Recipients of Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring
Each year, faculty members and instructors at the MIT School of Science receive prizes for excellence in teaching. In 2026, the Teaching Prizes were restructured to acknowledge early- and mid-career teaching excellence, in addition to an overall prize for teaching excellence that includes instructors and non-tenured instructors or lecturers.
| Name | Department | Category | Year Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Corradin | Biology | Award for Teaching Excellence | 2024-2025 |
| Julien Tailleur | Physics | Award for Mentorship and Advising | 2024-2025 |
| John Urschel | Mathematics | Award for Teaching Excellence | 2024-2025 |
| Henry Cohn | Mathematics | Undergraduate Teaching Prize | 2023-2024 |
| Barbara Imperiali | Biology and Chemistry | Undergraduate Teaching Prize | 2023-2024 |
| Ronald Raines | Chemistry | Undergraduate Teaching Prize | 2023-2024 |
| Roger Levy | Brain and Cognitive Sciences | Undergraduate Teaching Prize | 2022-2023 |
| Pulin Li | Biology | Undergraduate Teaching Prize | 2022-2023 |
| David McGee | Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences | Undergraduate Teaching Prize | 2022-2023 |
| Award not distributed due to Covid-19 pandemic. Please see our 2020 Covid-19 heroes awards. | |||
| Mehrdad Jazayeri | Brain and Cognitive Sciences | Graduate Teaching Prize | 2018-2019 |
| Hazel Sive | Biology | Undergraduate Teaching Prize | 2018-2019 |
| William Minicozzi | Mathematics | Undergraduate Teaching Prize | 2017-2018 |
| Ankur Moitra | Mathematics | Graduate Teaching Prize | 2017-2018 |
| Paul O’Gorman | Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences | Graduate Teaching Prize | 2017-2018 |
| Kerstin Perez | Physics | Undergraduate Teaching Prize | 2017-2018 |
| Jeremiah Johnson | Chemistry | Undergraduate Teaching Prize | 2016-2017 |
| Tracy Slatyer | Physics | Graduate Teaching Prize | 2016-2017 |