Robert Langer
Robert Langer is the cofounder of Moderna, the now-30 billion-dollar pharmaceutical and biotechnology company that, among other feats, developed one of the primary coronavirus vaccines. He has co-founded over 40 companies, his patents have been licensed or sublicensed to over 400 companies, and he is worth over $1.2 billion. He is one of 8 Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the highest honor that can be awarded to a faculty member. He has written over 1,500 articles, which have been cited over 413,000 times; his h-index of 319 is the highest of any engineer in history and the 3 rd highest of any individual in any field. Dr Langer served as Chairman of the FDA’s Science Board, its highest advisory board from 1999-2002. He has over 220 awards, 41 honorary doctorates, and has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors.