List of Florida State University faculty

This list of Florida State University faculty includes current, emeritus, former, and deceased professors, lecturers, and researchers as well as members of the administration. Faculty members who have become Nobel Laureates, MacArthur Fellows, National Medal of Science recipients, or have earned other significant awards and made significant contributions are listed below.This is a partial list of notable faculty at Florida State University.

Nobel Prize

*Paul Dirac, [http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1933/ 1933 Physics] (deceased)
*Konrad E. Bloch, [http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1964/ 1964 Medicine] (deceased)
*Robert Sanderson Mulliken, [http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1966/ 1966 Chemistry] (deceased)
*John Robert Schrieffer, [http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1972/ 1972 Physics] (currently on FSU faculty)
*James M. Buchanan, [http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/1986/ 1986 Economics] (currently on George Mason University faculty)
*Sir Harold W. Kroto, [http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1996/ 1996 Chemistry] (currently on FSU faculty)

Pulitzer Prize

*Robert Olen Butler, Fiction
*Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Music

National Academy of Sciences

*Donald Caspar, Biophysics
*Lev Gor'kov, Physics
*Michael Kasha, Chemistry
*Sir Harold Kroto, Chemistry
*Melvin Stern, Geophysics

National Academy of Engineering

*David Larbalestier, Superconducting Materials
*Simon Ostrach, Space Science/Mechanical Engineering

American Academy of Arts & Sciences

*Donald Caspar, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
*Frances James, Evolutionary and Population Biology and Ecology
*Michael Kasha, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
*Simon Ostrach, Space Science/Mechanical Engineering
*Melvin Stern, Astronomy and Earth Sciences
*Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Visual and Performing Arts

Guggenheim Fellowship

*Robert Olen Butler, English
*Donald Caspar, Biological Science
*Kathleen M. Erndle, Religion
*Richard L. Greaves, History
*Thomas Joiner, Psychology
*Michael Kasha, Physical Chemistry
*John Kelsay, Religion
*David Kirby, English
*Bruno Linder, Chemistry
*Dale A. Olsen, Music
*Jill Quadagno, Sociology
*Michael Ruse, Philosophy
*Raymond K. Sheline, Chemistry and Physics
*Melvin Stern, Oceanography
*Gary Taylor, English
*Mark Wingate, Music
*Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Music

American Association for the Advancement of Science

*Lawrence G. Abele, Biological Science
*David Balkwill, Biomedical Sciences
*Gregory Boebinger, Physics
*Rafael P. Brüschweiler, Chemistry and Biochemistry
*Michael Chapman, Chemistry and Biochemistry
*Gregory Choppin, Chemistry
*Timothy Cross, Chemistry
*Naresh Dalal, Chemistry
*DeLos DeTar, Chemistry 1983
*John G. Dorsey, Chemistry
*Dexter Morgan Easton, Biological Science
*Dean Falk, Anthropology
*Marc Freeman, Biological Science
*Penny Gilmer, Chemistry
*Frances James, Biology
*Russell Johnsen, Chemistry
*Marie E. Krafft, Chemistry
*Leo Mandelkern, Chemistry 1963
*Nancy Marcus, Oceanography
*Richard Mariscal, Biological Science
*Alan G. Marshall, Chemistry
*Charles B. Nam, Sociology
*James O'Brien, Meteorology
*Michael Ruse, Philosophy
*Sanford Safron, Chemistry
*Joseph B. Schlenoff, Chemistry
*James C. Smith, Psychology
*Sherry Southerland, Science Education
*De Witt Sumners, Mathematics
*David Thistle, Oceanography
*Joseph Travis, Biological Science
*Sherwood Wise, Geological Sciences

ISI Highly Cited Faculty

*Roy Baumeister, Psychology/Psychiatry
*Sir Harold Kroto, Chemistry
*Werner Herz, Chemistry
*Shridhar Sathe, Agricultural Sciences
*R. Jay Turner, Social Sciences
*Alan Zindler, Geosciences

Other notable faculty

*Richard Burgin, violinist and concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
*John Dorsey, 2006 Award in Chromatography from the American Chemical Society
*Barbara Hamby, poet in residence
*Dean Falk, leading scientist in research team mapping the brain shape of the LB1 Hobbit
*Robert Hart, 2006 recipient of the Banner Miller Award from the American Meteorological Society
*Toussaint Hocevar, economic historian
*Robert A. Holton, inventor of synthetic process for Taxol
*R. Mark Isaac, recognized scholar of experimental economics
*Frederick L. Jenks, 2002 TESOL Heinle & Heinle Excellence in Teaching Award
*Gary Kleck, distinguished criminologist known for empirical work on guns and violence
*T. N. Krishnamurti, Carl Gustav Rossby Medal from the American Meteorological Society and developer of the FSU "Superensemble" hurricane prediction model
*Alan G. Marshall, Society for Applied Spectroscopy Fellow (2004)
*Alfred Mele, leading Philosopher in practical reason
*Doron Nof, Fridtjof Nansen Medal
*Victor Nuñez, acclaimed film director
*Ruth Posselt, classical violinist
*Donald Robson, Tom W. Bonner Prize of the American Physical Society (1972)
*Per Arne Rikvold, 2004 Foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
*Michael Ruse, Philosopher of Science, known for his work on the relationship between creationism and evolution
*Pedro Schlottmann, 1982-1986 Heisenberg Fellowship of the DFG (German Science Foundation)
*Friedrich Stephan, discovered the suprachiasmatic nucleus (circadian "clock")
*Andre Thomas, World renowned composer and conductor of choral music.
*Stephan von Molnár, 1986 Alexander von Humbolt Senior U.S. Scientist Award
*Mark Winegardner, Novelist
*Kun Yang, 2003 Outstanding Young Researcher Award of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association
*Charles Figley, distinguished traumatologist, American Psychological Association Fellow, and Fulbright Fellow.