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Our Faculty

At the Head of the Class

Princeton faculty are renowned leaders in their fields, extraordinary teachers and dedicated mentors.

Faculty Profiles

June Huh
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Mathematics. Awarded the 2022 Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, in recognition of his work in combinatorics.

Kristina Olson
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Psychology. A MacArthur Fellow and NSF emerging scientist award winner, Professor Kristina Olson is a scholar of how gender identity develops in children and how children think about social groups.

Eddie Glaude Jr.
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African American Studies and Religion. Author of "Democracy in Black," and scholar at the intersections of race, politics and religion.

Amaney Jamal
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Politics. Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs, and explorer of Middle East politics, gender and Islam.

Janet Currie
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Economics and Public and International Affairs. Expert on health and wellbeing, and explorer of the building blocks of children's success.

Clifford Brangwynne
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Chemical and biological engineering. His research has changed how scientists understand cellular organization by linking biology with materials science and engineering,

Facts & Figures

  • 1,267

    Faculty, including full time, part time and visiting

  • 77%

    Tenured professorial faculty

  • 1,709

    Research funding awards

  • 5:1

    Student to faculty ratio

  • 31

    Faculty and staff Nobel Prize winners

Faculty in the News

People

Chemist Victor Laurie, who contributed to the field of microwave spectroscopy, dies at 88 .

Laurie joined the Princeton faculty in 1966 and transferred to emeritus status in 2000.

Janet Martin, medieval Latinist and ‘gracious, generous mentor,’ dies at 84 .

Martin joined the Princeton faculty in 1973 and taught here for 37 years before transferring to emeritus status in 2010.

Mathematician Joseph Kohn, ‘a giant’ in several complex variables and generous mentor to young scholars, dies at 91 .

“His mathematical legacy is enormous,” said John D’Angelo *76. “Joe was among the most friendly, popular and influential mathematicians of his generation.”

Chemist Marissa Weichman wins Packard Fellowship to study one of the least-understood aspects of climate change .

The prestigious early-career fellowship is designed to encourage blue-sky thinking and to foster discoveries that improve lives and broaden our understanding of the universe.

Faculty members at Princeton Research Day

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