Memberships and Fellowships
Association for Computing Machinery: Fellow
Thomas Funkhouser, David M. Siegel ’83 Professor in Computer Science, Emeritus; senior scholar (2018)
Academia Europaea: Foreign Member
Douglas Massey, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2018)
Academy of Arts and Sciences: Member
Kathryn Edin, professor of sociology and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2019)
Brian Kernighan, professor of computer science (2019)
Sara McLanahan, William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs (2019)
Judith Weisenfeld, Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion (2019)
Virginia Zakian, Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Life Sciences, Emeritus; professor of molecular biology, emeritus; senior scholar (2019)
Academy of Athens: Member
Alexander Nehamas, Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities; professor of philosophy and comparative literature (2018)
American Academy in Berlin: Fellow
Barbara Nagel, assistant professor of German (2018)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Member
Frances Lee, professor of politics and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2019)
American Association for Cancer Research: Fellow
Eric Wieschaus, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology; professor of molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics (2019)
American Association for the Advancement of Science: Fellow
Rebecca Burdine, associate professor of molecular biology (2018)
Dalton Conley, Henry Putnam University Professor in Sociology (2019)
Leo Donner, lecturer in geosciences and atmospheric and oceanic sciences (2019)
Shirley M. Tilghman, president of the University, emeritus; professor of molecular biology and public affairs (2019)
Elke Weber, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment; professor of psychology and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2018)
American Council of Learned Societies: Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships
Lital Levy, associate professor of comparative literature (2019)
Wendy Warren, associate professor of history (2019)
American Geophysical Union: Fellow
Tom Delworth, lecturer in geosciences and atmospheric and oceanic sciences (2018)
American Meteorological Society: Fellow
Leo Donner, lecturer in geosciences and atmospheric and oceanic sciences (2018)
Rong Zhang, lecturer in geosciences and atmospheric and oceanic sciences (2018)
American Nuclear Society: Fellow
Rajesh Maingi, head, Plasma Edge PFC research (2019)
American Philosophical Society: Member
Orley Ashenfelter, Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics (2017)
David Cannadine, Dodge Professor of History (2019)
Anne Case, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus (2017)
Nancy Weiss Malkiel, professor of history, emeritus (2019)
American Physical Society: Fellow
Christiano Galbiati, professor of physics (2019)
Stefan Gerhardt, managing principal research physicist (2019)
Jason Petta, Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics (2019)
Joshua Shaevitz, professor of physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics (2019)
Association for Women in Mathematics: Fellow
Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics (2019)
British Academy: Corresponding Fellow
Orley Ashenfelter, Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics (2018)
William Jordan, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History (2018)
Ecological Society of America: Permanent Fellow
Jonathan Levine, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology (2019)
Econometric Society: Fellow
Mark Aguiar, Walker Professor of Economics and International Finance (2018)
Leonard Wantchekon, professor of politics and international affairs (2018)
Guggenheim Foundation: Fellowship
Kevin Kruse, professor of history (2019)
Ilya Vinitsky, professor of Slavic languages and literatures (2019)
Hastings Center: Fellow
Keith Wailoo, Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs (2019)
Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Honorary Member
Noga Alon, professor of mathematics and applied and computational mathematics (2019)
International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure: Fellow
Branko Glisic, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering (2019)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: Fellow
Clifford Brangwynne, professor of chemical and biological engineering (2018)
Allan Sly, professor of mathematics (2018)
National Academy of Inventors: Fellow
Thomas Shenk, James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences (2018)
Howard Stone, Donald R. Dixon ’69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2019)
James Sturm, Stephen R. Forrest Professor in Electrical Engineering (2019)
National Academy of Sciences: Member
Janet Curie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2019)
Helen Milner, B.C. Forbes Professor of Public Affairs; professor of politics and international Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2019)
Nieng Yan, Shirley M. Tilghman Professor of Molecular Biology (2019)
Ali Yazdani, Class of 1909 Professor of Physics (2019)
New York Historical Society: Distinguished Senior Fellow
Deborah Yashar, professor of politics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2018-19)
Royal Society: Fellow
Manjul Bhargava, Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics (2019)
Gregory Scholes, William S. Tod Professor of Chemistry (2019)
Society of American Historians: Member
Judith Weisenfeld, Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion (2019)
Early Career Researchers
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Sloan Research Fellowship
AnnegretFalkner, assistant professor of neuroscience (2019)
RalphKleiner, assistant professor of chemistry (2019)
