Innovators
(BEng'83, PhD at MIT)
Founder and CEO of life sciences innovation firm Flagship Pioneering,an enterprise where entrepreneurially-minded scientists invent solutions to challenges facing human health and sustainability.Flagship has developed more than 100 scientific ventures resulting in over $100 billion in aggregate value, thousands of patents and patent applications, and more than 50 drugs in clinical development'
Co-founded biotechnology companyModerna, through hisventure capital firm,Flagship Pioneering
Cofounded and helped build over 70 life science and technology startups
Lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management from 2000 to 2016, and a lecturer at Harvard Business School until 2020
(BEng’70, MEng’72, PhD’79, MBA '14)
Co-founder and CEO ACDEG Group of companies,
Founded, co-founded or restructured over 30 business ventures/corporations in agri-food, manufacturing, wholesale distribution and clean technologies in North America, Europe and Asia,
Holds 41 patents
(BEng'99, PhD'04)
Professor at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MIT
Co-founded twelve companies that have raised over $600 million
Over 100 issued or pending national and international patents, some of his inventions include a tissue glue that can seal holes inside a beating heart; targeted therapy for osteoarthritis, Crohn’s disease, and brain disorders; “smart needles” that automatically stop when they reach their target; a nasal spray that neutralizes pathogens; and immunotherapy approaches to annihilate cancer
Author of several books including 'LIT - Life Ignition Tools - Use Nature's Playbook to Energize Your Brain, Spark Ideas, and Ignite Action’