Princeton Weekly Bulletin April 26, 1999
Board appoints assistant professors
Faculty reappointments | Trustees reappoint administrator | Resignations
At their April 10 meeting, the trustees named eight assistant professors to the faculty.
In the Woodrow Wilson School and Politics, Gary Bass is interested in international relations. He has 1992 AB, 1995 AM and 1998 PhD degrees from Harvard University, where he has been a lecturer this year.
In Physics, Steven Gubser's field of specialization is particle theory. He is a 1994 graduate of Princeton, where he also earned his 1996 MA and 1998 PhD. He has been a junior fellow at Harvard University.
In East Asian Studies, Christine Marran studies modern Japanese literature and film. She received a 1986 AB from Whitman College and 1993 MA and 1998 PhD degrees from the University of Washington.
In Geosciences, Satish Myneni works in the field of environmental geochemistry. A 1985 graduate of Osmania University, India, he received his 1987 MSc and 1989 MTech degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, and a 1995 PhD from Ohio State University. Since 1995 he has been a postdoctoral scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
In Germanic Languages and Literatures, Sarah Roff is interested in German language, literature and culture. An instructor at Princeton since 1998, she has a 1990 BA from Yale University, and a 1995 MA and 1998 PhD from Johns Hopkins University.
In Mathematics, Emmanuel Ullmo studies number theory. He has a 1989 DEA and 1993 PhD from the Université of Paris VI. From 1993 to 1998 he was assistant professor at the Université Paris Sud Orsay.
Also in Mathematics, Wilhelm Schlag works on harmonic analysis. With a 1996 PhD from California Institute of Technology, he was an instructor at Princeton in 1997-98.
In History, Frank Trentmann's field is modern British history. A 1988 graduate of the University of London, he earned his 1990 MA and 1999 PhD degrees at Harvard. He has been an instructor at Princeton since 1997.
All appointments are for three years starting July 1, 1999, except Myneni and Ullmo, which are for three years beginning September 1; Roff, which is for two and one-half years, and Marran and Trentmann, which are for three and one-half years, beginning February 1; and Gubser, which is for three and one-half years beginning February 1, 2000.
Faculty reappointments
• Assistant professors
Three years beginning July 1: in Mathematics, Giovanni Forni, Zoltan Szabo and Jiu-Kang Yu.
One year beginning July 1: in Mathematics, Daniel Zhuang-Dan.
One-year extension beginning July 1, 2000: in Molecular Biology, Elizabeth Gavis and Frederick Hughson; in History, Emmanuel Kreike; and in Economics, Giovanni Maggi.
One-year extension beginning July 1, 2001: in History, Tia Kolbaba.
• Senior lecturers
The following senior lecturers have been reappointed effective July 1: James Rankin in Germanic Languages and Literatures, for five years, and Joann Yang Chiu Chiang in East Asian Studies, for three years.
Trustees reappoint administrator
The trustees reappointed Ralph Lerner, dean of the School of Architecture, for a five-year term.
Resignations
The following faculty members have submitted their resignations.
Effective April 1: Assistant Professor of Politics Keisuke Iida to accept a position at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo.
Effective July 1: Assistant Professor of Economics Pierpaolo Battigalli to go to the European University Institute.
Effective September 1: Assistant Professor of Philosophy Gordon Belot to accept a position at New York University; Professor of Molecular Biology and Princeton Materials Institute Steven Block to go to Stanford; Assistant Professor of Mathematics Wenzhi Luo to go to Ohio State; Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs Deanna Pagnini; and Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of International Affairs Kenneth Rogoff to accept a position at Harvard.
Effective January 5, 2000: Professor of Classics Richard Martin to go to Stanford.
Effective July 1, 2000: Assistant Professor of Public and International Affairs Andrew Haughwout to accept a position at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.