List of faculty members at the Institute for Advanced Study
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The Institute for Advanced Study
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, designed to foster pure cutting-edge research by scientists in a variety of fields without the complications of teaching or funding, or the agendas of sponsorship.
Some of the world's most renowned thinkers have been affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study. This list includes current and former Faculty members, as well as Directors, and dates in parentheses indicate the individual's tenure at the Institute:
Name, field (years at IAS)
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, designed to foster pure cutting-edge research by scientists in a variety of fields without the complications of teaching or funding, or the agendas of sponsorship.
Some of the world's most renowned thinkers have been affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study. This list includes current and former Faculty members, as well as Directors, and dates in parentheses indicate the individual's tenure at the Institute:
Name, field (years at IAS)
- Stephen L. AdlerStephen L. AdlerStephen Louis Adler is an American physicist specializing in elementary particles and field theory.-Biography:Adler was born in New York City. He received an A.B. degree at Harvard University in 1961, where he was a Putnam Fellow, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1964...
, theoretical physicist (1969–2010; Emeritus, 2010-) - J. W. AlexanderJ. W. AlexanderJ. W. Alexander may refer to:* James Waddel Alexander , American Presbyterian minister and author* John White Alexander , American portrait painter and illustrator...
, topologist (1933–1951) - Andreas AlföldiAndreas AlföldiAndrás Ede Zsigmond Alföldi was a Hungarian historian, epigraphist, numismatist and archaeologist. He was one of the most productive 20th-century scholars of the ancient world and is considered one of the leading researchers of his time...
, historian and archaeologist (1956–1965; Emeritus, 1965–1981) - Danielle AllenDanielle AllenDanielle S. Allen is an American classicist and political scientist, and UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study....
, political theorist (2007-) - Michael AtiyahMichael AtiyahSir Michael Francis Atiyah, OM, FRS, FRSE is a British mathematician working in geometry.Atiyah grew up in Sudan and Egypt but spent most of his academic life in the United Kingdom at Oxford and Cambridge, and in the United States at the Institute for Advanced Study...
, mathematician (1969–72) - Nima Arkani-HamedNima Arkani-HamedNima Arkani-Hamed is a leading Canadian American theoretical physicist with interests in high-energy physics, string theory and cosmology....
, particle physicist (2008-) - John N. BahcallJohn N. BahcallJohn Norris Bahcall was an American astrophysicist, best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Space Telescope and for his leadership and development of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.-Early and family life:Bahcall was born in...
, astrophysicist (1971–2005) - Arne K. A. Beurling, mathematician (1954–1973, Emeritus 1973-1986)
- Yve-Alain BoisYve-Alain BoisYve-Alain Bois is an historian and critic of modern art. Yve-Alain Bois was born on April 16, 1952 in Constantine, Algeria.-Education:...
, art historian (2005-) - Enrico BombieriEnrico BombieriEnrico Bombieri is a mathematician who has been working at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Bombieri's research in number theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical analysis have earned him many international prizes --- a Fields Medal in 1974 and the Balzan Prize in 1980...
, mathematician (1977-2011; Emeritus, 2011-) - Armand BorelArmand BorelArmand Borel was a Swiss mathematician, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and was a permanent professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States from 1957 to 1993...
, mathematician (1957–1993; Emeritus, 1993–2003) - Jean BourgainJean BourgainJean Bourgain is a Belgian mathematician. He has been a faculty member at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and, from 1985 until 1995, professor at Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques at Bures-sur-Yvette in France, and since 1994 at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,...
, mathematician (1994-) - Glen W. Bowersock, historian (1980–2006; Emeritus, 2006-)
- Caroline Walker Bynum, historian (2003-2011; Emerita, 2011-)
- Luis CaffarelliLuis CaffarelliLuis A. Caffarelli is an Argentinian mathematician and leader in the field of partial differential equations and their applications....
, mathematician (1986–1996) - Angelos Chaniotis, historian (2010-)
- Harold F. ChernissHarold F. ChernissHarold Fredrik Cherniss was an expert on the philosophy of Ancient Greece. He wrote several books in the field, and edited and translated works by Plutarch.-Life:...
