A physician and neuroscientist who studies how anesthesia affects the brain; a leader in aerospace engineering, policy, and education; and the founding head of MIT’s Department of Biological Engineering have been awarded MIT’s highest faculty honor: the title of Institute Professor. With the appointments of Emery Brown, Daniel Hastings SM ’78, PhD ’80, and Douglas […] The post Douglas Lauffenburger named Institute Professor appeared first on MIT Department of Biology .