Robert Langer, "The Edison of Medicine"

To Speak About His Quest to Solve Global Health Challenges using Biotechnology

♦ The most cited engineer in history

♦ One of the 10 most cited individuals in history

♦ Largest biomedical engineering lab in the world

♦ Youngest person in history (at age 43) to be elected to all three American science academies: 

            ♦ The National Academy of Sciences

            ♦ The National Academy of Engineering

            ♦ The National Academy of Medicine

♦ Charter member of National Academy of Inventors

♦ One of four living individuals to have received both the U.S. National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation

♦ Winner of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, the most influential prize in the world for engineering

♦ Recently dubbed "The Edison of Medicine" by Harvard Business Review