16th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In office 2004–2012
Preceded by
Charles M. Vest
Succeeded by
L. Rafael Reif
Provost of Yale University
In office December 2002 – August 2004
Preceded by
Alison Richard
Succeeded by
Andrew D. Hamilton
Personal details
Born
(1951-03-24) March 24, 1951 (age 73) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse
Thomas Byrne
Education
University of Rochester (BS) Georgetown University (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields
Neuroscience
Institutions
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Yale University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis
Afferent and Efferent Neuronal Connections of the Dorsal Horn of the Caudal Medulla (Trigeminal Nucleus Caudalis) Demonstrated by Retrograde Labeling with Horseradish Peroxidase(1979)
Doctoral advisor
Stephen Gobel
Other academic advisors
Allan Basbaum
Doctoral students
Daniel Geschwind
Susan Hockfield (born March 24, 1951) is an American neuroscientist who served as the 16th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2004 to 2012.
Hockfield currently serves as a Professor of Neuroscience in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, a Joint Professor of Work and Organization Studies in MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. She is also a director of Break Through Cancer, Cajal Neuroscience, Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation, Lasker Foundation, Mass General Brigham, Pfizer, Repertoire Immune Medicines, and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; a lifetime member of the MIT Corporation; and a board member of the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Before returning to MIT following her presidency, Hockfield held the Marie Curie Visiting Professorship at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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