Nationally and internationally recognized faculty representing 150+ years of academic excellence at the university of illinois

University of Illinois

2020 and 2021 Academic Achievements

National and international awards

And honors

Award recipients6

Members and fellows of academies

And societies22

Campus awards and honors

Campus awards for excellence
in faculty leadership29

Campus awards for excellence
in instruction30

Distinguished promotion awards32

Center for advanced study
professors, associates, fellows,
and resident associates33

University scholars35

Named faculty appointments

Department and college named
professors and chairs36

Campus-wide and university
endowed Professors and chairs39

3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award

The 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award recognizes non-tenured faculty and encourages them to remain in academia, teach, conduct research, and develop an awareness of science in an industrial setting.

Christopher M. Evans

Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Nick Jackson

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Academy of Human Resource Development Excellence in Scholarly Practice Award

The Excellence in Scholarly Practice Awards are given for excellence in applying scholarly Human Resource Development theory and research to practice in a manner that brings measurable improvement to an organization and/or has the potential to advance the field.

Jessica Li

Professor, Education Policy, Organization & Leadership

Addgene Blueflame Award

The Blue Flame Award, first distributed in 2016, serves to congratulate researchers who have at least one plasmid deposited at Addgene that has been distributed more than 100 times.

Erik Procko

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award is given in recognition of a researcher’s entire achievements to date and is awarded to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future.

Mark Hauber

Professor, Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Research Fellowship

Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.

Barry Bradlyn

Assistant Professor, Physics

Sanmi Koyejo

Associate Professor, Computer Science

Zhizhen Jane Zhao

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Amazon Research Award

Amazon Research Awards support research at academic institutions and non-profit organizations in areas that align with Amazon’s mission to advance customer-obsessed science.

Vikram Adve

Professor, Computer Science

Kris Hauser

Professor, Computer Science

Bo Li

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Gang Wang

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

American Association for the Advancement of Science Robert W. Sussman Award for Scientific Contributions to Anthropology

The Robert W. Sussman Award for Scientific Contributions to Anthropology recognizes meritorious scientific contributions to the field of anthropology by mid-career anthropologists.

Ripan Malhi

Professor, Anthropology

American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Early Career Scholars Award

The A.C. Cope Scholar Award recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry.

David Sarlah

Associate Professor, Chemistry

American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Arthur F. Findeis Award for Achievements by a Young Analytical Scientist

The Arthur F. Findeis Award recognizes and encourages outstanding contributions to the fields of analytical chemistry by a young analytical scientist.

Joaquín Rodríguez-López

Associate Professor, Chemistry

Mei Shen

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

American Chemical Society Physical Chemistry Division Award in
Theoretical Chemistry

The Award in Theoretical Chemistry recognizes the most outstanding scientific achievements of members of the Physical Chemistry Division of ACS.

Nancy Makri

Professor, Chemistry

American College of Veterinary Anesthesia & Analgesia President’s Award for Meritorious Achievement

The President’s Award for Meritorious Achievement recognizes a diplomate for outstanding service to the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia.

William Tranquilli

Professor Emeritus, Veterinary Clinical Medicine

American College of Veterinary Pathologists Mid-Career Excellence Award (Education)

This award recognizes American College of Veterinary Pathologists Diplomates in the middle phase of their careers who have made exceptional contributions to the veterinary pathology profession.

Karen Terio

Clinical Professor, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

American Educational Research
Association Outstanding Achievement in the Arts & Learning Award

The Outstanding Achievement in the Arts and Learning Award honors scholars whose collected body of work has made a substantive contribution to the field of Arts and Learning, as evidenced through publication, presentation of scholarly work at academic and professional conferences, and supplementary creative work related to the scholar’s research.

Liora Bresler

Professor Emerita, Curriculum & Instruction

American Fisheries Society Award
of Excellence

The Award of Excellence is given for inspirational leadership in the fishery profession and substantial achievements for AFS and the fisheries resource.

Cory Suski

Professor, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

American Geophysical Union Ascent Award

The Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award is presented annually and recognizes excellence in research and leadership in the atmospheric and climate sciences from honorees between 8 and 20 years of receiving their Ph.D.