, historian of philosophy (1948–1974; Emeritus 1974-1987) - Marshall ClagettMarshall ClagettMarshall Clagett was an American scholar who specialized in the history of science before Galileo, especially Archimedes.-Career:...
, historian (1964–1986; Emeritus, 1986–2005) - Giles Constable, historian (1985–2003; Emeritus, 2003-)
- Patricia CronePatricia CronePatricia Crone, Ph.D., is a scholar, author, Orientalist, and historian of early Islamic history working at the Institute for Advanced Study. She established herself as a major challenger to the established narrative of the early history of Islam.- Career :Patricia Crone completed her...
, historian (1997-) - José Cutileiro, historian and diplomat (2001–2004)
- Roger Dashen, physicist (1969–1987)
- Pierre DelignePierre Deligne- See also :* Deligne conjecture* Deligne–Mumford moduli space of curves* Deligne–Mumford stacks* Deligne cohomology* Fourier–Deligne transform* Langlands–Deligne local constant- External links :...
, mathematician (1984–2007; Emeritus, 2008-) - Nicola Di Cosmo, historian (2003-)
- Freeman J. Dyson, physicist and mathematician (1953–1994; Emeritus, 1994-)
- Edward M. Earle, politics, military, foreign affairs (1934–1954)
- Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
, theoretical physicist, (1933-1946: Emeritus 1946-1955) - John Huxtable ElliottJohn Huxtable ElliottSir John Huxtable Elliott, FBA , who normally publishes as J.H. Elliott, is an eminent historian, Regius Professor Emeritus in the University of Oxford and Honorary Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge....
, historian (1973–1990) - Didier Fassin, anthropologist (2009-)
- Patrick J. GearyPatrick J. GearyPatrick J. Geary is, effective January 1, 2012, Professor of Medieval History at the Institute for Advanced Study and Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at UCLA. He was educated at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and received...
, historian (2012-) - Clifford GeertzClifford GeertzClifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered "for three decades...the single most influential cultural anthropologist in the United States." He served until...
, anthropologist (1970–2000; Emeritus, 2000–2006) - Felix GilbertFelix GilbertFelix Gilbert was a German-born American historian of early modern and modern Europe. Gilbert was born in Baden-Baden, Germany to a middle-class Jewish family, and part of the Mendelssohn Bartholdy clan. In the latter half of the 1920s, Gilbert studied under Friedrich Meinecke at the University of...
, historian (1962–1975; Emeritus, 1975–1991) - James F. Gilliam, historian (1965–1985; Emeritus, 1985–1990)
- Peter Goddard, mathematical physicist (Director 2004-)
- Kurt GödelKurt GödelKurt Friedrich Gödel was an Austrian logician, mathematician and philosopher. Later in his life he emigrated to the United States to escape the effects of World War II. One of the most significant logicians of all time, Gödel made an immense impact upon scientific and philosophical thinking in the...
, mathematician (1946–1976; Emeritus, 1976–1978) - Hetty Goldman, archaeologist (1936–1947; Emeritus, 1947–1972)
- Peter GoldreichPeter GoldreichPeter Goldreich is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars. He is currently the Lee DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics at California Institute of Technology. Since 2005 he has also been a...
, astrophysicist (2004–09; Emeritus, 2009-) - Oleg GrabarOleg GrabarOleg Grabar was a French-born art historian and archeologist, who spent most of his career in the United States, as a leading figure in the field of Islamic art and architecture.-Academic career:...
, historian (1990–98; Emeritus, 1998–2011) - Phillip A. Griffiths, mathematician (Director, 1991–2003; Professor, 2004–09; Emeritus, 2009-)
- Christian HabichtChristian HabichtChristian Habicht was a German actor.-Plays:* Hundert Jahre Einsamkeit* Die Sanfte* Popcorn* An der Arche um acht, Stück: Ulrich Hub* Das Katzenhaus...
