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Eric Lander

1957 - Today

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Eric Steven Lander (born February 3, 1957) is an American mathematician and geneticist who is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School. Lander received a MacArthur Fellowship. He founded the Whitehead Institute Center for Genome Research, was a principal leader of the Human Genome Project, and was the founding director of the Broad Institute. He was Science Advisor to the President for Presidents Obama and Biden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Lander is the 400th most popular economist (down from 392nd in 2019), the 14,927th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,951st in 2019) and the 124th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Eric Lander ranks 400 out of 414. Before him are Kshama Sawant, Axel Kicillof, Laura Tyson, Sajid Javid, Paul Collier, and Steve Keen. After him are Christina Romer, Winona LaDuke, Bina Agarwal, Raghuram Rajan, Olga Golodets, and Yochai Benkler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Eric Lander ranks 708. Before him are Irene Epple, John Hoeven, Paulo Vítor, Poly Styrene, Daniel W. Bursch, and Bill Cassidy. After him are Nikolay Larionov, Barbara Jordan, Wolfgang Hoppe, Nick Faldo, Kyle Secor, and Peter Deming.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Lander ranks 14,932 out of 20,380. Before him are Don Kirshner (1934), Michelle Kwan (1980), Katie Morgan (1980), Alexa Demie (1990), Kevin Corrigan (1969), and Jon Schaffer (1968). After him are Len Lesser (1922), Mary Crosby (1959), Lena Park (1976), Kelly Asbury (1960), Jody Watley (1959), and Dick Gregory (1932).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Eric Lander ranks 124. Before him are John B. Taylor (1946), Paul Craig Roberts (1939), Richard Florida (1957), Kenneth Rogoff (1953), Michael Albert (1947), and Laura Tyson (1947). After him are Christina Romer (1958), Winona LaDuke (1959), Rebecca Blank (1955), Cecilia Rouse (1963), Tyler Cowen (1962), and Steven Levitt (1967).

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