Applied Mathematics at Harvard University

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

Faculty

• Zhigang Suo h-index 145
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Applied Physics Materials Soft Matter
• Joanna Aizenberg h-index 132
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Biomaterials Materials
• Katia Bertoldi h-index 86
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Applied Physics Materials Materials and Mechanical Engineering Materials
• Frank N Keutsch h-index 69
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Bioengineering Science and E
• John W. Hutchinson h-index 67
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Materials and Mechanical Engineering Solid Mechanics Related News John
• David R. Nelson h-index 62
  Applied Mathematics Active Matter Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Applied Physics Biomaterials
• Eli Tziperman h-index 55
  Applied Mathematics Fluid Mechanics Computational Science and Engineering Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems
• John H. Shaw h-index 48
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Bioengineering Science and E
• Daniel Needleman h-index 39
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Active Matter Applied Physics Biomaterials
• Le Xie h-index 22
  Applied Mathematics Data Science Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech
• Markus Thomas Basan h-index 19
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Applied Physics Soft Matter Materials and Mechanical Engineering Soft Matter
• Maxim Prigozhin h-index 12
  Applied Mathematics Fluid Mechanics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Applied Physics Biomaterials
• Zachary Schiffer h-index 11
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Materials Science and Engineering for ClimateTech
• Fiamma Straneo
  Applied Mathematics Fluid Mechanics Environmental Science and Engineering Climate Change Climate Dynamics
• Jennifer Lewis
  Applied Mathematics Fluid Mechanics Applied Physics Soft Matter Materials Bioengineering Cell
• Kaighin A McColl
  Applied Mathematics Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems Environmental Science and Engineering Climate Change Climate Dynamics
• Lene V. Hau
  Applied Mathematics Science and Engineering for ClimateTech Applied Physics Biophysics Photonics
• 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

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 2026-07-01.