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Robert S. Langer

1948 - Today

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Robert Samuel Langer Jr. FREng (born August 29, 1948) is an American biotechnologist, businessman, chemical engineer, chemist, and inventor. He is one of the nine Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was formerly the Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert S. Langer is the 377th most popular inventor (up from 385th in 2019), the 9,377th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,920th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Robert S. Langer ranks 377 out of 426. Before him are Edward Craven Walker, Harry Ferguson, Tabitha Babbitt, Patricia Bath, John Milne, and Henry J. Kaiser. After him are Wordsworth Donisthorpe, Charles Darrow, Frank Piasecki, Isaac Pitman, Barnes Wallis, and Johan Vaaler.

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Among people born in 1948, Robert S. Langer ranks 590. Before him are Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Jürgen Marcus, Ben Burtt, Jorge Carrascosa, T. C. Boyle, and Guido Knopp. After him are Birthe Kjær, Mayanga Maku, Viktor Krovopuskov, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Danny Denzongpa, and Abdul Quader Molla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert S. Langer ranks 9,379 out of 20,380. Before him are Marvin Hart (1876), Hilary Duff (1987), Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), Marston Morse (1892), Tina Louise (1934), and Lowell Mason (1792). After him are Danny Lloyd (1972), Jeremy Piven (1965), Nikki Bella (1983), Steve Miner (1951), Wayne Allwine (1947), and Jack Teagarden (1905).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Robert S. Langer ranks 101. Before him are Ken Olsen (1926), Frank J. Sprague (1857), Amar Bose (1929), Tabitha Babbitt (1779), Patricia Bath (1942), and Henry J. Kaiser (1882). After him are Charles Darrow (1889), Frank Piasecki (1919), George Stibitz (1904), George Beauchamp (1899), Oliver Evans (1755), and Gary Fisher (1950).

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