Our people are extraordinary.

Arts & Sciences has over 1,000 faculty and staff who utilize their diverse expertise in the pursuit of research breakthroughs, gaining a deeper understanding of the world's most pressing issues and serving as mentors of the next generation.

select honors from our faculty

9 Elected Members of the National Academy of Sciences
18 Guggenheim Fellowship recipients
18 elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Mark G. Alford

Physics

Sachiko Amari

Physics

Raymond E. Arvidson

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Thomas Bakupog

Chemistry

​Deanna Barch

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Jonathan Barnes

Chemistry

Heather Barton

Biology

Roger Beachy

Biology

April Bednarski

Biology

​Roya Beheshti Zavereh

Mathematics

​Yehuda Ben-Shahar

Biology

Cory Berkland

Chemistry

Vladimir Birman

Chemistry

​Joshua Blodgett

Biology

Arpita Bose​​

Biology

​Carlos Botero

Biology

​Alexander S. Bradley

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

James H. Buckley

Physics

Paul Byrne

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

​Bruce Carlson

Biology

Anders E. Carlsson

Physics

Jeffrey G. Catalano

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

​Douglas Chalker

Biology

​Robert Charity

Chemistry

Likai Chen

Mathematics

Alex Chen

Physics

Quo-Shin Chi

Mathematics

Ramanath Cowsik

Physics

​Robert E. Criss

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Wilhelm Cruz

Biology

Aliakbar Daemi

Mathematics

Tansu Daylan

Physics

Maria de la Cruz

Chemistry

Bhupal Dev

Physics

Willem H. Dickhoff

Physics

​Ram Dixit

Biology

​Ian Duncan

Biology

​Robert F. Dymek

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Manel Errando

Physics

​Bruce Fegley, Jr.

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

​Renato Feres

Mathematics

Francesc Ferrer

Physics

​David A. Fike

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Steven Frankel

Mathematics

Jeffrey Gillis

Physics

Ursula Goodenough

​Michael L. Gross

Chemistry

Richard W. Gross

Chemistry

​Kathy Hafer​

Biology

Kate Hanes

Biology

​Sophia E. Hayes

Chemistry

Jennifer Heemstra

Chemistry

John Heemstra

Chemistry

Keith Hengen

Biology

Erik Henriksen

Physics

Erik​ Herzog

Biology

Anne M. Hofmeister

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Kathryn (Mairin) Hynes

Physics

Martin H. Israel

Physics

Meredith Jackrel

Chemistry

Abigail Jager

Mathematics

​Joseph Jez

Biology

Silas Johnson

Mathematics

Bradley L. Jolliff

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Jonathan I. Katz

Physics

Kenneth F. Kelton

Physics

​Matt Kerr

Mathematics

​Gregory Knese

Mathematics

Bronwen Konecky

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

​Randy L. Korotev

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

​Steven G. Krantz

Mathematics

​Robert Kranz

Biology

​Michael J. Krawczynski

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Henric Krawczynski

Physics

Mitchell Kundel

Biology

​Barbara Kunkel

Biology

Mary E. Lambo

Biology

Michael Landis

Biology

​Allan Larson

Biology

​Petra Levin​​​

Biology

Wanlin Li

Mathematics

Jan-Li Lin

Mathematics

Katharina​ Lodders​

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

​Richard Loomis

Jonathan Losos

Biology

Suzanne Loui

Environmental Studies

Jia Luo

Chemistry

​Richard Mabbs

Chemistry

​Edward Macias

Chemistry

Liz Mallott

Biology

Henri Martikainen

Mathematics

Claire Masteller

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

John E. McCarthy

Mathematics

​William B. McKinnon

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Augusto Medeiros da Rosa

Physics

Alex Meshik

Physics

Roger Michaelides

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Kathryn Miller

Biology

Kevin​ Moeller

Chemistry

Shankar Mukherji

Physics

Kater Murch

Physics

​Jonathan Myers

Biology

Michael Nowak

Physics

Zohar Nussinov

Physics

Michael C. Ogilvie

Physics

Ryan Ogliore

Physics

​Kenneth Olsen

Biology

Philip Osdoby

Biology

B. Duygu Özpolat

Biology

​Himadri Pakrasi

Biology

​Rita Parai

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Eleanor Pardini

John Parks

Environmental Studies

Saori Pastore

Physics

​Gary Patti

Chemistry

Rachel Penczykowski

Biology

Maria Piarulli

Physics

​Jay Ponder​

Chemistry

Olga Pravdivtseva

Physics

Martha Precup

Mathematics

Shuiming Qian

Biology

​David Queller​

Biology

Sheng Ran

Physics

Brian Rauch

Physics

Courtney Reichhardt

Chemistry

Donsub Rim

Mathematics

​Rachel Roberts​

Mathematics

Anne Robinson

Biology

​Bryce Sadtler​

Chemistry

Karl Schaefer

Mathematics

Maggie Schlarman

Biology

Alexander Seidel

Physics

Christopher Shaffer

Biology

​John Shareshian​

Mathematics

​Philip Skemer​

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Craig Smith

Biology

​Jennifer R. Smith

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

​William Smith​

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Lee Sobotka

Chemistry

​Slava Solomatov​

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Yanli Song

Mathematics

​Ari Stern​

Mathematics

​Joan Strassmann​

Biology

​Xiang Tang​

Mathematics

John-Stephen​ Taylor

Chemistry

Blake Thornton

Mathematics

Mikhail Tikhonov

Physics

Froggi VanRiper

Environmental Studies

Elise Walck-Shannon

Biology

Alian Wang

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Jennifer Wang

Biology

​Kun Wang​

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

​Timothy Wencewicz​

Chemistry

Ralf Wessel

Physics

Corey Westfall

Biology

Robert Wexler

Chemistry

​Brett Wick

Mathematics

​Mladen Wickerhauser

Mathematics

​Douglas A. Wiens

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Sidney Williams

Biology

Peter Wyse Jackson

Biology

​Michael E. Wysession

Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Li Yang

Physics

Yajie Yuan

Hani Zaher

Biology

Xuehua Zhong

Biology

Chong Zu

Recent Faculty Grants & Awards

Jeffrey M. Zacks, associate chair and professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences and professor of radiology at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $250,000 grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation to study event cognition “in the wild.” This project will take the research into the world, where people actually experience events. Key to the research is “Unforgettable,” an infrastructure developed over the past decade by collaborator Simon Dennis, of the University of Melbourne, which helps people enrich and better understand their own memories while collecting data for a scientific exploration of event comprehension and memory.

See what our faculty are working on now

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