List of faculty members at the Institute for Advanced Study

The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is a private institution in Princeton, New Jersey, designed to foster research by scientists in a variety of fields without the complications of teaching or funding, or the agendas of sponsorship. The IAS uses the word faculty in a special way and denotes a lifetime appointment. Although they do not teach classes (because there are no classes at IAS), faculty hold the title of Professor, and often give lectures and direct research.

This list includes current and former Faculty members, and their dates of tenure at the Institute.IAS Faculty & Emeriti

Name FieldYear joinedYear LeftNotes Stephen L. Adler theoretical physicist 1969 2010 Emeritus 2010- Suzanne Conklin Akbari medievalist 2019 current James W. Alexander topologist 1933 1951 Andreas E. Z. Alföldi historian and archaeologist 1956 1965 Emeritus 1965-1981 Danielle S. Allen political theorist 2007 2015 Nima Arkani-Hamed particle physicist 2008 current Michael F. Atiyah mathematician 1969 1972 John N. Bahcall astrophysicist 1971 2005 Arne K. A. Beurling mathematician 1954 1973 Emeritus 1973-1986 Yve-Alain Bois art historian 2005 current Enrico Bombieri mathematician 1977 2011 Emeritus 2011- Armand Borel mathematician 1957 1993 Emeritus 1993-2003 Jean Bourgain mathematician 1994 2018 Glen W. Bowersock historian 1980 2006 Emeritus 2006- Wendy Brown political theorist 2021 current Caroline Walker Bynum historian 2003 2011 Emerita 2011- Luis Caffarelli mathematician 1986 1996 Angelos Chaniotis historian 2010 current Harold F. Cherniss historian of philosophy 1948 1974 Emeritus 1974-1987 Marshall Clagett historian 1964 1986 Emeritus 1986-2005Susan E. ClarkAstrophysicist20172020 Giles Constable historian 1985 2003 Emeritus 2003- Patricia Crone historian 1997 2015 José Cutileiro historian and diplomat 2001 2004 Roger Dashen physicist 1969 1987 Camillo De Lellismathematician2019current Pierre Deligne mathematician 1984 2007 Emeritus 2008- Nicola Di Cosmo historian 2003 current Robbert Dijkgraafmathematical physicist2012currentDirector 2012-2022 Freeman Dyson physicist and mathematician 1953 1994 Emeritus 1994-2020 Edward M. Earle politics: military foreign affairs 1934 1954 Albert Einstein theoretical physicist 1933 1946 Emeritus 1946-1955 John Huxtable Elliott historian 1973 1990 Didier Fassin anthropologist 2009 current Patrick J. Geary historian 2012 2019 Emeritus 2019- Clifford Geertz anthropologist 1970 2000 Emeritus 2000-2006 Felix Gilbert historian 1962 1975 Emeritus 1975-1991 James F. Gilliam historian 1965 1985 Emeritus 1985-1990 Peter Goddard mathematical physicist 2004 2016 Director 2004-2012, Professor 2012-2016, Emeritus 2016- Kurt Gödel mathematician 1953 1976 Emeritus 1976-1978 Hetty Goldman archaeologist 1936 1947 Emeritus 1947-1972 Peter Goldreich astrophysicist 2004 2009 Emeritus 2009- Oleg Grabar historian 1990 1998 Emeritus 1998-2011 Phillip A. Griffiths mathematician 1991 2009 Director 1991-2003, Professor 2004-2009, Emeritus 2009- Christian Habicht historian 1973 1998 Emeritus 1998-2018 Harish-Chandra mathematician 1968 1983 Jonathan Haslam historian 2015 current George F. Kennan Professor Ernst Herzfeld archeologist and Iranologist 1936 1944 Albert O. Hirschman political scientist 1974 1985 Emeritus 1985-2012 Helmut Hofer mathematician 2009 current Lars V. Hörmander