Corina Tarnita

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Is Corina Tarnita in the Epstein files?

Yes. Corina Tarnita (Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University; mathematical biologist) is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files, reported by The Daily Princetonian and Princeton Alumni Weekly in February 2026, document that Tarnita — now a full professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University — first met Epstein while a Ph.D. student under Harvard mathematician Martin Nowak at the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, an institute Epstein funded with $6.5 million in 2003. She is referenced 344 times in the released files. Her email correspondence with Epstein spanned approximately four years (2008–2012), beginning in Epstein’s conviction year, and covered professional feedback, career updates, travel arrangements, and informal exchanges. In April 2009 she provided wire transfer details for two early-career women mathematicians to receive payments totalling $15,000 from Epstein as an “anonymous donor” — $10,000 to a Romanian bank account and $5,000 to a California account; a Princeton spokesperson confirmed these were scholarships connected to a collaboration between Nowak’s Harvard program and the University of Iași, Romania. She attended one to two meetings at Epstein’s Florida residence alongside senior scientists. In December 2011 she apologised by email for being unable to attend a conference on Epstein’s private island, writing: “Dear Jeffrey, I’m so sorry I couldn’t come to the island.” In her doctoral thesis she thanked Epstein for financial support. Following the file release, Tarnita wrote: “I wish I had never known him” and “I never saw him behave inappropriately.” She joined Princeton as an assistant professor in 2013 and became a full professor in 2021. No wrongdoing is alleged against her.

Being named in the files is not evidence of any crime or wrongdoing. People appear in these documents in many contexts — correspondence, flight logs, contact books, scheduling, photographs, or passing references. See the sources below for the specific, documented context, and the note at the bottom of this page.