, historian (1973–1998; Emeritus, 1998-) - Harish-ChandraHarish-ChandraHarish-Chandra was an Indian mathematician, who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially Harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups. -Life:...
, mathematician (1968–1983) - Ernst HerzfeldErnst HerzfeldErnst Emil Herzfeld was a German archaeologist and Iranologist.-Life:Herzfeld was born in Celle, Province of Hanover...
, archeologist and Iranologist (1936–1944) - Albert O. HirschmanAlbert O. HirschmanAlbert Otto Hirschman is an influential economist who has authored several books on political economy and political ideology. His first major contribution was in the area of development economics. Here he emphasized the need for unbalanced growth...
, political scientist (1974–1985; Emeritus 1985-) - Helmut Hofer, mathematician (2009-)
- Lars HörmanderLars HörmanderLars Valter Hörmander is a Swedish mathematician who has been called "the foremost contributor to the modern theory of linear partial differential equations". He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962, and the Wolf Prize in 1988...
, mathematician (1964–1968) - Piet HutPiet HutPiet Hut is a Dutch astrophysicist who has made his career in the United States. Hut is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He was born in Utrecht in The Netherlands....
, astrophysicist (1985-) - Jonathan IsraelJonathan IsraelProfessor Jonathan Irvine Israel is a British writer on Dutch history, the Age of Enlightenment and European Jewry. Israel was appointed the Modern European History Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Township, New Jersey, U.S...
, historian (2001-) - Ernst H. KantorowiczErnst KantorowiczErnst Hartwig Kantorowicz was a German-Jewish historian of medieval political and intellectual history, known for his 1927 book Kaiser Friedrich der Zweite on Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, and in particular The King's Two Bodies .Kantorowicz was born in Posen to a wealthy, assimilated...
, historian (1951–1963) - Carl KaysenCarl KaysenCarl Kaysen was an economist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-chair of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Committee on International Security Studies. He is the father of Girl, Interrupted author Susanna Kaysen. He was married for 50 years to Annette Neutra...
, economist (Director 1966-1976) - George F. KennanGeorge F. KennanGeorge Frost Kennan was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War...
, historian (1953–1974; Emeritus, 1974–2005) - Robert P. Langlands, mathematician (1972–2007; Emeritus, 2007-)
- Irving Lavin, art historian (1973–2001; Emeritus, 2001-)
- T. D. LeeTsung-Dao LeeTsung-Dao Lee is a Chinese born-American physicist, well known for his work on parity violation, the Lee Model, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion physics, nontopological solitons and soliton stars....
, physicist (1960–1962) - Stanislas Leibler, physicist and biologist (2009-)
- Arnold J. LevineArnold J. LevineArnold J. Levine, is a United States Molecular biologist. He was awarded the 1998 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry and was thefirst recipient of the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research in 2001 for his discovery of the tumor suppressor protein p53...
, biologist (2004-2011; Emeritus, 2011-) - Elias A. Lowe, paleographer (1936–1945; Emeritus 1945-1969)
- Robert D. MacPherson, mathematician (1994-)
- Juan Maldacena, theoretical physicist (2002-)
- Avishai MargalitAvishai MargalitAvishai Margalit is the George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.-Biography:Avishai Margalit grew up in Jerusalem. He was educated in Jerusalem and did his army service in the airborne...
, George F. Kennan Professor (2006-2011) - Eric MaskinEric MaskinEric Stark Maskin is an American economist and Nobel laureate recognized with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory." He is the Albert O...
, economic theorist (2000-) - Jack F. Matlock, Jr.Jack F. Matlock, Jr.Jack Foust Matlock, Jr. is a former American ambassador, career Foreign Service Officer, a teacher, an historian, and a linguist. He was a specialist in Soviet affairs during some of the most tumultuous years of the Cold War, and served as U.S...
