Past Faculty

Photo Name IAS Appointments
Portrait of James Waddell Alexander< James Waddell Alexander
09/19/1888 - 1971
Seabright, NJ		 Faculty: 1933-47
Research Area: Topology
Portrait of Michael Francis Atiyah sitting in front of a bookcase Michael Francis Atiyah
04/22/1929 - 2019
London, United Kingdom		 Faculty: 1969-72
Member: 1955-57, 1959-60, 1967-68
Research Area: Geometry
Portrait of Arne Beurling sitting looking to the left Arne Beurling
02/03/1905 - 1986
Gothenburg, Sweden		 Faculty: 1954-73
Emeritus: 1973-86
Member: 1952-54
Research Area: Analysis
Portrait of Armand Borel Armand Borel
05/21/1923 - 2003
Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland		 Faculty: 1957-93
Emeritus: 1993-2003
Member: 1952-54
Research Area: Algebraic Groups
Portrait of Jean Bourgain outdoors with IAS pond in the background Jean Bourgain
02/28/54 - 12/22/18
Ostend, Belgium		 Faculty: 1994 - 2018
Research Area: Analysis
Portrait of Luis A. Caffarelli in front of a blackboard Luis A. Caffarelli
12/08/48 -
Buenos Aires, Argentina		 Faculty: 1986-96
Research Area: Partial Differential Equations
Portrait of Albert Einstein Albert Einstein
03/14/1879 - 1955
Ulm, Germany		 Faculty: 1933-46
Emeritus: 1946-55
Research Area: Physics
Photograph of Kurt Gödel outdoors Kurt Gödel
04/28/1906 - 1978
Brünn, Austria-Hungary		 Faculty: 1953-76
Emeritus: 1976-78
Member: 1933-34, 1935-36, 1938-46
Permanent Member: 1946-53
Research Area: Mathematical Logic
Portrait of Harish Chandra Harish-Chandra
10/11/1923 - 1983
Kanpur, India		 Faculty: 1963-83
Assistant Professor: 1947-48
Member: 1948-49, 1955-56, 1961-62
Research Area: Mathematics and Physics
Photograph of Lars Hörsmander in front of a blackboard Lars Hörmander
01/24/1931 - 2012
Mjällby, Blekinge, Sweden		 Faculty: 1964-68
Member: 1960-61, 1970-71, 1977-78
Research Area: Analysis
Portrait of Tsung-Dao Lee Tsung-Dao Lee
11/24/1926 - 8/4/2024
Shanghai, China		 Faculty: 1960-62
Research Area: Theoretical Physics
Photograph of John Willard Milnor looking to the left John Willard Milnor
02/20/1930 -
Orange, NJ		 Faculty: 1970-90
Member: 1965-66
Research Area: Differential topology
Photograph of Deane Montgomery outdoors Deane Montgomery
09/02/1909 - 1992
Weaver, MN		 Faculty: 1951-80
Emeritus: 1980-92
Member: 1934-35, 1941-42, 1945-46
Permanent Member: 1948-51
Research Area: Topology
B&W Photograph of Marston Morse looking to the right Marston Morse
03/24/1892 - 1977
Waterville, ME		 Faculty: 1935-62
Emeritus: 1962-77
Research Area: Differential Topology
B&W Portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer
04/22/1904 - 1967
New York, NY		 Faculty: 1947-66
Research Area: Physics
B&W Photograph of Abraham Pais with a brick building in the background Abraham Pais
05/19/1918 -
Amsterdam, Netherlands		 Faculty: 1950-63
Research Area: Physics
Photograph of Tullio Eugene Regge outdoors Tullio Eugene Regge
07/11/1931 - 2014
Torino, Italy		 Faculty: 1965-79
Research Area: Physics
B&W Photograph of Atle Selberg looking to the left Atle Selberg
06/14/1917 - 2007
Langesund, Norway		 Faculty: 1951-87
Emeritus: 1987-2007
Permanent Member: 1947-1948, 1949-1951
Research Area: Analytic Number Theory
B&W Portrait of Carl Ludwig Siegel looking to the right Carl Ludwig Siegel
12/31/1896 - 1981
Berlin, Germany		 Faculty: 1945-51
Member: 1934-35, 1940-45,1960-61
Research Area: Analysis
B&W Photograph of Bengt Strömgren Bengt Strömgren
01/21/1908 - 1987
Gothenburg, Sweden
 Faculty: 1957-66
Research Area: Astrophysics
Portrait of Richard Taylor in front of a bookcase Richard Taylor
05/19/62 -
Cambridge, UK		 Faculty: 2012-18
Distinguish Visiting Professor: 08/10 - 12/11
Research Area: Number Theory
B&W Photograph of Oswald Veblen in front of a stone facade Oswald Veblen
06/24/1880 - 1960
Decorah, IA		 Faculty: 1932-50
Emeritus: 1950-60
Research Area: Foundations of Geometry
Portrait of Vladimir Voevodsky in front of a blurred bookcase Vladimir Voevodsky
06/04/1966 - 2017
Moscow, Soviet Union		 Faculty: 2002-17
Research Area: Homotopy Theory of Schemes
B&W Portrait of John von Neumann John von Neumann
12/28/1903 - 1957
Budapest, Hungary		 Faculty: 1933-57
Research Area: Foundations of Mathematics
Portrait of André Weil in front of a bookcase André Weil
05/06/1906 - 1998
Paris, France		 Faculty: 1958-76
Emeritus: 1976-98
Member: 1936-37
Research Area: Number Theory
B&W Portrait of Hermann Weyl Hermann Weyl
11/09/1885 - 1955
Elmshorn, Germany		 Faculty: 1933-51
Emeritus: 1951-55
Research Area: Theoretical Physics
B&W Photograph of Hassler Whitney in front of a window Hassler Whitney
03/27/1907 - 05/10/1989
New York, NY		 Faculty: 1952-77
Emeritus: 1977-89
Research Area: Singularity Theory
B&W Portrait of Chen-Ning Yang Chen-Ning Yang
10/01/1922 -
Hefei Anhui Province, China		 Faculty: 1955-66
Permanent Member: 1949-54
Research Area: Theoretical Physics
B&W Photograph of Shing-Yun Yau with left hand in movement Shing-Tung Yau
04/04/1949 -
Shantou, Guangdong, China		 Faculty: 1980-84
Member: 1971-72, 1979-80
Research Area: Differential Geometry