mathematician 1964 1968 Piet Hut astrophysicist 1985 current Jonathan Israel historian 2001 2016 Emeritus 2016-Myles W. Jacksonhistorian of science2018current Ernst H. Kantorowicz historian 1951 1963 George F. Kennan historian 1953 1974 Emeritus 1974-2005 Robert P. Langlands mathematician 1972 2007 Emeritus 2007- Irving Lavin art historian 1973 2001 Emeritus 2001-2019 Tsung-Dao Lee physicist 1960 1962 Stanislas Leibler physicist and biologist 2009 current Arnold J. Levine biologist 2004 2011 Emeritus 2011- Elias A. Lowe paleographer 1936 1945 Emeritus 1945-1969Jacob Luriemathematician2019currentRobert MacPherson mathematician 1994 2018 Emeritus 2018- Juan Maldacena theoretical physicist 2002 current Avishai Margalit philosopher 2006 2011 George F. Kennan Professor Eric Maskin economic theorist 2000 2011 Jack F. Matlock, Jr. historian 1996 2001 Millard Meiss art historian 1958 1974 Emeritus 1974-1975 Benjamin D. Meritt historian 1935 1969 Emeritus 1969-1989 John W. Milnor mathematician 1970 1990 David Mitrany political scientist 1933 1953 Deane Montgomery mathematician 1951 1980 Emeritus 1980-1992 Marston Morse mathematician 1935 1962 Emeritus 1962-1977Alondra Nelsonsocial scientist2019current J. Robert Oppenheimer physicist 1947 1966 Director 1947-1966 Abraham Pais physicist 1950 1963 Erwin Panofsky art historian 1935 1962 Emeritus 1962-1968 Peter Paret historian 1986 1997 Emeritus 1997- Tullio E. Regge physicist 1965 1981 Winfield W. Riefler economist 1935 1949 Dani Rodrik political economist 2013 2015 Marshall N. Rosenbluth physicist 1967 1982 Tim Roughgarden mathematician 2026 current Peter Sarnak mathematician 2007 current Sabine Schmidtke historian 2014 current Joan Wallach Scott gender historian 1985 2014 Emerita 2014- Nathan Seiberg theoretical physicist 1997 current Atle Selberg mathematician 1951 1987 Emeritus 1987-2007 Kenneth M. Setton medieval historian 1968 1984 Emeritus 1984-1995 Carl L. Siegel mathematician 1945 1951 Thomas Spencer mathematician 1986 current Walter W. Stewart economist 1938 1950 Emeritus 1950-1958 James Stonecomputational astrophysicist2019current Bengt G. D. Strömgren astronomer and astrophysicist 1957 1967 Richard Taylor mathematician 2012 2018 Homer Thompson archeologist 1947 1977 Emeritus 1977-2000 Scott Tremaine astrophysicist 2007 current Francesca Trivellatohistorian2018currentMisha Tsodykstheoretical neuroscientist2019current Kirk Varnedoe art historian 2002 2003 Oswald Veblen mathematician 1932 1950 Emeritus 1950-1960Akshay Venkateshmathematician2018current Vladimir Voevodsky mathematician 2002 2017 John von Neumann mathematician 1933 1955 Heinrich von Staden historian 1998 2010 Emeritus 2010- Michael Walzer philosopher of politics and ethics 1980 2007 Emeritus 2007- Robert B. Warren economist 1939 1950 André Weil mathematician 1958 1976 Emeritus 1976-1998 Hermann Weyl mathematician 1933 1951 Emeritus 1951-1955 Morton White philosopher and historian of ideas 1970 1987 Emeritus 1987-2016 Hassler Whitney mathematician 1952 1977 Emeritus 1977-1989 Avi Wigderson mathematician 1999 current Frank Wilczek physicist 1989 2000 Edward Witten mathematical physicist 1987 2022 Emeritus 2022- Ernest Llewellyn Woodward historian 1951 1960 Emeritus 1961-1971 C. N. Yang physicist 1955 1966 Shing-Tung Yau mathematician 1980 1984 Matias Zaldarriaga astrophysicist 2009 current

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