Faculty excellence

The Arizona State University faculty is at the forefront nationally in advancing research and discovery. Our more than 5,000 faculty members inspire new ways of thinking, innovating and solving problems socially, culturally and economically in our region and in the international community.

We aspire to create an accessible academic experience and attract faculty not bound by traditional disciplinary distinctions, but who embrace an inclusive, collaborative and entrepreneurial environment defined by excellence and impact.

Faculty excellence spotlight

Stephen Doig

Pulitzer Prize winner

Stephen Doig received a Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal in 1993 for “What went Wrong,” a study of the damage patterns from Hurricane Andrew that showed how weakened building codes and poor construction practices contributed to the extent of the disaster.

Nancy Grimm

National Academy of Sciences member

Nancy Grimm studies the interaction of climate variation and change, human activities and ecosystems. She directed the Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research program, a pioneering interdisciplinary study of the Phoenix metropolitan region, for nearly two decades.

Sarah T. Stewart

MacArthur Fellow

Stewart advances new theories about how celestial collisions give birth to planets and their satellites, such as the Earth and the Moon, using shock physics experiments on natural materials, theoretical models and computational simulations.

Frank Wilczek

MacArthur Fellow, National Academy of Sciences member, Nobel laureate

Frank Wilczek shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with David Gross and H. David Politzer for their discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction.