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On the history of the department, see Benjamin Bederson and H. Henry Stroke, History of the NYU Physics Department, 1831-2000 (Ashland: Bookmasters Inc., 2010), or their article "History of the New York University Physics Department," Physics in Perspective 13 (2011): 260-328.
Faculty and Postdocs
- 1920–1929: F. Wheeler Loomis
- 1920–1922: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1922–1929: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1925–1942: H. van Norman Hilberry
- 1925–1928: Instructor in Physics, Washington Square College
- 1928–1942: Instructor to Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
- 1926–1928: Robert Mulliken, Assistant Professor of Physics, Washington Square College
- 1929–1934: Gregory Breit, Professor of Physics
- 1933–1934: John Wheeler, NRC Fellow
- 1934–1972: Richard Courant
- 1934–1936: Visiting Professor
- 1936–1958: Professor of Mathematics
- 1958–1972: Emeritus Professor and Science Advisor
- 1937–1982: Kurt Friedrichs
- 1937–1939: Visiting Professor of Applied Mathematics
- 1939–1974: Associate Professor to Professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- 1974–1982: Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- 1938–1946: Eugene Feenberg, Assistant Professor of Physics, Washington Square College
- 1945–1946: Henry Primakoff, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1947–1959: Bernhard Haurwitz, Professor of Meteorology
- 1948–1986: Harold Grad
- 1948–1957: Associate Professsor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- 1957–1986: Professor of Mathematics
- 1950–1950: Elliott Montroll, Visiting Professor, Courant Institute
- 1950–2006: Larry Spruch
- 1950–1955: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1955–1961: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1961–1994: Professor of Physics
- 1994–2006: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1951–1968: Bruno Zumino
- 1951–1953: Research Associate in Physics
- 1953–1968: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1952–present: Benjamin Bederson
- 1952–1992: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1986–1989: Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science
- 1992–present: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1953–1957: Jürgen Moser
- 1953–1956: Research Associate
- 1956–1957: Assistant Professor
- 1955–1966: Howard Brenner, Instructor to Professor of Chemical Engineering
- 1956–1962: Robert Kraichnan
- 1956–1959: Member, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- 1959–1962: Senior Research Scientist
- 1960–1980: Jürgen Moser, Professor of Mathematics
- 1964–1969: Malvin Ruderman, Professor of Physics
- 1968–1974: James Glimm, Professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- 1971–1973: Harry Swinney, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1971–1974: Herman Cummins, Professor of Physics
- 1974–1975: Michael Aizenman, Visiting Member, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- 1980–1987: Thomas Spencer, Professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- 1982–1989: James Glimm, Professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- 1987–1990: Michael Aizenman, Professor of Physics and Member, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- 2004–present: Pierre Hohenberg
- 2004–2009: Senior Vice Provost for Research
- 2009–2010: Senior Vice Provost for Academic Policies
- 2010–present: Professor of Physics
- 2005–present: Paul Chaikin, Silver Professor of Physics, Center for Soft Condensed Matter Research
- 2007–present: Paul Horn
- 2007–present: Distinguished Scientist in Residence
- 2009–present: Senior Vice Provost for Research
- 2012–present: Steven Koonin, Director, Center for Urban Science and Progress
PhDs
- 1938: Henry Primakoff
- 1940: Theodore Holstein
- 1941: Clifford Shull
- 1943: John Simpson
- 1944: Frederick Reines
- 1948: Benjamin Bederson
- 1948: Harold Grad
- 1950: Ira Bernstein
- 1952: Martin Kruskal
- 1957: Howard Brenner
- 1958: Arthur Anderson
- 1972: Thomas Spencer
