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Robert Langer
Robert Samuel Langer Jr. FREng (born August 29, 1948) is an American chemical engineer, scientist, entrepreneur, inventor and one of the twelve 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. Langer holds over 1,400 granted or pending patents. He is one of the world's most highly cited researchers and his h-index is now 305 with currently over 376,000 citations. He is a widely recognized and cited researcher in biotechnology, especially in the fields of drug delivery systems and tissue engineering. He is the most cited engineer in history and 2nd most cited individual in any field, having authored over 1,500 scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany, New York
Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River, and about north of New York City. The city is known for its architecture, commerce, culture, institutions of higher education, and rich history. It is the economic and cultural core of the Capital District of the State of New York, which comprises the Albany–Schenectady–Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area, including the nearby cities and suburbs of Troy, Schenectady, and Saratoga Springs. With an estimated population of 1.1 million in 2013, the Capital District is the third most populous metropolitan region in the state. As of 2020, Albany's population was 99,224. The Hudson River area was originally inhabited by Algonquian-speaking Mohican (Mahican), who called it ''Pempotowwuthut-Muhhcanneuw''. The area was settled by Dutch colonists who, in 1614, built Fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadalupe Hayes-Mota
Guadalupe Hayes-Mota is a biotechnologist, the CEO of Healr Solutions, a Lecturer at MIT and a Massachusetts Rare Disease Advisory Council Member. Career Hayes-Mota grew up in Mexico and was diagnosed with hemophilia at birth. He has a BS in Chemistry, BS in Spanish Literature, MS in Systems Engineering and an MBA from MIT. He holds a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard, where he was a fellow at the Center for Public Leadership. He conducted drug delivery research at the lab of Robert S. Langer and was elected to Sigma Xi. Also, Hayes-Mota ran a free healthcare system of clinics at UCLA Health. Early in his career, Hayes-Mota was a analyst at the RAND Corporation working in the Affordable Care Act. He is the current CEO and founder of Healr Solutions. Hayes-Mota led as Director of Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing at Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical. Previously, at Biogen, Amgen and GSK he directed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Imoukhuede
Princess Imoukhuede (born 1980) is an American chemical engineer who is an associate professor at the Washington University in St. Louis. She was awarded the 2018 Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Distinguished Leadership Award and the 2018 Nano Research Young Innovators Award in Nanobiotechnology. Her first name is 'Princess' and she holds no royal title or position in any capacity. Early life and education Imoukhuede grew up in Matteson, Illinois. She was involved with track and field as a child, and competed in shot put from the age of eight. By the time she was in eighth grade she had become interested in science, and her parents gave her a chemistry set to play with at home. Imoukhuede attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. Imoukhuede was an undergraduate student in biomedical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she performed undergraduate research under the supervision of Robert S. Langer on the incorporation of adenov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Stevens
Molly Morag Stevens is Professor of Biomedical Materials and regenerative medicine and Research Director for Biomedical Materials Sciences in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London.She Grows Bones ''Wired'', November 2011 , Royal Academy of Engineering, July, 2013 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhilesh K
Akhilesh is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Akhilesh Das (1961–2017), educationist, professor, Indian politician and philanthropist * Akhilesh K. Gaharwar (born 1982), Indian academic and Professor at Texas A&M University * Akhilesh Jaiswal (born 1986), Indian film director and screenwriter * Akhilesh Reddy, British physician-scientist at the Francis Crick Institute in London * Akhilesh Sahani (born 1994), Indian cricketer * Akhilesh Prasad Singh (born 1962), Indian politician and former Member of parliament of the 14th Lok Sabha *Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh * Akhilesh Pati Tripathi, Indian politician belonging to Aam Aadmi Party * Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi (born 1956), Indian plant biologist and the director of National Institute of Plant Genome Research *Akhilesh Yadav (born 1973), Indian politician and the current President of the Samajwadi Party See also *Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta Institu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kost
