A really beautiful mind: Professor Robert Langer
Thanks must go to the Center for entrepreneurship, their Kick-off Event was held last Tuesday (09/22) and I got to see one of the brightest minds I have ever listened to. The featured keynote was Breakthrough Medical Technologies by MIT Professor Robert Langer as speaker.
With more than 1000 papers published and over 750 issued or pending patent worldwide, Professor Langer is the most cited engineer in history!! He is focused in Biomedical research, development of specific polymers, non invasive techniques for delivery of drugs, effective delivery system of specific compounds, to mention few of them.
Impressive right? But it does not stop here. He has not only been extremely successful as a scientist but also as an entrepreneur. He has more than 20 amazingly successful stories of bringing technologies from the lab to the market. How does he do that? He never stops thinking on how to solve problems or how to help patients. He has an incredible passion for innovation and sincere desire to make an impact and contribution in this world.
But how does he know a technology can be commercially successful or ready go to the market? He has established some requirements that include:
- Have a platform technology
- Have a blocking patent
- Have in vivo proof of principle
Want to learn more about the genius Professor Langer? http://web.mit.edu/langerlab/
Or watch a video report from MIT Tech TV:
The Center for Entrepreneurship will be sharing the broadcast pretty soon so watch out for that and other unique opportunities to learn about how to bring technologies to the market! http://entrepreneurship.osu.edu/event-calendar/