Krystyn Van Vliet

Krystyn J. Van Vliet (born June 21, 1976) is vice president for research and innovation at Cornell University and a faculty member in the Cornell University College of Engineering, where she has a joint appointment in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering. Her research lab specializes in material chemomechanics, the coupling between chemistry and mechanics at material interfaces.[1][2]

Krystyn J. Van Vliet
Born (1976-06-21) June 21, 1976
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEngineer
TitleVice President for Research and Innovation, Cornell University
Academic background
Education
Academic work
Institutions

Education

Van Vliet received her Sc.B. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Brown University in 1998. While an undergraduate at Brown, she suffered grave head injuries in a car accident, and fought successfully to regain her memory, judgment, speech and other communication skills.[3]

Van Vliet earned her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2002.[4]

Career

Van Vliet joined the faculty at MIT in 2004 and was named MIT’s associate provost in 2017.[4] She became MIT’s first associate vice president for research in 2021.[5] She joined Cornell University as vice president for research and innovation in February 2023.[1]

References
  1. Dean, James (August 25, 2022). "Van Vliet named vice president for research and innovation". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  2. "Krystyn Van Vliet | Cornell Engineering". engineering.cornell.edu. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  3. "Brown University News Bureau". Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  4. "Krystyn Van Vliet named associate provost". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  5. "Exciting move for Krystyn Van Vliet | MIT Organization Chart". MIT Organization Chart. Retrieved March 20, 2023.


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