|first=Michael B.|title=MIT's Robert Langer has another startup|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/12/10/mit-langer-lab-spawns-another-startup/D3rXNcZ0WG9p4Vt6udgfbO/story.html|access-date=February 6, 2014|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=December 10, 2013}}</ref>

* InVivo Therapeutics

* Kala

* Landsdowne Labs

* Lindus Health<ref name=PR2023>{{cite news|last=Malloy|first=Shawn.|title=Robert S. Langer, Co-Founder of Moderna, Joins Lindus Health's Advisory Board|url=https://www.lindushealth.com/news/robert-langer-joins-lindus-health-advisory-board|access-date=January 25, 2023|newspaper=PR Newswire|date=January 25, 2023}}</ref>

* Living Proof<ref name=BG2009>{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Vanessa E.|title=Call him the frizz fighter|url=http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/articles/2009/04/02/call_him_the_frizz_fighter/|access-date=February 6, 2014|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=April 2, 2009}}</ref> (acquired by Unilever)

* Lyra Therapeutics<ref name="mcguire2019" />

* Lyndra Therapeutics

* Microchips Biotech (acquired by Dare)

* [[Moderna]]

* Momenta (acquired by [[Johnson and Johnson]])

* Olivo Labs (acquired by Shisheido)

* Pervasis (acquired by [[Shire Pharmaceuticals]])<ref name=Prevasis>{{cite web|title=Shire picks up Pervasis in potential $200M deal|date=April 12, 2012 |url=http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/shire-picks-pervasis-potential-200m-deal/2012-04-12|access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref>

* Pulmatrix

* PureTech

* Selecta Biosciences (merged to form [[Cartesian Therapeutics]])

* Semprus Biosciences (acquired by [[Teleflex]])<ref name=Semprus>{{cite news|title=Semprus BioSciences Acquired by Teleflex for Up To $80M in Cash, Milestones|url=http://pevc.dowjones.com/Article?an=DJFVW00020120625e86pqn2nq&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%2fArticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00020120625e86pqn2nq|access-date=June 10, 2014|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=June 26, 2012|last1=Gormley|first1=Brian|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144319/http://pevc.dowjones.com/Article?an=DJFVW00020120625e86pqn2nq&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%2fArticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00020120625e86pqn2nq|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* Seventh Sense

* SQZ Biotech<ref name=SQZBIO>{{cite web|title=SQZ Biotech – Board of Directors|url=http://sqzbiotech.com/about/who-we-are/|access-date=March 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309203021/http://sqzbiotech.com/about/who-we-are/|archive-date=March 9, 2014}}</ref>

* Soufflé Therapeutics Inc.

* Taris (acquired by [[Johnson and Johnson]])

* Transform (acquired by [[Johnson and Johnson]])<ref name=Transform>{{cite web|title=Johnson & Johnson Completes Acquisition of TransForm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.|url=http://www.investor.jnj.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=159266|access-date=June 10, 2014|archive-date=May 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505014929/http://www.investor.jnj.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=159266|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* T2Biosystems

* Frequency Therapeutics (merged to form [[Korro Bio]])

* Sigilon Therapeutics (acquired by [[Eli Lilly]])

* Seer Bio

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Langer is a member of the Advisory Board of [[Patient-innovation.com|Patient Innovation]], a nonprofit, international, multilingual, free venue for patients and caregivers of any disease to share their innovations.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://patient-innovation.com/who | title=Who we are &#124; Patient Innovation| date=March 26, 2014}}</ref> He is also a member of the Xconomists, an ad hoc team of editorial advisors for the tech news and media company, [[Xconomy]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.xconomy.com/about/#The%20Xconomists|title=About Our Mission, Team, and Editorial Ethics|work=Xconomy|access-date=January 2, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==

{{Reflist|30em}}

*[http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/langer-facts.html Robert S. Langer fact sheet at MIT News Office]

==External links==

*[http://weblangerlab.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/langer.html Robert S. Langer FacultyLab: PageProfessor atRobert MIT ChELanger]

* {{cite journal|last1=Pearson|first1=Helen|title=Profile: Being Bob Langer|journal=Nature|date=March 5, 2009|volume=458|issue=7234|pages=22–24|doi=10.1038/458022a|url=http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090304/pdf/458022a.pdf|access-date=May 27, 2015|pmid=19262647|s2cid=4399138|doi-access=free}}

*[http://web.mit.edu/langerlab/ Langer Lab Web Page]

*[http://wwwweb.massivechangemit.comedu/PDFnewsoffice/LIV_BobLanger2005/langer-facts.pdfhtml ReadRobert a BobS. Langer interviewfact sheet at MIT News Office]

*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7448215.stm Article on BBC News]

*[http://www.radiophiles.org Listen to the Bob Langer interview on Radiophiles.org]

*[http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2011/04/19/the-bob-langer-and-polaris-company-tree-from-acusphere-to-momenta-to-visterra/ The Bob Langer and Polaris Company Tree From Acusphere to Momenta to Visterra]

* [http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/robert-langer3a-at-the-frontier-of-biomedical-research/4537918 Robert Langer: Exchanges at the frontier – ABC Radio National podcast]

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