Science and Technology
- Robert McCormick Adams (Ph.B. 1947, A.M. 1952, Ph.D. 1956) - Archeologist. Secretary Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution.
- Abhay Ashtekar (Ph.D. 1974) - Pioneer in the field of loop quantum gravity.
- Zonia Baber - Geographer and geologist
- John N. Bahcall (S.M. 1957) - Known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem and the development of the Hubble Space Telescope, and for his leadership and development of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
- Robert Bell (S.M. 1973) - Research Scientist at AT&T Research Labs and AT&T Science and Technology Medalist (2003).
- Ralph Buchsbaum (Ph.D. 1938) - Invertebrate zoologist.
- William Cottrell (A.B. 2002) - Former Ph.D. candidate at the California Institute of Technology, described by scientists as a "genius", convicted in April 2005 of conspiracy to arson of 8 sport utility vehicles and a Hummer dealership in the name of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF).
- George Cowan (Ph.D. 1940) - Scientist of the Manhattan Project, founder of the Santa Fe Institute.
- Harmon Craig (Ph.D. 1951) - Winner of Balzan Prize, the first in geochemistry. Pioneer in Earth sciences.
- Savas Dimopoulos (Ph.D. 1978) - Theoretical physicist at Stanford. With Howard Georgi, he formulated the supersymmetric extension to the Standard Model, the leading theory for particle physics beyond the Standard Model.
- Frank Edwin Egler (S.B. 1932) - Plant ecologist. Winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1955.
- Larry Ellison (X.) - Co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major database software company.
- Robert Floyd (A.B. 1953, S.B. 1958) - Computer scientist. Turing Award winner.
- T. Theodore Fujita (S.B. 1953) - Influential meteorologist. Developed the Fujita scale for measuring tornadoes.
- Gerald Gabrielse (Ph.D. 1980) - Professor of Physics at Harvard. Known for his techniques of creating antimatter.
- Martin Gardner (A.B. 1936) - Author and columnist of "Mathematical Games" in the magazine Scientific American.
- Piara Singh Gill (Ph.D. 1940) - Physicist. Pioneer in cosmic ray nuclear physics.
- Mack Gipson, Jr. (S.M. 1961, Ph.D. 1963) - First African-American to obtain a Ph.D. in Geology. Founding advisor of the NABGG in 1981; consultant to NASA.
- Warren E. Henry (Ph.D. 1941) - Physicist and professor; developed video amplifiers used in portable radar systems on warships during World War II.
- Seymour L. Hess (Ph.D. 1950) - Meteorologist and planetary scientist who designed the weather instruments for the Viking 1.
- Edwin Hubble (S.B. 1910, Ph.D. 1917) - Astronomer who found the first evidence for the big bang theory.
- Donald Johanson (A.M. 1970, Ph.D. 1974) - Paleoanthropologist who discovered "Lucy", a link between primates and humans.
- Jason Jones (X. 1997) - Co-founder of Bungie Studios, the company behind Halo.
- Ernest Everett Just (Ph.D. 1916) - Noted zoologist, biologist, physiologist, and research scientist.
- Robert Kowalski - Eminent computer scientist in the field of logic programming.
- Martin Kruskal (S.B. 1945) - Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Famous for starting the soliton revolution in Mathematics. Made a number of important advances, including Kruskal-Shafranov Instability, Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal (BGK) Modes and the MHD Energy Principle, which laid the theoretical foundations of controlled nuclear fusion, and the Kruskal coordinates in the theory of relativity.
- Stephen Lee (Ph.D. 1986) - Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. MacArthur Fellow.
- George Willard Martin - Mycologist and professor at the University of Iowa
- Lynn Margulis (A.B. 1957) - Distinguished professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Contributed to development of Gaia theory.
- Stanley Miller (Ph.D. 1954) - Performed the classic Miller-Urey experiment on the origin of life in collaboration with Harold Urey in 1953.
- William Wilson Morgan (S.B. 1927, Ph.D. 1931) - Astronomer who co-developed the MK system for the classification of stars, as well as classification systems for galaxies and clusters. Director of Yerkes Observatory.
- Donald Osterbrock (A.B., Ph.D.) Leading astrophysicist known for his contributions to the body of knowledge on interstellar matter, gaseous nebulae, and the nuclei of active galaxies. President of American Astronomical Society. Director of Lick Observatory.
- Fushih Pan, (M.D. 1986, Ph. D. 1989)- Plastic Surgeon, Developer of the MIRA Procedure
- Jeannette Piccard (S.M. 1919) - Balloon aeronaut, speaker for NASA, teacher, scientist and Episcopal priest
- Raymond R. Rogers (Ph.D. 1995) - geology professor
- Carl Sagan (A.B. 1954, S.B. 1955, S.M. 1956, Ph.D. 1960) - Noted astronomer. Author of Contact. Pulitzer Prize winner.
- John T. Scopes (X. 1931) - Proponent of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution that led to the Scopes Trial and the inspiration for the play and film Inherit the Wind.
- Alex Seropian (S.B. 1991) - Co-founder of Bungie Studios, the company behind Halo.
- David Suzuki (Ph.D. 1961) - Chair of the David Suzuki Foundation. Award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster.
- Sherry Turkle (attended Committee on Social Thought, 1971) - Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Richard Wassersug (Ph.D. 1973) Professor of anatomy at Dalhousie University.
- George Wetherill (Ph.B. 1948, S.M. 1949, S.M. 1951, Ph.D. 1953) - National Medal of Science winner. Known for his seminal work on the formation of planets and the solar system
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