Joseph Kost (born January 15, 1947) is an Israeli academic, currently holder of The Abraham and Bessie Zacks Chair in Biomedical Engineering and the past Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Early career Kost completed undergraduate training in 1973, and obtained his M.Sc. in 1975, both at the Department of Chemical Engineering, D.Sc. in 1981 at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He obtained his MBA in 2004 at the Ben-Gurion University School of Business Administration. He completed three years of Post-Doctoral training at the University of Washington, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Kost credits Bob Langer from MIT as an outstanding role model. Contribution to Biomedical Science Kost has made significant contributions to the field of Biomedical Sciences. Coming from an engineering background, Kost has offered creative and unor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Uhrich
Kathryn Uhrich (born 1965) is Dean (education), Dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, at The University of California, Riverside, and founder of Polymerix Corporation. She has received many awards for her research and work including the ACS Buck-Whitney Award and the Sioux Award. She was a fellow at both the National Academy of Inventors and the American Chemical Society in 2014. Research Her research mainly focuses on biodegradable polymers for use in dental and medical applications. These polymers consist of esters, amides and anhydrides, all of which are susceptible to hydrolysis, thus ensuring the breakdown of the polymer in the body's watery milieu. The oldest version of aspirin came from Hippocrates in the fifth century BC, while the latest version, PolyAspirin, comes from Uhrich's lab at Rutgers University. Polyaspirine consists of anhydrides and esters that hydrolytically degrade into the active ingredient in aspirin (salicylic acid). Her research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Berzin
Isaac Berzin (born December 12, 1967) is an Israeli scientist and entrepreneur. Academic and professional life Berzin is a scientist and entrepreneur in the field of sustainable microalgae. During his early career years, his research was focused on biofuels, and in recent years his focus shifted to sustainable aquafeed, nutrition and human health products. Berzin is currently the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of VAXA Technologies LTD, producing Omega-3 and protein rich microalgae for feed and food applications. The microalgae are sustainably cultivated in an integrated process within one of the world's largest geothermal power plants, located in Hellisheiði, Iceland. He is a co-author, together with Nobel Prize Laureate, William Moomaw, of the Industrial Biotechnology cover paper “Cutting out the Middle Fish”, positioning sustainably cultivated microalgae as next generation superfood. In 2012 Isaac Berzin Founded Qualitas Health Inc. He was Chief Technology Officer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Berry (inventor)
David Berry (born February 10, 1978) is an American entrepreneur and business executive. He has co-founded various companies in life sciences, technology, and sustainability, including Seres Therapeutics, Indigo Agriculture, and Axcella Health. Early life and education Berry was born in 1978. He graduated Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY in 1996. Berry graduated with a S.B. Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000. He earned his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Robert Langer and Ram Sasisekharan. Valo Health Berry founded Valo Health in 2019. Flagship Pioneering Berry joined Flagship Pioneering in 2005, a Cambridge, Massachusetts based venture capital firm that creates and funds early-stage start-ups addressing unmet needs in healthcare and sustainability where he served as a general partner. Seres Therapeutics In 2012, Berry founded Seres Therapeutics, which p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic ( sr-cyr, Гордана Вуњак Новаковић) is a Serbian American biomedical engineer and university professor. She is a University Professor at Columbia University, as well as the Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences. She also heads the laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering at Columbia University. She is part of the faculty at the Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Center for Human Development, both found at Columbia University. She is also an honorary professor at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy at the University of Belgrade, an honorary professor at the University of Novi Sad, and an adjunct professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University. Her focus is on engineering human tissues for regenerative medicine, stem cell research and modeling of disease. Together with her team she has published over 380 scientific papers, 70 book chapters and three books o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Mikos
Antonios Georgios Mikos (born 1960) is a Greek-American biomedical engineer who is the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. He specialises in biomaterials, drug delivery, and tissue engineering. Education Mikos completed undergraduate study in engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Dipl. Eng., 1983), and pursued a master's and doctorate (M.S. in chemical engineering, 1985 and Ph.D. in chemical engineering, 1988) at Purdue University in the United States. After his doctoral studies, he performed his postdoctoral work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Medical School. Career Mikos is the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University in Houston, Houston, Texas. He is also the Director of the National Institutes of Health Center for Engineering Complex Tissues, Director of the Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert J
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
