Faculty and Staff

The MIT faculty instructs undergraduate and graduate students, and engages in research. There are 1,009 faculty members (professors of all ranks), including 198 women. Minority group representation among faculty members includes American Indian or Alaskan Native (one woman and two men), Black (10 women and 25 men), Hispanic (two women and 27 men), and Asian (28 women and 97 men); some faculty are members of more than one group. As of October 2008, the Institute's total teaching staff includes:

Professors		650
Associate professors		213
Assistant professors		146
Senior lecturers, lecturers, and professors emeriti		544
Instructors (including technical instructors)		148
Professors of the practice and adjunct faculty		24

MIT employs about 11,500 individuals on campus. In addition to faculty, there are research, library, and administrative staff, as well as many others who—directly or indirectly—support the teaching and research goals of the Institute.

Sixty-six current faculty and staff members belong to the National Academy of Engineering, 78 to the National Academy of Sciences, 30 to the Institute of Medicine, and 145 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.*

Seventy-three present and former members of the MIT community have won the Nobel Prize, including seven current faculty members: H. Robert Horvitz, medicine/physiology (2002); Wolfgang Ketterle, physics (2001); Richard R. Schrock, chemistry (2005); Phillip A. Sharp, medicine/physiology (1993); Samuel C. C. Ting, physics (1976); Susumu Tonegawa, medicine/physiology (1987); and Frank Wilczek, physics (2004).

Thirty-two current and former members of the MIT faculty have received the National Medal of Science. Current faculty medalists are Ann M. Graybiel (2001), Robert S. Langer (2006), Stephen J. Lippard (2004), Alexander Rich (1995), Phillip A. Sharp (2004), Isadore M. Singer (1983), and Robert A. Weinberg (1997). One current and one emeritus faculty member have been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation: Jay W. Forrester (1989) and Charles M. Vest (2006).

Three former members of the MIT faculty have been awarded the Kyoto Prize: Noam A. Chomsky (1988), John McCarthy (1988), and George M. Whitesides (2003). Six current and former members of the MIT faculty and staff have been awarded the Japan Prize: Tim Berners-Lee (2002), John B. Goodenough (2001), Robert E. Kahn (2008), Marvin L. Minsky (1990), Wesley W. Peterson (1999), and Frank Press (1993).

There are 81 Guggenheim Fellows, seven Fulbright Scholars, and 21 MacArthur Fellows among current MIT faculty and staff. The MacArthur Fellows are Angela Belcher, Tim Berners-Lee, Erik D. Demaine, Linda G. Griffith, John H. Harbison, Eric Lander, Harlan Lane, Heather N. Lechtman, Vamsi Mootha, John A. Ochsendorf, David C. Page, Michael J. Piore, Daniela L. Rus, Peter W. Shor, Amy B. Smith, Marin Soljačić, Richard M. Stallman, Alar Toomre, Frank Wilczek, Jack Wisdom, and George Zweig.

The title of Institute Professor is the highest honor awarded by the faculty and administration at MIT. The current Institute Professors are Emilio Bizzi, John M. Deutch, Peter Diamond, Ann M. Graybiel, John H. Harbison, Robert S. Langer, Barbara Liskov, John D. C. Little, Thomas Magnanti, Joel Moses, Phillip A. Sharp, Isadore M. Singer, Daniel I. C. Wang, and Sheila Widnall. Institute Professors Emeriti are Noam A. Chomsky, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Jerome I. Friedman, Morris Halle, Chia-Chiao Lin, Mario J. Molina, Paul A. Samuelson, Nevin Stewart Scrimshaw, Robert M. Solow, and John S. Waugh.

* This listing of honors and awards is updated as changes occur.