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Krystyn Van Vliet

Vice President for Research and Innovation

Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering

Email krystyn.vv@cornell.edu
Website Van Vliet Lab

Krystyn Van Vliet

Graduate Field Affiliation: Materials Science and Engineering

Research Interests

Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine

In the News

Three faculty receive indefinite tenure

At its recent meetings, the Cornell University Board of Trustees elected the following professors to appointment with indefinite tenure, effective November 1, 2024: Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Professor, (BME, MSE), was elected Professor with indefinite tenure. Qi Li, Assistant Professor…
Van Vliet named a trailblazer in higher education

Krystyn Van Vliet, vice president for research and innovation and professor (MSE, BME), has been named one of City & State New York’s 2024 Trailblazers in Higher Education, for connecting “the university’s research communities with external funding and facilitates…
New grant to broaden support for hardware entrepreneurs

Rev: Ithaca Startup Works is set to expand its hardware accelerator programs thanks to $4 million in grants from local and federal sources.
Decadal survey sets agenda for biological, physical sciences in space

The National Academies’ latest decadal survey, “Thriving in Space,” released Sept. 12, provides a roadmap for biological and physical sciences research, from the low orbit of Earth to the surface of Mars, through 2033.
Van Vliet named vice president for research and innovation

Krystyn J. Van Vliet, currently associate provost and associate vice president for research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will join Cornell in 2023 as vice president for research and innovation.