Following is a partial list of notable faculty (either past, present or visiting) of New York University. As of 2014, among NYU's past and present faculty, there are at least 159 Guggenheim Fellows, seven Lasker Award winners, and 200 elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Nobel laureates Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference Oskar Morgenstern professor, 1997 2005 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics professor 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature professor 1956–1968 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine fellow, New York Institute for the Humanities 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature professor 1999– 2003 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics lecturer 1913–1914 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature associate adjunct professor 1972 2000 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics adjunct professor 1998– 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry MED 1955, M.D.; Associate Professor 1965–74 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine professor, 1940 1975 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics professor 1975–1999 1973 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics professor 1940–1961 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine professor 1946–1952, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, 1960–1961, NYU Courant Institute 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry professor 1926–1928 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry visiting professor 1974 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics professor 1942–1974 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine professor 1978–1979 2006 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics Shinsei visiting professor 2005– 2004 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics professor 2010–2024 2018 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics visiting professor 1970 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics professor 2002– 2011 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics Scholar-in-Residence 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature professor 2010– 2001 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics

Nobel laureates Daniel Kahneman, Myron Scholes and Robert A. Mundell gave lectures at New York University Tandon School of Engineering as part of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering Lynford Lecture Series.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Susan C. Antón, professor at the College of Arts and Science K. Anthony Appiah, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Rachel E. Barkow, professor at School of Law Gérard Ben Arous, professor at Courant Thomas Bender, professor emeritus at Graduate School of Arts and Science Marsha Berger, professor at Courant John Brademas, president emeritus Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Jeff Cheeger, professor at Courant Percy Deift, professor at Courant Paul DiMaggio, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science George W. Downs, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Paula England, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Miranda Fricker, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science David W. Garland, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Linda Gordon, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Leslie Greengard, professor at Courant, Tandon School of Engineering Jonathan Haidt, professor at Stern School of Business Andrew D. Hamilton, president emeritus, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Russell Hardin, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Stephen Taylor Holmes, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Jennifer Homans, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Michael Hout, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Perri Klass, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Yusef Komunyakaa, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Steven Koonin, professor at Tandon School of Engineering Peter Lax, professor at Courant Fang-Hua Lin, professor at Courant Beatrice Longuenesse, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Rudolph Marcus, professor at Tandon School of Engineering James McBride, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Henry McKean, professor at Courant Cathleen Morawetz, professor at Courant Trevor Morrison, professor at School of Law Samuel Morse, professor at Tandon School of Engineering, Graduate School of Arts and Science Fred Moten, professor at Tisch School Charles Newman, professor at Courant Louis Nirenberg, professor at Courant Charles Peskin, professor at Courant Adam Przeworski, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Claudia Rankine, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Debraj Ray, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Renato Rosaldo, professor emeritus at Graduate School of Arts and Science Eero Simoncelli, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science K. R. Sreenivasan, professor at Courant, Tandon School of Engineering, Graduate School of Arts and Science David Stasavage, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Thomas J. Sugrue, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Jeremy Waldron, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Barbara Weinstein, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Deborah Willis, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science and Tisch School Margaret Wright, professor at Courant Lai-Sang Young, professor at Courant

Members of the National Academy of Sciences

Members of the National Academy of Engineering

Guggenheim Fellows Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference professor, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Guggenheim Fellow professor, NYU Courant Institute Guggenheim Fellow professor, NYU Courant Institute Guggenheim Fellow professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Guggenheim Fellow professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Guggenheim Fellow professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Guggenheim Fellow professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Guggenheim Fellow professor, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Guggenheim Fellow professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Guggenheim Fellow professor, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Guggenheim Fellow professor, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Guggenheim Fellow professor 1964–1991, NYU School of Medicine received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1934 and 1936 professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Guggenheim Fellow professor, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Guggenheim Fellow professor, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Guggenheim Fellow professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Guggenheim Fellow professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Guggenheim Fellow professor, NYU Courant Institute Guggenheim Fellow professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Guggenheim Fellow professor at NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Guggenheim Fellow (2006) professor, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Guggenheim Fellow professor at NYU Courant Institute and NYU Tandon School of Engineering Guggenheim Fellow professor, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science Guggenheim Fellow; winner of National Book Critics Circle Award professor at NYU Florence Guggenheim Fellow (1967) professor 1963–1965, NYU Courant Institute, 1965–1973, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Guggenheim Fellow (1979) professor, NYU Courant Institute Guggenheim Fellow

MacArthur Fellows Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference Anthony G. Amsterdam professor of Law 1989 MacArthur Fellow Berg Professor of English 1985 MacArthur Fellow Gregory Chudnovsky professor of Mathematics 1986 MacArthur Fellow professor of Art History 1996 MacArthur Fellow Nicole Fleetwood professor of Media, Culture and Communication 2021 MacArthur Fellow Faye D. Ginsburg professor of Anthropology 1994 MacArthur Fellow Terrance Hayes professor of Creative Writing 2014 MacArthur Fellow Fritz John professor of Mathematics 1984 MacArthur Fellow Subhash Khot professor at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences 2014 MacArthur Fellow professor of Creative Writing 1984 MacArthur Fellow Sylvia A. Law professor of Law, Medicine, and Psychiatry 1983 MacArthur Fellow professor of History 1999 MacArthur Fellow Julie Livingston professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and History 2013 MacArthur Fellow Ruth Watson Lubic adjunct professor 1993 MacArthur Fellow Paule Marshall professor of English 1992 MacArthur Fellow Deborah Meier research scholar, Steinhardt 1987 MacArthur Fellow Fred Moten professor of Performance Studies and Comparative Literature 2020 MacArthur Fellow GSAS 1956, PhD; professor of music 1974 MacArthur Fellow professor of Mathematics 1983 MacArthur Fellow Claudia Rankine professor of Creative Writing 2016 MacArthur Fellow Robert Shapley professor of Neurology 1986 MacArthur Fellow professor of Performance Studies 1996 MacArthur Fellow Bryan Stevenson professor of Law 1995 MacArthur Fellow professor of Photography and Social and Cultural Analysis 2000 MacArthur Fellow Julia Wolfe professor at Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development 2016 MacArthur Fellow Rita P. Wright professor of Anthropology 1988 MacArthur Fellow Horng-Tzer Yau professor of Mathematics 2000 MacArthur Fellow

Rhodes Scholars John Brademas, professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science Sujit Choudhry, professor at School of Law; dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law; associate dean of the University of Toronto Peter Blair Henry, professor at Stern School of Business James McNaughton Hester, former professor and dean of both undergraduate and graduate schools of arts and science at NYU; 11th president of NYU

National Medals for Science, Technology and Innovation, Arts and Humanities recipients Name Relation to NYU Notability Reference professor at NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science 1967 National Medal of Science recipient professor at NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science 1968 National Medal of Science recipient professor 1987 National Medal of Technology recipient professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts 1996 National Medal of Arts recipient professor 1938–1974 at NYU Courant Institute 1976 National Medal of Science recipient professor at NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science 2015 National Humanities Medal recipient professor 1964–1991 at NYU School of Medicine 1967 National Medal of Science recipient professor at NYU Courant Institute 1988 National Medal of Science recipient professor at NYU Courant Institute 1986 National Medal of Science recipient professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering 1989 National Medal of Science recipient professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering 1979 National Medal of Science recipient professor at NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science 2016 National Humanities Medal recipient professor at NYU Courant Institute 1998 National Medal of Science recipient professor at NYU Courant Institute 1995 National Medal of Science recipient professor 1942–1974 at NYU School of Medicine 1979 National Medal of Science recipient professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts 2013 National Humanities Medal recipient professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering 1999 National Medal of Technology recipient professor at NYU Courant Institute 2010 National Medal of Science recipient professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering 1987 National Medal of Science recipient

Abel Prize recipients

Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, professor at Courant Peter Lax, professor at Courant Louis Nirenberg, professor at Courant S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan, professor at Courant

College of Arts and Science (undergraduate and graduate)