Donald Johanson, who discovered the 3.18 million year old fossil hominid Lucy (Australopithecus) in Ethiopia, is also a professor, as well as George Poste, Chief Scientist for the Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative. Former US senator Jeff Flake was appointed as a distinguished dean fellow on December 2, 2020. Nobel laureate faculty include Leland Hartwell, and Edward C. Prescott. On June 12, 2012, Elinor Ostrom, ASU's third Nobel laureate, died at the age of 78.
ASU faculty's achievements as of 2020 include:
5 Nobel laureates
3 members of the Royal Society
24 National Academy members
7 Pulitzer Prize winners
5 Sloan Research Fellows
37 Guggenheim Fellows
250 Fulbright American Scholars
5 MacArthur Fellow
23 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
9 members of the National Academy of Engineering
143 National Endowment for the Humanities fellows
65 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows
2 members of the Institute of Medicine
8 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and …
