Claude R Canizares

Director since May 2003. Member of the Audit Committee. Since 1971, Professor Canizares has been at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He currently serves as the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost and is the Bruno Rossi Professor of Physics. In addition, he is a principal investigator on NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory and Associate Director of its science center. Professor Canizares is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the International Academy of Astronautics, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He also serves on the governing council of the National Academy of Sciences.