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Stanford Faculty

Stanford marine biologist Steve Palumbi works with PhD student Ka’ikuliumaikalani Kaholoa’a to identify key sites for collecting coral samples in Palau.

Stanford faculty are leaders in their fields with their accomplishments recognized across the disciplines. Faculty work closely with students and conduct groundbreaking research.

Today, Stanford has 2,402 members of the professoriate faculty. There are 745 members appointed to endowed professorships.

Stanford’s Fall 2025 community of scholars includes:

Nobel laureates

20

Nobel Prize winners since the university’s founding

36

MacArthur Fellows

34

National Humanities Medal recipients

6

Pulitzer Prize winners

4

National Medal of Science recipients

7

National Medal of Technology recipients

4

American Academy of Arts and Sciences members

325

National Academy of Science members

193

National Academy of Engineering members

114

National Academy of Medicine members

92

National Academy of Education members

29

American Philosophical Society members

47

Wolf Foundation Prize recipients

6

Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient

1

A.M. Turing Award winners while on faculty

7

Kavli Prize laureates

3

National Medal of Arts recipient

1