List of faculty members at the Institute for Advanced Study

The Institute for Advanced Study is a private institution in Princeton Township, New Jersey, designed to foster pure cutting-edge research by scientists in a variety of fields without the complications of teaching or funding, or the agendas of sponsorship. Dates in parentheses indicate the researcher's tenure at the Institute.This list includes the permanent faculty. in addition, "members" are appointed for shorter periods of up to several years.

Some of the world's most renowned thinkers have been affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study:

Name, field (years at IAS)"'
* Stephen L. Adler, theoretical physicist (1969-)
* J. W. Alexander, topologist (1933-1951)
* Andreas Alföldi, historian and archaeologist (1956-1981)
* Danielle Allen, political theorist (2007-)
* Michael F. Atiyah, mathematician (1955)
* Nima Arkani-Hamed, particle physicist (2008-)
* John N. Bahcall, astrophysicist (1968-2005)
* Arne K. A. Beurling, mathematician (1954-)
* Yve-Alain Bois, art historian (2005-)
* Enrico Bombieri, mathematician (1973-)
* Armand Borel, mathematician (1957-1993; Emeritus, 1993-2003)
* Jean Bourgain, mathematician (1994-)
* Glen W. Bowersock, historian (1980-2006; Emeritus, 2006-)
* Caroline Walker Bynum, historian (2003-)
* Luis Caffarelli, mathematician (1986-1996)
* Shiing-Shen Chern, mathematician (1943-1945)
* Harold F. Cherniss, historian of philosophy (1948-1987)
* Marshall Clagett, historian (1964-1986; Emeritus, 1986-2005)
* Giles Constable, historian (1985-2003; Emeritus, 2003-)
* Patricia Crone, historian (1997-)
* José Cutileiro, historian and diplomat (2001-)
* Pierre Deligne, mathematician (1984-)
* Nicola di Cosmo, historian (2003-)
* Freeman J. Dyson, physicist and mathematician (1953-1994; Emeritus, 1994-)
* Edward M. Earle, politics, military, foreign affairs
* Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist, (1933-1955)
* Ky Fan, mathematician (1945-1947)
* John H. Elliott, historian
* Clifford Geertz, anthropologist (1970-2000; Emeritus, 2000-2006)
* Felix Gilbert, historian (1962-1975, Emeritus)
* James F. Gilliam,
* Kurt Gödel, mathematician (1946-1976; Emeritus, 1976-1978)
* Peter Goddard, mathematical physicist (Director 2004-)
* Hetty Goldman, archaeologist (1936-?)
* Peter Goldreich, astrophysicist (2004-)
* Oleg Grabar, historian (1990-98; Emeritus, 1998-)
* Phillip A. Griffiths, mathematician (Director, 1991-2003; Professor, 2004-)
* Christian Habicht, historian (1973-1998; Emeritus, 1998-)
* Harish-Chandra, mathematician (1968-1983)
* Ernst Herzfeld, archeologist and Iranologist (1936-1944)
* Albert O. Hirschman, political scientist (1974-)
* Lars V. Hörmander, mathematician
* Piet Hut, astrophysicist (1985-)
* Jonathan Israel, historian (2001-)
* Ernst H. Kantorowicz, historian (1951-1963)
* George F. Kennan, historian (1953-1974; Emeritus, 1974-2005)
* Robert P. Langlands, mathematician (1972-2007; Emeritus, 2007-)
* Irving Lavin, art historian (1973-2001; Emeritus, 2001-)
* T. D. Lee, physicist (1960-1963)
* Doro Levi, archaeologist (1938-1945)
* Bernard Lewis, orientalist and historian
* Elias A. Lowe,
* Robert D. MacPherson, mathematician (1994-)
* Juan Maldacena, theoretical physicist (2001-)
* Eric S. Maskin, economic theorist (2000-)
* Jack F. Matlock, Jr., historian and former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1996-2001)
* Millard Meiss,
* Benjamin D. Meritt,
* John W. Milnor, mathematician
* David Mitrany, political scientist
* Deane Montgomery,
* Marston Morse, mathematician (1935-1962)
* J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist
* Abraham Pais, physicist
* Erwin Panofsky, art historian
* Peter Paret, historian (1986-1997; Emeritus, 1997-)
* Tullio E. Regge, physicist
* Winfield W. Riefler,
* Marshall N. Rosenbluth, physicist
* Peter Sarnak, mathematician (2007-)
* Joan Wallach Scott, gender historian (1985-)
* Nathan Seiberg, theoretical physicist (1997-)
* Atle Selberg, mathematician (1951-1987; Emeritus, 1987-2007)
* Kenneth M. Setton,
* Carl L. Siegel, mathematician
* Thomas Spencer, mathematician (1986-)
* Walter W. Stewart,
* Bengt Strömgren, astronomer and astrophysicist (1957-1967)
* Homer Thompson, archeologist (1947-1977; Emeritus, 1977-2000)
* Scott Tremaine, astrophysicist (2007-)
* Kirk Varnedoe, art historian (2002-2003)
* Oswald Veblen, mathematician (1932-1950; Emeritus, 1950-1960)
* Vladimir Voevodsky, mathematician (2002-)
* John von Neumann, mathematician and more (1933-1957)
* Heinrich Von Staden, historian (1998-)
* Michael Walzer, philosopher of society, politics, and ethics (1980-2007; Emeritus, 2007-)
* Robert B. Warren, economist (1939-?)
* André Weil, mathematician (1958-1976; Emeritus, 1976-1998)
* Hermann Weyl, mathematician (1933-1951)
* Morton White, philosopher and historian of ideas (1970-1987; Emeritus, 1987-)
* Hassler Whitney, mathematician (1952-77; Emeritus, 1977-1989)
* Avi Wigderson, mathematician (1999-)
* Frank Wilczek, physicist (1976-1977 and 1989-2000)
* Edward Witten, mathematical physicist (1987-)
* Ernest Llewellyn Woodward, historian (1951-1962)
* C. N. Yang, physicist (1949-1965)
* Shing-Tung Yau, mathematician (1971-1972)