GillatKol, assistant professor of computer science (2019)
MichalKolesár, assistant professor of economics (2019)
WyattLloyd, assistant professor of computer science (2019)
RicardoMallarino, assistant professor of molecular biology (2019)
LaureResplandy, assistant professor of geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute (2019)
JeffreyThompson, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2019)
American Political Science Association Urban and Local Politics: Susan Clarke Young Scholars’ Award
PatriciaKirkland, assistant professor of politics and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2018)
Association for Computing Machinery: Grace Murray Hopper Award
MichaelFreedman, professor of computer science (2019)
Biophysical Society: Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators
CliffordBrangwynne, professor of chemical and biological engineering (2020)
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation: Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
JoseAvalos, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (2019)
David and Lucile Packard Foundation: Fellowship for Science and Engineering
Mary CaswellStoddard, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology (2018)
IZA Institute of Labor Economics: Young Labor Economist Award
LeahBoustan, professor of economics (2019)
National Academy of Sciences: Troland Research Award
TomGriffiths, Henry R. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, and Culture of Psychology and Computer Science (2019)
National Institutes of Health: Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award
BradCarrow, assistant professor of chemistry (2019)
National Science Foundation: Alan T. Waterman Award
MarkBraverman, professor of computer science (2019)
National Science Foundation: CAREER Award
MinjieChen, assistant professor of electrical engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (2019)
SujitDatta, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering (2020)
LucDeike, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Princeton Environmental Institute (2019)
ToddHyster, assistant professor of chemistry (2019)
RalphKleiner, assistant professor of chemistry (2019)
AndrewLeifer, assistant professor of physics and neuroscience (2019)
ChristinaRiehl, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology (2019)
MohammadSeyedsayamdost, associate professor of chemistry (2019)
MattWeinberg, assistant professor of computer science (2020)
Searle Scholars Program: Searle Scholar
RicardoMallarino, assistant professor of molecular biology (2019)
Simons Foundation: Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution
XinningZhang, assistant professor of geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute (2019)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics: Early Career Prize for Financial Mathematics & Engineering
MykhayloShkolnikov, assistant professor of operations research and financial engineering (2019)
U.S. Air Force: Young Investigators Research Program
YuxinChen, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2019)
PrateekMittal, associate professor in electrical engineering (2018)
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science: Early Career Research Program Award
TimothyStoltzfus-Dueck, theoretical plasma physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (2019)
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation: Beckman Young Investigator Award
LeslieSchoop, assistant professor of chemistry (2019)
David and Lucile Packard Foundation: Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering
AleksandrLogunov, assistant professor of mathematics (2019)
National Institutes of Health: New Innovator Award
SarahKocher, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics (2019)
AndrewLeifer, assistant professor of physics and neuroscience (2019)
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science: Early Career Research Program Award
JeffreyThompson, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2019)
United States Government: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
AmirAli Ahmadi, professor of operations research and financial engineering (2019)
ArvindNarayanan, associate professor of computer science (2019)
AlejandroRodriguez, associate professor of electrical engineering (2019)
JeffreyThompson, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2019)
Vallee Foundation
JaredToettcher, assistant professor of molecular biology: 2019Scholar
Prizes and Distinctions
American Academy of Religion
Wallace Best, professor of religion and African American studies: 2018 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Textual Studies
American Association of Teachers of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages
Serguei Oushakine, professor of anthropology and Slavic languages and literatures: 2018 Outstanding Contribution to the Profession Prize
American Cancer Society
Yibin Kang, Warner-Lambert/Parke Davis Professor of Molecular Biology: 2019 Research Professorship
American Geophysical Union
Isaac Held, senior meteorologist in atmospheric and oceanic sciences; lecturer with the rank of professor in geosciences and atmospheric and oceanic sciences: 2018 Roger Revelle Medal
Yi Ming, lecturer in geosciences: 2018 Ascent Award for Atmospheric Sciences
American Historical Association
Nell Irvin Painter, Edwards Professor of American History, Emeritus: 2018 Award for Scholarly Distinction
Jack Tannous, assistant professor of history: 2019 James Henry Breasted Prize
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Pablo Debenedetti, dean for research; Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science; professor of chemical and biological engineering: 2019 Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research
