Susan Hockfield

• President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

Graduate, University of Rochester, US; PhD, Georgetown University School of Medicine, US. Formerly: Scientist, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Lecturer and Provost, Yale University. Neuroscientist with research focusing on development of brain. Currently, also Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Director, General Electric Company. Member, Foundation Board, World Economic Forum. Trustee, Carnegie Corporation, New York; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Overseer, Boston Symphony Orchestra.