Dr. Robert S. Langer, Jr., 74, is a chemical engineer, scientist, entrepreneur, inventor, and one of the 12 Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 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’s a widely recognized and cited researcher in biotechnology, especially in the fields of drug delivery systems and tissue engineering.
— Wikipedia
Quote: “My first year [at MIT] was tough,” Langer began. “I took the required chemical engineering courses — thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and industrial chemistry — and they were all really hard for me. The class average for one of my first exams was 20 out of 100, which included the five points everyone received for spelling their name correctly. It was discouraging at times, but I worked really hard and I got through it.”
— News.MIT.edu
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