Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

41 faculty and 34 courses in Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Faculty

• Martin Bazant, E.G. Roos Professor, Professor of Applied Mathematics h-index 93
• Steven Johnson, Professor of Applied Mathematics h-index 90
• Martin Wainwright, Cecil H. Green Professor, Professor of Mathematics h-index 84
• Ju-Lee Kim, Professor of Mathematics h-index 60
• Elchanan Mossel, Professor of Mathematics h-index 53
• Pavel Etingof, David W. Skinner Professor, Professor of Mathematics h-index 50
  Primarily in studies which intersect representation theory and mathematical physics, such as quantum groups. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Selecta Mathematica and served as the chief editor of the Journal of the AMS from 2
• Alan Edelman, Professor of Applied Mathematics h-index 46
• David Jerison, Professor of Mathematics h-index 38
• Scott Sheffield, Leighton Family Professor, Professor of Mathematics h-index 34
• Bjorn Poonen, Distinguished Professor in Science h-index 34
  Es on number theory and algebraic geometry; in particular, he is interested in developing methods for determining the rational number solutions to multivariable polynomial equations, but also interested in proving that certain problems are
• Ankur Moitra, Norbert Wiener Professor, Director of Statistics Center h-index 33
• Gigliola Staffilani, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor h-index 31
• William Minicozzi, Singer Professor, Associate Department Head h-index 31
• Paul Seidel, Professor of Mathematics h-index 27
• Laurent Demanet, Professor of Applied Mathematics h-index 26
• Philippe Rigollet, Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor h-index 26
  Span a wide range of mathematical topics, particularly those emerging from the fields of statistics, data science, and artificial intelligence. Currently, he focuses on statistical optimal transport and the mathematical foundations of Trans
• Shafi Goldwasser, Leighton Family Professor, Professor of Mathematics h-index 19
• Semyon Dyatlov, Professor of Mathematics h-index 16
• Zhiwei Yun, Professor of Mathematics h-index 16
• Jörn Dunkel, MathWorks Professor, Professor of Mathematics h-index 12
  Es on studying self-organization processes in complex biological and physical systems, from bacterial biofilms and embryonic tissues to brain dynamics and global trade networks. To this end, his group is developing and investigating mathema
• Aleksandr Logunov, Professor of Mathematics
• Alexander Postnikov, Professor of Applied Mathematics
  In enumerative and algebraic combinatorics. His distinctions include selection of MIT's Solomon Buchsbaum AT&T research fund, 2002, the Sloan fellowship, 2003, an NSF Career Award, 2005, and the Department's Edmund F. Kelly research awa
• Alexei Borodin, Barton L. Weller Professor, Professor of Mathematics
• Anette Hosoi, Pappalardo Professor, Professor of Applied Mathematics
• Bonnie Berger, Simons Professor, Professor of Applied Mathematics
• Davesh Maulik, Levinson Professor, Professor of Mathematics
• Henry Cohn, Professor of Mathematics
• John Bush, Professor of Applied Mathematics
• Jonathan Kelner, Professor of Applied Mathematics
• Larry Guth, Claude E. Shannon Professor, Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow
  In metric geometry, harmonic analysis, and extremal combinatorics. Metric geometry means the study of inequalities involving lengths, areas, and volumes. Some main examples are isoperimetric inequalities and systolic inequalities. The s
• Michael Sipser, Donner Professor, Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow
  In algorithms and complexity theory, specifically efficient error correcting codes, interactive proof systems, randomness, quantum computation, and establishing the inherent computational difficulty of problems. He is the author of the
• Michel Goemans, RSA Professor, Department Head
• Nike Sun, Professor of Mathematics
• Pablo Parrilo, Keithley Professor, Professor of Applied Mathematics
• Peter Shor, Henry Adams Morss Professor, Professor of Applied Mathematics
• Roman Bezrukavnikov, Norbert Wiener Professor, Professor of Mathematics
• Tobias Holck Colding, Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor
• Tom Leighton, Professor of Applied Mathematics
• Tomasz Mrowka, Professor of Mathematics
  Focus on problems in differential geometry and gauge theory. He chaired the Graduate Student Committee 1999-02, and chaired the Pure Mathematics Committee, 2004-15. From he served as Department Head. A prior Sloan fellow and Young
• Victor Kac, Professor of Mathematics
• Wei Zhang, Professor of Mathematics

Courses

• Calculus 18.01
• Differential Equations 18.03
• System Functions and the Laplace Transform 18.031
• Complex Variables with Applications 18.04
• Introduction to Probability and Statistics 18.05
• Linear Algebra 18.06
• Mathematics for Computer Science 18.062[J]
• Review of Mathematics 18.089
• Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning 18.090
• Introduction to Metric Spaces 18.091
• Mathematics Lecture Series 18.095
• Real Analysis 18.100A
• Analysis and Manifolds 18.101
• Introduction to Functional Analysis 18.102
• Fourier Analysis: Theory and Applications 18.103
• Seminar in Analysis 18.104
• Functions of a Complex Variable 18.112
• Riemann Surfaces 18.116
• Topics in Several Complex Variables 18.117
• Topics in Analysis 18.118
• Measure Theory and Analysis 18.125
• Topics in Geometric Partial Differential Equations 18.137
• Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering 18.094[J]
• Internship in Mathematics 18.098
• Independent Study 18.099
• + 9 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.