People
Listing of SEAS faculty and researchers by name and area
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- Emeritus and Research Professors
- Senior Research Fellows
- Research Associates
- New Faculty Appointments
For a University-wide listing of faculty, staff, and students, please use the Harvard Online Directory.
Quick Stats
Ladder Faculty
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Tenured: 62/49 FTE
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Associate: 6/6 FTE
- Assistant: 15/13 FTE
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Total: 83/68 FTE
- Total Participating: Over 100 (from areas including physics, chemistry, business, and biology)
Non-Ladder Faculty
- Professor of the Practice: 1.75 FTE
- Sr. Lecturer: .2 FTE
- Lecturer: 1.75 FTE
- Total: 11/3.7 FTE
Joint Appointments
- Astronomy: 1
- Chemistry and Chemical Biology: 3
- Earth and Planetary Sciences: 10
- Molecular and Cellular Biology: 4
- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology: 2
- Physics: 13
- Kennedy School: 2
- Medical School: 1
- Public Health: 1
Diversity
- Tenured Women: 11%
- Non-Tenured Women: 25%
- Tenured Asian/Minority: 20%/0%
- Non-Tenured Asian/Minority: 25%/13%
Researchers (all areas)
- Postdoctoral Fellows: 131
- Research Appointees: 130
- Research Staff: 35
Select Awards
- Harvard College Professorships (Lewis, Mazur, Shieber, Seltzer)
- MacArthur Award (Hau, Mahadevan, Schrag)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (Mahadevan, Tarokh)
- King Faisal Award (Capasso)
- George Ledlie Prize (Brenner, Hau, Mahadevan)
- Technology Review TR 35 Innovators List (Ham, Tarokh, Wood)
- Turing Award (Rabin, Valiant)
- Dan David Prize (Rabin)
- Nevanlinna Prize (Valiant)
- Nobel Prize (Bloembergen, Van Vleck (deceased))
- IMU Nevanlinna Prize (Valiant)
Academies
- 15 members, including those in administrative positions, of the National Academy of Engineering (with 20 total memberships across the entire University)
- 9 members of the National Academy of Sciences
- 21 members of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- We
also have faculty who are members of the American Philosophical Society;
fellows of the Royal Society; and members of the French Academy of
Sciences
Impact
Harvard ranked # 1 in Mechanical Engineering; # 1 in Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; # 5 in Mathematics; # 3 in AI, Robotics, and Auto Control (Science Watch, most recent data)
Harvard ranked # 7 in Theoretical Computer Science
In terms of citation impact, Harvard ranked second nationally in the category of Engineering and Computer Science in a 2002 analysis by ISI (for 1998-2002 data; most recent)

