Phillip A. Griffiths is a Professor in the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. He was the Institute’s Director from 1991-2003; Provost and James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics at Duke University from 1983-1991; and Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University from 1972-1983. He has also taught at Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Griffiths teaches mathematics graduate courses at Princeton University and supervises Princeton graduate students. He is Secretary of the International Mathematical Union.

As Chairman of the Science Initiative Group, Dr. Griffiths provides scientific guidance, oversight and coordination for the Millennium Science Initiative (MSI), a program whose objective is to build capacity in modern science and engineering in developing countries as a vehicle for economic and social progress. Dr. Griffiths serves as a special advisor to the Mellon Foundation, and he is a Distinguished Presidential Fellow for International Affairs at The National Academies.

Dr. Griffiths received his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a Foreign Associate of TWAS (The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World) and of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and an Honorary Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the National Science Board from 1991-1996. A former member of the Board of Directors of Bankers Trust New York Corporation, Dr. Griffiths currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Oppenheimer Funds and GSI Group.