Nicole Riemer

Professor, Atmospheric Sciences

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Professional
Impact Award for Education

The Professional Impact Award for Education recognizes Fellows that have significantly contributed to improving the professional environment of the medical and biological engineering fields.

Rashid Bashir

Professor, Bioengineering

American Institute of Architects
& the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education

The Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education recognizes an individual who has had a significant impact on architectural education and the discipline and practice of architecture. It is the highest award the organizations make to an educator and reflects their joint commitment to recognize service to the profession, academy, and society.

Kathryn Anthony

Professor, Architecture

American Nuclear Society
Don Miller Award

The Don Miller Award is given to an individual who has made recognized contributions to the advancement of one or both fields of nuclear instrumentation and control or human-machine interface technologies.

Rizwan Uddin

Professor, Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering

American Physical Society David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of
Materials Physics

The David Adler Lectureship Award recognizes an outstanding contributor to the field of materials physics who is notable for high quality research, review articles, and lecturing.

Axel Hoffmann

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

American Physical Society Division of Materials Physics James C. McGroddy
Prize for New Materials

The James C. Mcgroddy Prize recognizes and
encourage outstanding achievement in the science
and application of new materials.

James Eckstein

Professor, Physics

American Physical Society Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research

The APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research is the largest Society prize to recognize contributions of the highest level that advance our knowledge and understanding of the physical universe in all its facets.

Gordon Baym

Professor Emeritus, Physics

American Psychology Association
Elizabeth Herlock Beckman Award

The Elizabeth Herlock Beckman Award is given to professors who inspired their former students to achieve greatness.

Saundra Murray Nettles

Emerita Teaching Professor, Educational Psychology

American Schools of Oriental Research Nancy Lapp Popular Book Award

This award is presented to the author/editor of a book published in the last two years that offers a new synthesis of archaeological or textual evidence from the Ancient Near East and Eastern Mediterranean intended to reach an audience of scholars as well as students and the broader public.

D. F. Ruggles

Professor, Landscape Architecture

American Society for Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering Teaching Award

The Biomedical Engineering Teaching Award recognizes contributions in the field of biomedical engineering education by new faculty members as evidenced by innovative teaching materials, curricula, textbooks and/or professional papers and by activity in biomedical engineering organizations.

Karin Jensen

Teaching Associate Professor, Bioengineering

American Society for Nutrition Bio-Serv Award in Experimental Animal Nutrition

The Bio-Serv Award in Experimental Animal Nutrition award is given for meritorious research in nutrition accomplished by an investigator within 10 years of postgraduate training. The work recognized must involve the nutrition of experimental animals used as models.

Andrew Steelman

Associate Professor, Animal Sciences

American Society of Animal Science
Early Career Achievement Award

The Early Career Achievement Award recognizes the achievements of young scholars working toward the mission of the ASAS: The American Society of Animal Science fosters the discovery, sharing, and application of scientific knowledge concerning the responsible use of animals to enhance human life and well-being.

Maria Cattai de Godoy

Associate Professor, Animal Sciences

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Chao & Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer Award

The Chao and Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer Award is granted to a young manufacturing researcher under 40 with potential for significant fundamental contributions to the science and technology of manufacturing processes.

Chenhui Shao

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division Early Career Award

The early career award recognizes a young engineer with significant technical achievements in their career in electronic and photonic packaging demonstrated through papers, patents, or product development.

Nenad Miljkovic

Associate Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Ralph Coats Roe Medal

The Ralph Coats Roe Medal recognizes an outstanding contribution toward a better public understanding and appreciation of the engineer’s worth to contemporary society.

William Hammack

Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

American Society of Mechanical
Engineers Ted Belytschko Medal

The Ted Belytschko Medal is given to an outstanding individual for significant contributions in the practice of engineering mechanics. Contributions may result from innovation, research, design, leadership, or education.

Narayana Aluru

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

American Society of Plant Biologists Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award

The Life Membership Award recognizes meritorious work in plant biology; it provides a life membership in the Society to an individual who is at least sixty years old.

Donald Ort

Professor, Plant Biology

American Vacuum Society
Gaede-Langmuir Award

The Gaede-Langmuir Award is given every two years to recognize and encourage outstanding discoveries and inventions in the sciences and technologies of interest to the American Vacuum Society.

David Ruzic

Professor, Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering

Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval Gerard Salton Award

The Gerard Salton Award is presented every three
years to an individual who has made significant, sustained and continuing contributions to research
in information retrieval.

Chengxiang Zhai

Professor, Computer Science

Association for Educational Communications & Technology Outstanding Service Award

The Outstanding Service Award recognizes exemplars from innovation, creative development, outstanding leadership, scholarly works, and professional practice at career milestones or during a lifetime of achievement including activity in AECT as well as other organizations and communities.

Grace Oh

Associate Professor, Education Policy,
Organization & Leadership

Award for Distinguished
Contributions to Psychophysiology

The Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychophysiology is the highest honor given by the Society for Psychophysiological Research. It is given to an individual to recognize a sustained and distinguished contribution to Psychophysiology.

Monica Fabiani

Professor, Psychology

Award for Distinguished
Contributions to Psychophysiology

The Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychophysiology is the highest honor given by the Society for Psychophysiological Research. It is given to an individual to recognize a sustained and distinguished contribution to Psychophysiology.

Gabriele Gratton

Professor, Psychology

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Editor Award

The Editor’s Award is given to an individual for outstanding service to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Robert Trapp

Professor, Atmospheric Sciences

Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences & Engineering Award

The Dreyfus program for Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering awards innovative projects in any area of Machine Learning (ML) consistent with the Foundation’s broad objective to advance the chemical sciences and engineering.

Nick Jackson

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Computing Research Association Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award is given to a person or organization that has made an outstanding service contribution to the computing research community. This award recognizes service in the areas of government affairs, professional societies, publications or conferences, and leadership that has a major impact on computing research.

Sarita Adve

Professor, Computer Science

Computing Research Association
Skip Ellis Early Career Award

The Skip Ellis Early Career Award is given annually to a person who identifies as a member of a group underrepresented in computing, who has made significant research contributions in computer science and/or engineering and has also contributed to the profession, especially in outreach to underrepresented demographics.

Sanmi Koyejo

Associate Professor, Computer Science

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Investigator Award

The Young Faculty Award identifies and engages rising stars in junior research positions, emphasizing those without prior DARPA funding, and exposes them to the Department of Defense needs and DARPA’s program development process.

Wenjuan Zhu

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Era of Hope Scholar

The Era of Hope Scholar Award supports individuals early in their careers who have demonstrated significant potential to effect meaningful change in breast cancer.

Erik Nelson

Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Doris Duke Artist Award

Signifying the largest national award to individuals in the performing arts, the Doris Duke Artist Award serves as an investment in the artistic potential of awardees and a celebration of their ongoing contributions to the fields of contemporary dance, jazz and theater.

Cynthia Oliver

Professor, Dance

Edward A. Bouchet Award

The Edward A. Bouchet Award promotes the participation of underrepresented minorities in physics by identifying and recognizing a distinguished minority physicist who has made significant contributions to physics research and the advancement of underrepresented minority scientists.

Nadya Mason

Professor, Physics

Eli Lilly Grantee Award

The Eli Lilly Grantee program was established in 1965 to support emerging young leaders in organic chemistry and is the longest running grant program in the pharmaceutical industry.

David Sarlah

Associate Professor, Chemistry

European Award for Architectural
Heritage Intervention

The European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention is a competition held every two years and has become a landmark in architectural restoration in Europe, at a time in history when people are rediscovering the past not only as a source of inspiration for new projects but as a resource for reconnecting with the contemporary.

Sara Bartumeus

Associate Professor, Architecture

European Scientific Working Group
on Influenza Innovator Award

The Young Scientist Innovative Award is supported by Seqirus recognizing exceptional research by a promising young scientist in the field of influenza vaccine development.

Nicholas Wu

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry

Facebook Distributed Systems
Research Award

The Facebook Distributed Systems Research Award recognizes researchers who are performing forward-looking research into the area of distributed systems, applying important techniques from the field at Facebook’s scale and sharing designs, implementations, insights, and data with the community.

Tianyin Xu

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Facebook Probability &
Programming Research Award

The Facebook Probability and Programming Research Award recognizes researchers who are addressing fundamental problems at the intersection of machine learning, programming languages, statistics, and software engineering.

Sasa Misailovic

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awards Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awards to internationally renowned researchers from abroad in recognition of their outstanding research achievements.

