Chris A. Kaiser selected as MIT provost
Professor Chris A. Kaiser, who led MIT’s Department of Biology through a period of innovation and renewal in his eight years as department head, has been selected as MIT’s next provost, President-elect L. Rafael Reif announced today. Kaiser succeeds Reif, who has served as MIT’s provost since 2005. Both will assume their new positions on July 2.Kaiser, 55, a cell biologist and professor of biology, has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1991. He chaired the Department of Biology from 2004 until earlier this year. “I am delighted that Chris Kaiser has agreed to join the Institute’s leadership team. His scientific vision, collegiality, effective leadership and commitment to cultivating a diverse student body made him highly successful as head of our Department of Biology,” Reif says. “A distinguished scholar and a master teacher in his field, he has also played a key role on a number of Institute-wide...