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Applied Mathematics - Area Deans and Directors

Area Chair: Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Steven Gortler
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Elie Tamer
Director of Graduate Studies: Yiling Chen

Faculty of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Offering Instruction in Applied Mathematics

Ariel Amir, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Applied Physics
Demba Ba, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering (on leave Fall term)
Michael P. Brenner, Glover Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics and Professor of Physics
Yiling Chen, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Francis J. Doyle, John A. Paulson Dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Sean R. Eddy, Ellmore C. Patterson Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and of Applied Mathematics
Steven Gortler, Robert I. Goldman Professor of Computer Science
Doeke Hekstra
Robert D. Howe, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering
Sarah Iams, Lecturer on Applied Mathematics
Efthimios Kaxiras, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck Professor of Pure and Applied Physics
Zhiming Kuang, Gordon McKay Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science
Margo S. Levine, Lecturer on Applied Mathematics
Na Li, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics
Yue Lu, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan, Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and of Physics
David C. Parkes, George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science
Cengiz Pehlevan, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics
Sharad Ramanathan, Llura and Gordon Gund Professor of Neurosciences and Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics
James R. Rice, Mallinckrodt Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics
Christopher Rycroft, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics
Yaron Singer, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Madhu Sudan, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science (on leave Fall term)
Zhigang Suo, Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials (on leave Spring term)
Eli Tziperman, Pamela and Vasco McCoy, Jr. Professor of Oceanography and Applied Physics
Salil P. Vadhan, Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics; Harvard College Professor
Leslie G. Valiant, T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Xiaolin Wang, Lecturer on Applied Mathematics (Spring term)
Todd Zickler, William and Ami Kuan Danoff Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (on leave Spring term)

Additional Information

The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (www.seas.harvard.edu) offers undergraduate and graduate courses in Applied Computation, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Engineering Sciences. Engineering and Applied Sciences faculty also offer several courses in the section entitled Freshman Seminars, Extra-Departmental Courses, and House Seminars.