A Quest for Ever Better
Professorships recognize academics who have significantly contributed to scholarship and research, teaching, and service to the University or the broader community. We are proud of the accomplishments of the distinguished professors from the School of Arts and Sciences and the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences listed below.
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Agrawal, Govind P.
Dr. James C. Wyant Professor of Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
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Bai, Zhen
Biggar Family Fellow in Data Science, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
BaileyShea, Matthew
Dean's Professor of Music
Professor of Music, Arthur Satz Department of Music, School of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Music Theory, Eastman School of Music
Betti, Riccardo
Robert L. McCrory Professor
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Bigelow, Nicholas P.
Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Physics
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Optics
LLE Distinguished Scientist
Director of URNano
Bils, Mark
Hazel Fyfe Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
Biro, Dora
Beverly Petterson Bishop and Charles W. Bishop Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Bocko, Mark
Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bodek, Arie
George E. Pake Professor of Physics
Professor of Physics
Bren, Kara L.
Richard S. Eisenberg Professor in Chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Chemistry
Bridges, William H., IV
Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures
Brown, Thomas G.
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professor of Optics
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Carney, Laurel H.
Marylou Ingram Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Neuroscience
Cetin, Mujdat
Robin and Tim Wentworth Director, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Computer Science
Christensen, Peter H.
Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
Professor of Art and Art History
Collins, Gilbert 'Rip'
Tracy Hyde Harris Professor
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Physics
Covach, John, (On Leave Fall 2025)
Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
Professor of Music, Arthur Satz Department of Music, School of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Theory, Eastman School of Music
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Dalecki, Diane
Kevin J. Parker Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
DeAngelis, Greg
George Eastman Professor
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Downey, Jack
John Henry Newman Professor of Roman Catholic Studies
Associate Professor of Religion
Doyley, Marvin
Wilson Professor of Electronic Imaging
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Imaging Sciences (Radiology)
Druckman, James
Martin Brewer Anderson Professor of Political Science
Professor of Political Science
Duggan, John
Don Alonzo Watson Professor of History and Political Science
Professor of Political Science
Professor of Economics
Duggan, John
Don Alonzo Watson Professor of Political Science
Professor of Economics
Dunning, Stefanie K.
Susan B. Anthony Professor
Professor of Black Studies
Professor of English
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Fienup, James R.
Robert E. Hopkins Professor of Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Figlio, David
Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and Education
Professor of Economics
FitzPatrick, William J.
Gideon Webster Burbank Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy
Professor of Philosophy
Foster, Robert J.
Richard L. Turner Professor of Humanities
Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural Studies
Frank, Adam
Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
LLE Distinguished Scientist
Friedman, Eby G.
Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fu, Dragony
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professor of Biology
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Ghaemmaghami, Sina
George Y. and Catherine H. Wu Professor in Chemistry
Professor of Biology
Gorbunova, Vera
Doris Johns Cherry Professor
Professor of Biology
Govindan, Srihari
Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
Grimm, Nadine
James P. Wilmot Distinguished Associate Professor of Linguistics
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Gross, Kenneth
Alan F. Hilfiker Distinguished Professor in English
Professor of English
Grotz, Jennifer
Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
Professor of English
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Helmke, Gretchen
Thomas H. Jackson Distinguished University Professor
Professor of Political Science
Hughes, Aaron W.
Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Judaic Studies and Dean's Professor of Humanities
Professor of Religion
Hunter, Cory
James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor of Music in the Arthur Satz Department of Music
Assistant Professor of Music, Department of Music, School of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor of Musicology, Eastman School of Music
Huo, Pengfei
Dean and Laura Marvin Endowed Professor in Physical Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Optics
J
Jones, William D.
Charles Frederick Houghton Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
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Kahn, Lisa
Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Social Sciences
Professor of Economics
Kennedy, C. Rose
James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Krauss, Todd D.
Jay Last Professor in Arts, Sciences & Engineering
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Optics
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Larracuente, Amanda
Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor of Biology
Professor of Biology
Lin, Qiang
Dean's Professor
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Optics
London, Bette
Joseph Henry Gilmore Professor of English
Professor of English
Luo, Jiebo
Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor of Engineering
Professor of Computer Science
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Marcos, Susana
Nicholas George Endowed Professor in Optics
Professor of Optics and Ophthalmology
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Matson, Ellen
Marshall D. Gates, Jr. Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
McCune, Jeffrey Q., Jr.
Frederick Douglass Professor
Associate Professor of English
Associate Professor of Black Studies
McDonough, Joyce M.
Richard L. Turner Professor of Linguistics
Professor of Linguistics
McFarland, Kevin S.
Dr. Steven Chu Professor in Physics
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
McGrath, James
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Meconi, Honey
Arthur Satz Professor for the Department of Music, School of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Music, Eastman School of Music
Michael, John
John Hall Deane Professor of Rhetoric and Poetry
Professor of English
Professor of Visual and Cultural Studies
Moore, Duncan T.
Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor Emeritus in Optical Engineering Science
Professor Emeritus
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Nargesian, Fatemeh
James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Nilsson, Bradley L.
Andrew S. Kende Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
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Orr, Lynne H.
C. E. Kenneth Mees Professor Emerita
Faculty Senior Associate
Professor Emerita of Physics
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Parker, Kevin J.
William F. May Professor of Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Imaging Sciences (Radiology)
Presgraves, Daven C.
Shirley Cox Kearns Professor of Biology
Professor of Biology
Presgraves, Daven C.
Shirley Cox Kearns Professor of Biology
Professor of Biology
Primo, David
Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor
Professor of Political Science
Professor of Business Administration
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Ravenel, Doug
Daniel Burton Fayerweather Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
Raz, Mical
Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Health and Policy
Professor of History
Professor of Clinical Medicine in the School of Medicine and Dentistry
Reis, Harry
Dean's Professor
Professor of Psychology
Rolland, Jannick
Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Rothenberg, Lawrence
Corrigan-Minehan Professor in Political Science
Professor of Political Science
Rubel, Nora
Jane and Alan Batkin Professor in Jewish Studies
Associate Professor of Religion
Rubin, Joan S.
Dexter Perkins Professor Emerita in History
Research Professor
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Schaefer, Claudia
Rush Rhees Professor
Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures
Professor of Film and Media Studies
Scott, Joanna
Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English
Professor of English
Scott, Michael L.
Arthur Gould Yates Professor of Engineering
Professor of Computer Science
Seluanov, Andrei
Dean’s Professor
Professor of Biology
Slaughter, Thomas P.
Arthur R. Miller Professor Emeritus of History
Professor of History
Smoller, Laura Ackerman
Arthur R. Miller Professor of History
Professor of History
Stocchi-Perucchio, Donatella
Arnold Lisio ’56, ‘61M (MD) and Anne Moore Lisio, MD Endowed Distinguished Professor in Italian Language and Culture
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures
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Tarduno, John A.
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Thomson, William
Elmer B. Milliman Distinguished Professor in Economics
Professor of Economics
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Uy, J. Albert C.
Dean's Professor
Professor of Biology
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Vamivakas, Nickolas A.
Marie C. Wilson and Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Optical Physics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
Dean of Graduate Education and Post-Doctoral Affairs
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Weaver, Stewart A.
Franklin W. And Gladys I. Clark Professor of History
Professor of History
Werren, John H.
Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor Emeritus of Biology
Williams, David R.
William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Willis, Sharon
Fanny Knapp Allen Professor of Fine Arts
Professor of Art and Art History
Professor of Visual and Cultural Studies
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Zhang, Xi-Cheng
M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics