16. Entrepreneurial Genes: Langer Family - Bob Langer & Michael Langer
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Bob Langer is one of 12 Institute Professors at MIT; being an Institute
Professor is the highest honor that can be awarded to a faculty member.
Dr. Langer has written more than 1,500 articles. He also has over 1,400
issued and pending patents worldwide. Dr. Langer’s patents have been
licensed or sublicensed to over 400 pharmaceutical, chemical,
biotechnology and medical device companies. He is the most cited engineer
in history (h-index 289 with over 345,000 citations according to Google
Scholar).
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Michael Langer is Senior Manager and Head of Search, Evaluation &
In-licensing for all new technology and products at Pear Therapeutics.
Michael also runs point on platform deals, as well as competitive
intelligence at Pear. In addition, he works closely with the Pear
fundraising team to build and maintain relationships with prospective
investors primarily with sovereign wealth funds and family offices. Michael
reports directly to Pear's Founder, CEO and President Dr. Corey McCann.
Michael is an investor, advisor and mentor to startups. Michael is the
founding partner at Old Silver VC which is a family-associated investment
firm that invests in startups in Healthcare (Biotech and DigitalHealth) and
Deep Tech with a focus on materials.
Michael is an active philanthropist. He co-founded the Young Coder's
Society which teaches children how to code using Raspberry Pi's. He is a
World Economic Forum Global Shaper and a Young Leader at the Milken
Institute. He serves on The Leadership Board at Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center, The Discoverers Committee at the Museum of Science and is
the Senior Advisor of Special Projects at the Galenus Foundation.
Professor Dane Wittrup attended the University of New Mexico as an undergraduate, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering in June, 1984. Wittrup went on to attend the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, where he worked with Prof. James Bailey on flow...
Published 02/05/24
Holden Thorp became Editor-in-Chief of the Science family of journals on 28 October 2019. He came to Science from Washington University, where he was provost from 2013 to 2019 and professor from 2013 to 2023. He is currently a professor at George Washington University and on leave to serve as...
Published 01/27/24