Platonic solids — From First Principles

2025–26 Transfer Window

Science Transfer Board

Who is moving where in global science. Every move is confirmed against public sources before it appears here. We record the institutions, the dates, and only the reasons scientists gave themselves.

How we verify and count transfers

37

Full moves

25

Leaving the US

5

Joining the US

-20

US net flow

8

Global laureate moves

6

Stated policy reasons

Totals count full changes of primary affiliation in this window. Joint, visiting, and honorary appointments appear on the board but are never counted.

Net flow by country

  1. United States-20
  2. China+7
  3. Switzerland+5
  4. France+3
  5. Hong Kong SAR+2

Gaining institutions

  1. Birmingham (GB)+2
  2. ETH Zurich (CH)+2
  3. JHU (US)+2
  4. Tsinghua (CN)+2
  5. UZH (CH)+2

Losing institutions

  1. UChicago (US)−3
  2. MIT (US)−2
  3. UC Davis (US)−2
  4. UC Irvine (US)−2
  5. Caltech (US)−1

41 records

Phillip Zamore

RNA biology and therapeutics

UMass ChanUSMcGillCA

Announced Aug 2026

Internationally Decorated

Rebecca Killick

Statistics (changepoint detection, time series)

LancasterGBClemsonUS

Effective Aug 2026

Research LeaderStated non-policy reasons

Stephen Quake

Bioengineering / biophysics

StanfordUSETH ZurichCH

Effective Aug 2026

Internationally Decorated

Jacob Tsimerman

Number theory

U of TCAOpenAIUS

Announced Jul 2026

Global LaureateStated non-policy reasonsRetains origin tie

Abhijit Banerjee

Economics

MITUSUZHCH

Effective Jul 2026

Global LaureateRetains origin tie

Esther Duflo

Economics

MITUSUZHCH

Effective Jul 2026

Global LaureateStated mixed reasonsRetains origin tie

George R. "Ron" Mangun

Cognitive neuroscience

UC DavisUSBirminghamGB

Effective Jul 2026

Research LeaderRetains origin tie

Michael Moehler

Political philosophy

Virginia TechUSHHUDE

Effective Jul 2026

Internationally Decorated

Shirley Meng

Energy storage

UChicagoUSNTUSG

Effective Jul 2026

Research LeaderStated policy reasonsRetains origin tie

Omar Yaghi

Chemistry

UC BerkeleyUSTsinghuaCN

Effective Jul 2026

Global Laureate

Megan A. K. Peters

Cognitive neuroscience

UC IrvineUSUCLGB

Effective Jul 2026

Research LeaderStated policy reasons

Richard S. Sutton

Computer Science / AI

KeenUSOak LabCA

Effective Jul 2026

Global Laureate

Jean-Laurent Casanova

Human genetics / immunology / infectious disease

RockefellerUSUTSWUS

Effective Jul 2026

Internationally Decorated

Ana Pombo

Genome biology / Molecular biology

MDC / HumboldtDEJHUUS

Announced Jun 2026

Internationally DecoratedRetains origin tie

Trey Ideker

Systems biology

UC San DiegoUSOxford BDIGB

Effective Jun 2026

Research LeaderRetains origin tie

Ngô Bảo Châu

Mathematics

UChicagoUSHKUHK

Effective Jun 2026

Global LaureateStated non-policy reasons

John G. Baker

Gravitational-wave astrophysics

NASA GoddardUSL2ITFR

Announced May 2026

Research LeaderStated policy reasons

Hartmut Michel

Biochemistry

MPI BiophysicsDEJLUCN

Effective Apr 2026

Global LaureateRetains origin tie

Andre Geim

Physics

ManchesterGBHKUHK

Effective Apr 2026

Global LaureateStated non-policy reasonsRetains origin tie

Jean-Philippe Avouac

Geophysics

CaltechUSIPGPFR

Effective Mar 2026

Research LeaderRetains origin tie

Benjamin Wandelt

Cosmology / Astrophysics and scientific AI

IAP / SorbonneFRJHUUS

Announced Mar 2026

Research LeaderStated non-policy reasons

Konstantin Novoselov

Physics

NUSSGConstructorDE

Effective Feb 2026

Global LaureateRetains origin tie

Tamara Swaab

Language neuroscience

UC DavisUSBirminghamGB

Effective Feb 2026

Research LeaderStated mixed reasonsRetains origin tie

Eric Kort

Atmospheric science

MichiganUSMPICDE

Effective Feb 2026

Research LeaderStated mixed reasonsRetains origin tie

Keivan Stassun

Astrophysics (stars and exoplanets)

VanderbiltUSUGAUS

Effective Jan 2026

Research LeaderStated non-policy reasons

Arthur Konnerth

Neuroscience

TUMDESZBLCN

Effective Jan 2026

Internationally DecoratedRetains origin tie

Nate Foster

Computer science

CornellUSEPFLCH

Effective Jan 2026

Internationally Decorated

Gregory Chirikjian

Robotics

UDUSMBZUAIAE

Effective Jan 2026

Internationally DecoratedRetains origin tie

Haibin Ling

Computer vision / artificial intelligence

Stony BrookUSWestlakeCN

Announced Dec 2025

Research LeaderStated non-policy reasons

Daqing Wan

Mathematics (number theory, arithmetic geometry)

UC IrvineUSCQUCN

Effective Dec 2025

Research LeaderStated non-policy reasonsRetains origin tie

Yann LeCun

Artificial intelligence

MetaUSAMI LabsFR

Effective Dec 2025

Global LaureateStated non-policy reasons

Wenbin Lin

Metal-organic frameworks / cancer nanomedicine

UChicagoUSWestlakeCN

Effective Nov 2025

Internationally DecoratedRetains origin tie

Rowan Killip

Mathematics

UCLAUSParis DauphineFR

Effective Nov 2025

Internationally Decorated

Zhu Ziqiang (Z.Q. Zhu)

Electrical engineering (electric machines and drives)

SheffieldGBPolyUHK

Effective Nov 2025

Internationally DecoratedRetains origin tie

Ferenc Krausz

Attosecond physics

MPQDEHKUHK

Effective Nov 2025

Global LaureateStated non-policy reasonsRetains origin tie

Sohini Kar-Narayan

Materials science (functional nanomaterials and devices)

CambridgeGBMPI MagdeburgDE

Effective Oct 2025

Research Leader

Edith Heard

Epigenetics / developmental biology

EMBLDECrickGB

Effective Sep 2025

Internationally Decorated

Hong Wang

Harmonic analysis

NYU CourantUSIHESFR

Effective Sep 2025

Global LaureateRetains origin tie

Paola Passalacqua

Hydrology

UT AustinUSETH ZurichCH

Effective Aug 2025

Research Leader

Jun Liu

Statistics

HarvardUSTsinghuaCN

Effective Aug 2025

Internationally DecoratedStated non-policy reasonsRetains origin tie

Toby Pennington

Plant biology / Tropical botany

ExeterGBWashUUS

Effective Aug 2025

Research Leader