Trustees

The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed economist Ann-Kristin Achleitner to its Board of Trustees. Achleitner is a Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance in the School of Management at the Technical University of Munich.

Jörn Rausing, a non-executive director of the Tetra Laval Group Board, has been appointed to Institute for Advanced Study's Board of Trustees, effective May 4, 2019.  

“The Institute for Advanced Study is laying the groundwork for intellectual and scientific breakthroughs that enrich our society and enhance our understanding of the universe,” stated Chavez, who serves as a Vice Chairman of the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Global Co-Head of its Securities Division. “I am proud to lend my energies to this fundamental pursuit.”

Academic Trustee Ewine van Dishoeck has been recognized with the 2018 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics for her contributions to observational, theoretical, and laboratory astrochemistry.

The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed Dutch astronomer and chemist Ewine van Dishoeck to its Board of Trustees, effective May 5, 2018.

On May 3, 2018, Veena Das, Academic Trustee for the Institute's School of Social Science, will deliver a talk titled "Meaning and Metaphor: How to Receive Thoughts from an Elsewhere," which will center on the ways in which the social sciences in general and anthropology in particular can find a way to be open to other intellectual traditions.

IAS Trustee Sir Martin Rees spoke with Scientific American to discuss threats to Earth and humanity, challenges facing the scientific community, Martian communities and utopian societies, and more.

The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed Mark Heising to its Board of Trustees, effective October 28, 2017. Heising is founder and managing director of Medley Partners, a California-based investment firm. He holds six U.S. Patents in cryptography, compression, and data communications.

The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed Manjul Bhargava and Christopher A. Cole to its Board of Trustees. These appointments were effective May 6, 2017. Bhargava is a leading scholar in number theory with interests in combinatorics and representation theory. Cole is the founder and Chairman of Ardea Partners, an independent investment banking advisory firm based in New York, London, and Princeton.

The Institute welcomes Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer, Founder and President of J.P. Lerman & Co., to the Board of Trustees. She was elected on October 29, 2016.