, historian and former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1996–2001) - Millard Meiss, art historian (1958–1974; Emeritus 1974-1975)
- Benjamin D. Meritt, historian (1935–1969; Emeritus 1969-1989)
- John MilnorJohn MilnorJohn Willard Milnor is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems. He won the Fields Medal in 1962, the Wolf Prize in 1989, and the Abel Prize in 2011. Milnor is a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University...
, mathematician (1970–1990) - David MitranyDavid MitranyDavid Mitrany was a Romanian-born, naturalized British scholar, historian and political theorist. The richest source of information concerning Mitrany’s life and intellectual activity are the memoirs he published in 1975 in The Functional Theory of Politics.-Professional life:Mitrany worked on...
, political scientist (1933–1953) - Deane MontgomeryDeane MontgomeryDeane Montgomery was a mathematician specializing in topology who was one of the contributors to the final resolution of Hilbert's fifth problem in the 1950s. He served as President of the American Mathematical Society from 1961 to 1962....
, mathematician (1951–1980; Emeritus 1980-1992) - Marston MorseMarston MorseHarold Calvin Marston Morse was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the technique of differential topology now known as Morse theory...
, mathematician (1935–1962; Emeritus 1962-1977) - J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist (Director, 1947–1966)
- Abraham PaisAbraham PaisAbraham Pais was a Dutch-born American physicist and science historian. Pais earned his Ph.D. from University of Utrecht just prior to a Nazi ban on Jewish participation in Dutch universities during World War II...
, physicist (1950–1963) - Erwin PanofskyErwin PanofskyErwin Panofsky was a German art historian, whose academic career was pursued mostly in the U.S. after the rise of the Nazi regime. Panofsky's work remains highly influential in the modern academic study of iconography...
, art historian (1935–1962; Emeritus 1962-1968) - Peter ParetPeter ParetPeter Paret is American military, cultural & art historian with a particular interest in German history. Paret was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Dr. Hans Paret and Suzanne Aimée Cassirer, who divorced in 1932...
, historian (1986–1997; Emeritus, 1997-) - Tullio E. Regge, physicist (1965–1981)
- Winfield W. Riefler, economist (1935–1949)
- Marshall RosenbluthMarshall RosenbluthMarshall Nicholas Rosenbluth was an American plasma physicist and member of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1997 he was awarded the National Medal of Science for discoveries in controlled thermonuclear fusion, contributions to plasma physics and work in computational statistical mechanics. ...
, physicist (1967–1982) - Peter SarnakPeter SarnakPeter Clive Sarnak is a South African-born mathematician. He has been Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeding Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics...
, mathematician (2007-) - Joan Wallach Scott, gender historian (1985-)
- Nathan SeibergNathan SeibergNathan "Nati" Seiberg is an Israeli American theoretical physicist who works on string theory. He was recipient of a 1996 MacArthur Fellowship and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics in 1998. He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, USA...
, theoretical physicist (1997-) - Atle SelbergAtle SelbergAtle Selberg was a Norwegian mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory, and in the theory of automorphic forms, in particular bringing them into relation with spectral theory...
, mathematician (1951–1987; Emeritus, 1987–2007) - Kenneth M. Setton, medieval historian (1968–1984; Emeritus 1984-1995)
- Carl L. Siegel, mathematician (1945–1951)
- Thomas SpencerThomas Spencer (mathematical physicist)Thomas C. Spencer is an American mathematical physicist, known in particular for important contributions to constructive quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, and spectral theory of random operators. Since 1986, he is professor of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study...
, mathematician (1986-) - Walter W. Stewart, economist (1938–1950; Emeritus 1950-1958)
- Bengt StrömgrenBengt StrömgrenBengt Georg Daniel Strömgren was a Danish astronomer and astrophysicist.Bengt Strömgren was born in Gothenburg. His parents were Hedvig Strömgren and Svante Elis Strömgren, who was professor of astronomy at the University of Copenhagen and director of the University Observatory in Copenhagen...
, astronomer and astrophysicist (1957–1967) - Homer ThompsonHomer ThompsonHomer Armstrong Thompson was a leading classical archaeologist of the twentieth century, specializing in ancient Greece....
