Krystyn Van Vliet Explained

Krystyn J. Van Vliet
Birth Date:	21 June 1976
Vice President for Research and Innovation, Cornell University
Occupation:	Engineer
Nationality:	American

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]}

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. 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dean . James . August 25, 2022 . Van Vliet named vice president for research and innovation . March 20, 2023 . Cornell Chronicle .
2. Web site: Krystyn Van Vliet Cornell Engineering . March 20, 2023 . engineering.cornell.edu.
3. Web site: Brown University News Bureau. April 27, 2019.
4. Web site: Krystyn Van Vliet named associate provost . March 20, 2023 . MIT News Massachusetts Institute of Technology . 16 August 2017 . en.
5. Web site: Exciting move for Krystyn Van Vliet MIT Organization Chart . March 20, 2023 . MIT Organization Chart.