Leo Rafael Reif

Leo Rafael Reif
L. Rafael Reif
Reif during the WEF 2013
17th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In office
July 2, 2012 – December 31, 2022
Preceded bySusan Hockfield
Succeeded bySally Kornbluth
Personal details
Born
Leo Rafael Reif Groisman

(1950-08-21) August 21, 1950 (age 74)
Maracaibo, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan-American
SpouseChristine Chomiuk
ChildrenJessica and Blake
EducationUniversidad de Carabobo (BS)
Stanford University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisDoping process in silicon epitaxy: Transfer function and physicochemical model (1979)
Doctoral advisorJames D. Meindl

Leo Rafael Reif (born August 21, 1950) is a Venezuelan American electrical engineer and academic administrator. He previously served as the 17th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2012 to 2022, provost of the institute from 2005 to 2012, and dean of the institute's EECS department from 2004 to 2005.[1][2][3]

Reif sits on the boards of the World Economic Forum, the Carnegie Endowment, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Broad Institute.[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Office of the MIT President | MIT History". Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  2. ^ "L. RAFAEL REIF Full Biography" (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  3. ^ "Departmental History – MIT EECS". www.eecs.mit.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  4. ^ "Board of Trustees", World Economic Forum
  5. ^ "Board of Trustees", Carnegie Endowment
  6. ^ "Board of Directors", Council on Foreign Relations
  7. ^ "Board of Directors", Broad Institute

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