, archeologist (1947–1977; Emeritus, 1977–2000) - Scott TremaineScott TremaineScott Duncan Tremaine is a Canadian-born astrophysicist. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of London, the Royal Society of Canada and the National Academy of Sciences. Tremaine is widely regarded as one of the world's leading astrophysicists for his contributions to the theory of solar system...
, astrophysicist (2007-) - Kirk VarnedoeKirk VarnedoeJohn Kirk Train Varnedoe was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia and was an American art historian and writer, a Professor of the History of Art at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and a noted curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.-Life:He studied...
, art historian (2002–2003) - Oswald VeblenOswald VeblenOswald Veblen was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. He proved the Jordan curve theorem in 1905.-Life:...
, mathematician (1932–1950; Emeritus, 1950–1960) - Vladimir VoevodskyVladimir VoevodskyVladimir Voevodsky is a Russian American mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal in 2002.- Biography :...
, mathematician (2002-) - John von NeumannJohn von NeumannJohn von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath who made major contributions to a vast number of fields, including set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodic theory, geometry, fluid dynamics, economics and game theory, computer science, numerical analysis,...
, mathematician and more (1933–1957) - Heinrich Von StadenHeinrich von StadenHeinrich von Staden was a self-proclaimed "adventurer in Muscovy" and wrote of his accounts at the court of Ivan IV from 1578-1582.- Early life :...
, historian (1998–2010; Emeritus, 2010-) - Michael WalzerMichael WalzerMichael Walzer is a prominent American political philosopher and public intellectual. A professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, he is co-editor of Dissent, an intellectual magazine that he has been affiliated with since his years as an undergraduate at...
, philosopher of society, politics, and ethics (1980–2007; Emeritus, 2007-) - Robert B. Warren, economist (1939–1950)
- André WeilAndré WeilAndré Weil was an influential mathematician of the 20th century, renowned for the breadth and quality of his research output, its influence on future work, and the elegance of his exposition. He is especially known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry...
, mathematician (1958–1976; Emeritus, 1976–1998) - Hermann WeylHermann WeylHermann Klaus Hugo Weyl was a German mathematician and theoretical physicist. Although much of his working life was spent in Zürich, Switzerland and then Princeton, he is associated with the University of Göttingen tradition of mathematics, represented by David Hilbert and Hermann Minkowski.His...
, mathematician (1933–1951; Emeritus 1951-1955) - Morton WhiteMorton WhiteMorton White is an American philosopher and historian of ideas. He is both a central figure in the philosophical movement of Holistic Pragmatism and a noted historian of American philosophical thought...
, philosopher and historian of ideas (1970–1987; Emeritus, 1987-) - Hassler WhitneyHassler WhitneyHassler Whitney was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, and characteristic classes.-Work:...
, mathematician (1952–77; Emeritus, 1977–1989) - Avi WigdersonAvi WigdersonAvi Wigderson is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, a professor of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His research interests include complexity theory, parallel algorithms, graph theory, cryptography, distributed computing, and neural...
, mathematician (1999-) - Frank WilczekFrank WilczekFrank Anthony Wilczek is a theoretical physicist from the United States and a Nobel laureate. He is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ....
, physicist (1989–2000) - Edward WittenEdward WittenEdward Witten is an American theoretical physicist with a focus on mathematical physics who is currently a professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study....
, mathematical physicist (1987-) - Ernest Llewellyn Woodward, historian (1951–1960; Emeritus 1961-1971)
- C. N. Yang, physicist (1955–1966)
- Shing-Tung YauShing-Tung YauShing-Tung Yau is a Chinese American mathematician working in differential geometry. He was born in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China into a family of scholars from Jiaoling, Guangdong Province....
, mathematician (1980–1984) - Matias ZaldarriagaMatias ZaldarriagaMatias Zaldarriaga is an Argentine cosmologist. Born in Coghlan neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, at the present time he works in the Institute for Advanced Study located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. He is known especially for his work on the cosmic microwave background...
, astrophysicist (2009-)