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Christine Ortiz is the dean of graduate education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.^[1]

The goal of Ortiz's research program is a mechanistic-based understanding of tissue function, quality, and pathology. She is planning to create a new university, centered on project-based learning.^[2]

Education

• BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1992
• PhD, Cornell University, 1997

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