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Robert S. Langer

Institute Professor
robert s. langer

Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room E25-342
77 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge MA 02139 USA

Phone: 617.253.3107
Email: rlanger@mit.edu
Web: http://web.mit.edu/langerlab/

Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974
B.S., Cornell University, 1970

Honors and Awards
Wallace Carothers Award (American Chemical Society, Delaware Section), 2000
American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry, 1999
Lemelson-MIT Prize for Invention and Innovation, 1998
William Walker Award American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1996
Gairdner Foundation International Award, 1996
American Chemical Society Award for Applied Polymer Science, Phillips Award, 1992
National Academy of Engineering, 1992
National Academy of Sciences, 1992
Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, 1989

Research Interests
_ drug delivery
_ biomaterials
_ tissue engineering
_ biotechnology
_ immobilized enzymes
_ biomedical engineering

Langer Lab

Current Research
Selected Publications and Lectures