Since its inception, SFI has prioritized people over programs. Even before the Institute’s official founding in 1984, George Cowan and collaborators envisioned an institute without departments, with renowned scholars as its faculty.

“It was all about really good people who were crossing disciplines,” SFI co-founder David Pines once said.

In keeping with this vision, SFI extends and refreshes its network of researchers annually when it appoints new external faculty, affiliated with universities and institutions from around the world. 

This year, we welcome four new researchers.

 

Sonia Kéfi

BioDICée Team, Institute for Evolutionary Sciences
University of Montpellier

Sam Scarpino

Network Science Institute
Northeastern University

Aaron King

Nelson G. Hairston Collegiate Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Complex Systems
University of Michigan

Sara Walker

ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems
Arizona State University