BIOS 16. Entrepreneurial Genes: Bob Langer - Professor @ MIT
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.
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