Applied Mathematics at Harvard University

22 faculty and 25 courses in Applied Mathematics at Harvard University.

Faculty

• David R. Nelson h-index 109
  Applied Mathematics Active Matter Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Applied Physics Biomaterials
  Notable: “Bond-orientational order in liquids and glasses” (1983) · 3,472 citations
• Katia Bertoldi h-index 86
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Applied Physics Materials Materials and Mechanical Engineering Materials
• Fiamma Straneo h-index 57
  Applied Mathematics Fluid Mechanics Environmental Science and Engineering Climate Change Climate Dynamics
  Notable: “BedMachine v3: Complete Bed Topography and Ocean Bathymetry Mapping of Greenland From Multibeam Echo Sounding Combined With Mass Conservation” (2017) · 1,071 citations
• John W. Hutchinson h-index 28
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Materials and Mechanical Engineering Solid Mechanics Related News John
  Notable: “The State of Practice in Model-Driven Engineering” (2013) · 360 citations
• Daniel Needleman
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Active Matter Applied Physics Biomaterials
• Eli Tziperman
  Applied Mathematics Fluid Mechanics Computational Science and Engineering Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems
• Frank N Keutsch
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Bioengineering Science and E
• Jennifer Lewis
  Applied Mathematics Fluid Mechanics Applied Physics Soft Matter Materials Bioengineering Cell
• Joanna Aizenberg
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Biomaterials Materials
• John H. Shaw
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Bioengineering Science and E
• Kaighin A McColl
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Environmental Science and Engineering Climate Change Climate Dynamics
• Le Xie
  Applied Mathematics Data Science Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech
  Notable: “Flexibility-aware framework for efficient planner-initiated siting of data center” (2026)
• Lene V. Hau
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Biophysics Photonics
• Markus Thomas Basan
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Applied Physics Soft Matter Materials and Mechanical Engineering Soft Matter
• Maxim Prigozhin
  Applied Mathematics Fluid Mechanics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Applied Physics Biomaterials
• Michael J. Aziz
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Materials Science and Engineering for ClimateTech
• Nick Trefethen
  Applied Mathematics Computational Science and Engineering Numerical Analysis Related News Lloyd Trefethen
• Robin Wordsworth
  Applied Mathematics Fluid Mechanics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Environmental Science and Engineering Climate Dynamics
• Vinothan N. Manoharan
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Materials Soft Matter
• William H. Bossert
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems A2A
• Zachary Schiffer
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Materials Science and Engineering for ClimateTech
• Zhigang Suo
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Applied Physics Materials Soft Matter

Courses

• Computing with Python for Scientists and Engineers APMTH 10
• Solving and Optimizing APMTH 22A
• Introduction to Applied Mathematics APMTH 50
• Supervised Reading and Research APMTH 91R
• Thesis Research APMTH 99R
• Statistical Inference for Scientists and Engineers APMTH 101
• Complex and Fourier Analysis with Applications to Art, Science and Engineering APMTH 104
• Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations APMTH 105
• Algebra for Models and Data APMTH 106
• Graph Theory and Combinatorics APMTH 107
• Nonlinear Dynamical Systems APMTH 108
• Introduction to PDEs and their Applications APMTH 109
• Introduction to Scientific Computing APMTH 111
• Mathematical Modeling APMTH 115
• Applied Linear Algebra and Big Data APMTH 120
• Introduction to Optimization: Models and Methods APMTH 121
• Physical Mathematics I APMTH 201
• Advanced Scientific Computing: Numerical Methods APMTH 205
• Stochastic Methods in Artificial Intelligence APMTH 207
• Mathematical Modeling for Computational Science APMTH 215
• Geometric Methods for Machine Learning APMTH 220
• Active Matter APMTH 230
• Decision Theory APMTH 231
• Special Topics in Applied Mathematics APMTH 299R
• + 1 more courses

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.