William Schowalter, Class of 1950 Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus; professor of chemical engineering, emeritus: 2019 Lectureship in his name
American Mathematical Society
René Carmona, Paul M. Wythes ’55 Professor of Engineering and Finance; professor of operations research and financial engineering: 2020 Joseph L. Doob Prize
Robert Sedgewick, William O. Baker *39 Professor in Computer Science: 2018 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
American Meteorological Society
James Smith, William and Edna Macaleer Professor of Engineering and Applied Science; professor of civil and environmental engineering: 2018 Hydrologic Sciences Medal
American Physical Society
B. Andrei Bernevig, professor of physics: 2018 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
Will Fox, research physicist: 2019 Thomas H. Stix Award
Zia Mian, research scientist, Woodrow Wilson School and the Program on Science and Global Security: 2019 Leo Szilard Lectureship Award
Rodney Priestley, vice dean for innovation; professor of chemical and biological engineering: 2020 John H. Dillon Medal
Alexander Smits, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus; senior scholar: 2019 Fluid Dynamics Prize
American Political Science Association
Rafaela Dancygier, associate professor of politics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2019 Luebbert Best Book Award
Jonathan Mummolo, assistant professor of politics and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2018 Harold D. Lasswell Award
Frances Lee, professor of politics and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2019 Barbara Sinclair Lecture Award
Deborah Yashar, professor of politics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2019 Comparative Democratization Section – Best Book Award
American Society for Cell Biology
Coleen Murphy, professor of molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics: 2019 Women in Cell Biology Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Research
Sabine Petry, assistant professor of molecular biology: 2019 Women in Cell Biology Junior Award for Excellence in Research
American Society of Engineering Educators
Vincent Poor, interim dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering: 2019 Benjamin Garver Lamme Award
American Sociological Association
Paul Frymer, professor of politics: 2018 Political Sociology – Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award
Architectural Review and Architects’ Journal
Elizabeth Diller, professor of architecture: 2019 Jane Drew Prize
Association for Computing Machinery
Robert Sedgewick, William O. Baker *39 Professor in Computer Science: 2019 Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award
Association of American Publishers
Rosina Lozano, associate professor of history: 2019 Language and Linguistics Award
Audubon New York
John McPhee, Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence: 2018 Award for Environmental Writing
BBVA Foundation and the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society
Daniel Álvarez-Gavela, instructor in mathematics: 2019 Vincent Caselles Prize
Biomedical Engineering Society
Celeste Nelson, professor of chemical and biological engineering: 2019 Mid-Career Award
Breakthrough Prize Foundation
Jo Dunkley, professor of physics and astrophysical sciences: 2019 New Horizons in Physics Prize
June Huh, Robert and Luisa Fernholz Visiting Professor of Mathematics: 2018 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize
CAA
Nathan Arrington, associate professor of art and archaeology: 2018 Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Angus Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs, Emeritus; professor of economics and international affairs, Emeritus; senior scholar: 2019 Great Immigrants
Aleksandar Hemon, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts: 2019 Great Immigrants
Clay Mathematics Institute
Tristan Buckmaster, assistant professor of mathematics: 2019 Clay Research Award
Combustion Society of Japan
Yiguang Ju, Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: 2018 International Award Lecture
Comenius University
Paul Seymour, Albert Baldwin Dod Professor of Mathematics: 2019 Commemorative Medal
Computing Research Association
Ed Felten, Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs; professor of computer science and public affairs: 2019 Distinguished Service Award
Council on Foreign Relations
Stephen Kotkin, John P. Birkelund ’52 Professor in History and International Affairs: 2018 Arthur Ross Book Award – Gold Medal
Crown of Spain
Alejandro Portes, Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology, Emeritus; senior scholar: 2019 Princess of Asturias Award in the Social Sciences
Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies Association
Ilya Vinitsky, professor of Slavic languages and literatures: 2018 Marc Raeff Book Prize
Eni Company
Paul Chirik, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry: 2019 Eni Award for Advanced Environmental Solutions
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science
Noga Alon, professor of mathematics and applied and computational mathematics: 2019 Nerode Prize
European Consortium for Political Research
Rafaela Dancygier, associate professor of politics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2018 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research
European Geophysical Union
Amilcare Porporato, Thomas J. Wu ’94 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; professor of civil and environmental engineering and the Princeton Environmental Institute: 2020 Dalton Medal in Hydrology
European Physical Society
Christopher Tully, professor of physics, as part of the D Zero collaboration: 2019 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize
European Symposia on Algorithms
Bernard Chazelle, Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science: 2018 Test-of-Time Award
Franklin Institute
John Hopfield, Howard A. Prior Professor in the Life Sciences, Emeritus; professor of molecular biology, emeritus: 2019 Award in Physics
Georgetown Law
Keith Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics; professor of politics: 2019 Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize
Goethe Institute
Juri Seo, assistant professor of music: 2019 Goethe Award
Government Executive Media Group
Jorge Sarmiento, George J. Magee Professor of Geoscience and Geological Engineering, Emeritus; professor of geosciences, emeritus; senior scholar: 2019 Theodore Roosevelt Government Leadership Award
Humboldt Foundation
Ed Belbruno, visiting research collaborator: 2017 Humboldt Research Award
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Rosina Lozano, associate professor of history: 2018 First Book Award
Inamori Foundation of Japan
James Gunn, Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus; professor of astrophysical sciences, emeritus: 2019 Kyoto Prize
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Amir Ali Ahmadi, professor of operations research and financial engineering: 2018 Optimization Society – Young Researchers Paper Prize
Mykhaylo Shkolnikov, assistant professor of operations research and financial engineering: 2019 Applied Probability Society – Erlang Prize
International Balzan Foundation
Michael Cook, Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies: 2019 Balzan Prize for Islamic Studies
International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures
Claire White, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment: 2019 Gustavo Colonetti Medal
Italy’s National Institute of Nuclear Physics
Juan Maldacena, visiting lecturer with the rank of Professor in Physics: 2019 Galileo Galilei Medal
Journal of Political Economy
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Theodore A. Wells ’29 Professor of Economics and International Affairs: 2018 Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize
Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
Amaney Jamal, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics: 2019 Economics and Social Sciences Prize
National Book Foundation
Edmund White, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, emeritus: 2019 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
NOMIS Foundation
Janet Currie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2019 Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award
Organization of American Historians
Beth Lew-Williams, associate professor of history: 2019 Ellis W. Hawley Prize and 2019 Ray Allen Billington Prize
Ostrowski Foundation, University of Basel
Assaf Naor, professor of mathematics: 2019 Ostrowski Prize in Higher Mathematics
PEN America
Imani Perry, Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies: 2019 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Population Association of America
Sara McLanahan, William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs: 2019 Robert J. Lapham Award
Research and Development Council of New Jersey
Christopher L. Eisgruber, president of the University; Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the University Center for Human Values: 2019 Educator of the Year
Robert Prud’homme, professor of chemical and biological engineering: 2018 Edison Patent Award
Royal Society
Peter Sarnak, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics: 2019 Sylvester Medal
Royal Society of Chemistry
David MacMillan, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry: 2019 Centenary Prize
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
P. James Peebles, Albert Einstein Professor of Science, Emeritus; professor of physics, emeritus: 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
Schering Stiftung
Bonnie Bassler, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology: 2018 Ernst Schering Prize
Semiconductor Research Corporation
Margaret Martonosi, Hugh Trumbull Adams ’35 Professor of Computer Science: 2019 Aristotle Award
Sigma Xi
Daniel Rubenstein, Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology; professor of ecology and evolutionary biology: 2018 John P. McGovern Science and Society Award
Simons Foundation
Amitava Bhattacharjee, professor of astrophysical sciences: 2018 Mathematical and Physical Sciences Award
Society for Classical Studies
Harriet Flower, Andrew Fleming West Professor in Classics: 2018 Charles J. Goodwin Awards of Merit
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics – Dynamical Systems
Philip Holmes, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus: 2019 Jürgen Moser Lecture Award
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and ETH Zürich
Weinan E, professor of mathematics and applied and computational mathematics: 2019 Peter Henrici Prize
Society for Neuroscience
Sabine Kastner, professor of psychology and neuroscience: 2019 Award for Education in Neuroscience
United Kingdom
Jo Dunkley, professor of physics and astrophysical sciences: 2019 Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
University of California-Berkeley
Allan Sly, professor of mathematics: 2019 Line and Michel Loève International Prize in Probability
University of Pennsylvania Perry World House
Melissa Lee, assistant professor of politics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2019 Emerging Scholars Global Policy Prize
University of Texas-Austin
Neta Bahcall, Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy; and professor of astrophysical sciences: 2018 Antoinette de Vaucouleurs Medal
Western History Association
Beth Lew-Williams, associate professor of history: 2019 Sally and Ken Owens Award
Bavarian State Association
Jan-Werner Mueller, professor of politics: 2019 Bavarian Book Prize