Anton Lang

Who is Anton Lang?

Anton Lang was a Russian-born American biologist and a plant physiologist. Lang was notable, among other things, for a discovery of a new method of forcing a bloom in flowers. Michigan State University established a memorial award in Lang's name - The Anton Lang Memorial Award. Lang was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the founding director of the Plant Research Laboratory at the Michigan State University, the managing editor of Planta, president of the Society for Developmental Biology, and president of the American Society of Plant Physiologists. Among notable awards Lang received the Stephen Hales Award and the Charles Barnes Life Membership Award of the American Society of Plant Physiologists.