MacArthur Fellows

Douglas D. Osheroff (BS '67), June 1981, Physics
Stephen Wolfram (PhD '79), June 1981, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Paul G. Richards (PhD '70), December 1981, Earth Sciences
George Zweig (PhD '63), December 1981, Neuroscience and Neurobiology, Physics
Bradley Efron (BS '60), February 1983, Mathematics, Statistics, and Probability
Mark S. Wrighton (PhD '72), February 1983, Chemistry
*John J. Hopfield, August 1983, Physics
James E. Gunn (PhD '66), August 1983, Astrophysics and Astronomy
Matthew Meselson (PhD '57), March 1984, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Peace and International Security
†Ira Herskowitz (BS '67), 1987, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Michael C. Malin (PhD '76), 1987, Earth Sciences, Astrophysics and Astronomy
*John H. Schwarz, 1987, Physics
Charles Archambeau (PhD '65), 1988, Physics, Earth Sciences
Raymond Jeanloz (PhD '79), 1988, Earth Sciences

*Jacqueline K. Barton, 1991, Chemistry
†James A. Westphal, 1991, Astrophysics and Astronomy
Sharon R. Long (BS '73), 1992, Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Plant Sciences and Forestry/Forest Science
Jack Wisdom (PhD '81), 1994, Physics
Susan W. Kieffer (PhD '71), 1995, Earth Sciences
J. Roger Angel (MS '66), 1996, Astrophysics and Astronomy
Peter W. Shor (BS '81), 1999, Mathematics, Statistics, and Probability, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

* in residence
† deceased

Hideo Mabuchi (PhD '98), 2000, Physics
*Erik Winfree (PhD '98), 2000, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biotechnology
*Michael H. Dickinson, 2001, Bioengineering and Biotechnology
*Charles C. Steidel (PhD '90), 2002, Astrophysics and Astronomy
*Paul O. Wennberg, 2002, Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences, and Meteorology
*Michael Elowitz, 2007, Genetics and Molecular Biology
*Paul Rothemund (BS '94), 2007, Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
*Alexei Kitaev, 2008, Physics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, and Probability
Rachel Wilson (Postdoc '01–'04), 2008, Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Theodore Zoli (MS '89), 2009, Civil and Environmental Engineering

*John Dabiri (PhD '05), 2010, Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Nergis Mavalvala (Postdoc '97–'02), 2010, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Physics
Melanie Sanford (PhD '01), 2011, Chemistry
*Sarkis Mazmanian, 2012, Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Elissa Hallem (Postdoc '05–'10), 2012, Neuroscience and Neurobiology
C. Kevin Boyce (BS '95), 2013, Ecology and Evolutionary/Environmental Biology, Paleontology
William Dichtel (Postdoc '05–'08), 2015, Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering
*Dianne Newman, 2016, Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology, Ecology and Evolutionary/Environmental Biology, Earth Sciences
*Victoria Orphan, 2016, Ecology and Evolutionary/Environmental Biology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences, and Meteorology
Sarah T. Stewart (PhD '02), 2018, Astrophysics and Astronomy
*Doris Tsao (BS '96), 2018, Neuroscience and Neurobiology