John Ochsendorf

John Ochsendorf
Ochsendorf on a tour in Washington DC (2011)
BornMay 22, 1974
Columbus, Ohio, US
EducationCornell University (BSc 1996)
Princeton University (MSc 1998)
University of Cambridge (PhD 2002)
Occupation(s)Structural engineer, architectural historian, professor
Known forStudies of ancient architecture
SpouseAnne Carney
WebsiteJohn Ochsendorf at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning

John Ochsendorf (born May 22, 1974) is an American educator, structural engineer, and historian of construction; he is a professor in the Department of Architecture and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is widely known for becoming a MacArthur Fellow in 2008 He served as the director of the American Academy in Rome from 2017 to 2020. In 2022, he was appointed the founding director of the newly created MIT Morningside Academy for Design.