Teaching prize recipients
Each year, faculty members and instructors at the MIT School of Science receive prizes for excellence in teaching. Please nominate an outstanding professor for undergraduate or graduate teaching by Friday, June 16, 2023 . We are accepting nominations for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years!
Graduate Teaching Prize
Undergraduate Teaching Prize
Name Department Year TBA TBA 2022-2023 TBA TBA 2021-2022 Award not distributed due to Covid-19 pandemic. Please see our 2020 Covid-19 heroes awards . Hazel Sive Biology 2018-2019 William Minicozzi Mathematics 2017-2018 Kerstin Perez Physics 2017-2018 Jeremiah Johnson Chemistry 2016-2017 Michale Fee Brain and Cognitive Sciences 2015-2016 Eric Lander Biology 2014-2015 Bjorn Poonen Mathematics 2013-2014 Timothy Jamison Chemistry 2012-2013 Jonathan Kelner Mathematics 2011-2012 Nergis Mavalvala Physics 2011-2012 No prize awarded. N/A 2010-2011 Rebecca Saxe Brain and Cognitive Sciences 2009-2010 Xiao-Gang Wen Physics 2009-2010 Michael Yaffe Biology 2009-2010 John McGreevy Physics 2008-2009 Allan Adams Physics 2008-2009 No prize awarded. N/A 2007-2008 Angelika Amon Biology 2006-2007 Aude Oliva Brain and Cognitive Sciences 2006-2007 Laura Schulz Brain and Cognitive Sciences 2006-2007 Stephen Bell Biology 2005-2006 Denis Auroux Mathematics 2005-2006 Scott Hughes Physics 2005-2006 Dan Nocera Chemistry 2004-2005 James DiCarlo Brain and Cognitive Sciences 2004-2005 Christopher Moore Brain and Cognitive Sciences 2004-2005 Sonal Jhaveri Brain and Cognitive Sciences 2004-2005 No prize awarded. N/A 2003-2004 Barton Zwiebach Physics 2002-2003 Barbara Imperiali Chemistry 2001-2002 Steve Pinker Brain and Cognitive Sciences 2000-2001 Tania Baker Biology 1999-2000 Gregory Fu Chemistry 1999-2000 Alan Guth Physics 1998-1999 Rick Danheiser Chemistry 1997-1998 Tomas Arias Physics 1996-1997 John Essigmann Chemistry 1995-1996 Mike Artin Mathematics 1994-1995 Sylvia Ceyer Chemistry 1994-1995 Thomas Greytak Physics 1993-1994 Wit Busza Physics 1992-1993 Hartley Rogers Mathematics 1992-1993 John King Physics 1991-1992 Richard Mulligan Biology 1991-1992 David Housman Biology 1991-1992 Frederick D. Greene Chemistry 1990-1991 George W. Clark Physics 1990-1991 John B. Southard Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences 1989-1990 Ali Nadim Mathematics 1989-1990 Anthony French Physics 1988-1989 Arthur Mattuck Mathematics 1988-1989 Daniel S. Kemp Chemistry 1987-1988 Alar Toomre Mathematics 1986-1987 Mark Wrighton Chemistry 1986-1987 Robert J. Silbey Chemistry 1985-1986 Monty Krieger Biology 1984-1985 Walter Lewin Physics 1983-1984 James Munkres Mathematics 1983-1984 Robert Jaffe Physics 1982-1983 Frank Solomon Biology 1982-1983