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The Langer Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Excellence Award Presentation and Lecture

The Langer Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Excellence awards funding to researchers, particularly those working in chemical and biological engineering in pursuing “blue-sky” ideas that may lead to important technical and commercial innovations.

  • Monday, November 8 - EST

    John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, Ballroom B

    • Join us for one of AIChE’s most prominent awards and lectures, at which Bob Langer will join us to celebrate our 2021 Langer Fellow, Dr. Aditya Kunjapur, Assistant Professor, University of Delaware. The event will include a presentation from Dr. Kunjapur on his blue-sky idea and its potential to have a transformative impact on society.

    The Langer Fellow will be awarded an unrestricted grant up to $100,000, enabling them to tackle their bold and creative ideas into technical and commercial innovations with broad societal impact. 

    Schedule of Events
    Time Event
    1:45 – 2:00 PM EST Session Welcome & Introduction – Pablo Debenedetti
    2:00 – 2:10 PM EST Remarks from Bob Langer
    2:10 – 2:20 PM EST 2020 and 2021 Prize Presentation
    2:20 – 2:25 PM EST Remarks from María Eugenia Inda, 2020 Langer Prize Fellow
    2:25 – 2:50 PM EST Remarks from Aditya Kunjapur, 2021 Langer Prize Fellow
    2:50 – 2:55 PM EST Closing Remarks - Terry McGuire & Amy Schulman
    2:55 – 3:15 PM EST Networking & Light Refreshments

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