Amy Marshall-Colon

Associate Professor, Plant Biology

Fulbright Scholar Award

The Fulbright Program, the U.S. Government’s flagship international exchange program, is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Fulbright grants provide the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research, exchange ideas, and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.

Jane Desmond

Professor, Anthropology

Naira Hovakimyan

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Google Faculty Research Award

The Google Faculty Research Award is focused on supporting the world-class technical research in Computer Science, Engineering and related fields performed at academic institutions around the world.

Christopher Fletcher

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Josep Torrellas

Professor, Computer Science

Gregorio Weber Award for Excellence in Fluorescence Theory & Applications

The Gregorio Weber Award for Excellence in Fluorescence Theory and Applications is an annual award which honors and recognizes distinguished individuals who have made original and significant contributions to the field of fluorescence. All nominees must be senior level researchers with a rank of full professor, lab director or equivalent.

Paul Selvin

Professor, Physics

Guggenheim Fellowship

Guggenheim Fellowships are to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed.

Janice Harrington

Professor, University Library

Kevin Mumford

Professor, History

David Sepkoski

Professor, History

Harrison Howe Award

The Harrison Howe Award was established to recognize a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to chemistry or closely related fields, and who shows great potential for further achievement.

Wilfred van der Donk

Professor, Chemistry

High Performance Computing Innovation Excellence Award

The High-Performance Computing (HPC) Innovation Excellence Awards recognize noteworthy achievements by users of HPC, which includes simulation, AI and other advanced analytics, quantum computing and other methods and technologies.

Kaiyu Guan

Associate Professor, Natural Resources
& Environmental Sciences

Seid Koric

Research Associate Professor, Mechanical Science
& Engineering

Jian Peng

Associate Professor, Computer Science

Hoover Medal

The award is named for its first recipient, U.S. President Herbert Hoover, who was an engineer by profession. Established in 1929 to honor “great, unselfish, nontechnical services by engineers to humanity,” the award is administered by a board representing five engineering organizations: the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the American Society of Civil Engineers; the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers; and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

William Hammack

Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

INFORMS George E. Kimball Medal

The George E. Kimball Medal is awarded for recognition of distinguished service to the Institute and to the profession of operations research and the management sciences.

Sheldon Jacobson

Professor, Computer Science

INFORMS Saul Gass Expository
Writing Award

This Saul Gass Expository Writing Award recognizes an author whose publications in operations research and management science have set an exemplary standard of exposition.

Sheldon Jacobson

Professor, Computer Science

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Education Society Mac Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award

The Mac Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award is based upon evidence of distinction in teaching by faculty at an early stage in their careers, including teaching performance, development of new teaching methods, and curricular innovation, in fields of interest to the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Education Society.

Geoffrey Herman

Teaching Associate Professor, Computer Science

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Harry H. Goode Memorial Award

The Goode Award is given to individuals for their achievements in the information processing field which are considered either a single contribution of theory, design, or technique of outstanding significance, or the accumulation of important contributions on theory or practice over an extended time period.

Josep Torrellas

Professor, Computer Science

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society Fusion Technology Award

The Fusion Technology Awards recognize outstanding contributions to research and development in the field
of Fusion Technology.

David Ruzic

Professor, Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Nikola Tesla Award

The Nikola Tesla Award is a Technical Field Award
given annually to an individual or team that has made an outstanding contribution to the generation or utilization
of electric power.

Peter Sauer

Research Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers Transportation Technologies Award

The Transportation Technologies Award is a technical field award given for advances in technologies within the fields of interest to the IEEE as applied in transportation systems.

Philip Krein

Research Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Manufacturing and Design Division Outstanding Young Investigator Award

The Outstanding Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding early-career Manufacturing and Design (M&D) Division members for their technical contribution to manufacturing and design.

Chenhui Shao

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Intel Rising Star Faculty Award

The Intel Rising Star Faculty Award program has selected ten promising early-career academic researchers who lead some of the most important technology research of our time. The chosen faculty members work with disruptive technologies that have the potential to advance the future of computing in fields encompassing computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, material science, and chemical engineering.

Christopher Fletcher

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences Kobayashi Award

The Kobayashi Award is given to an individual, from anywhere in the world, for worthy contributions in the category of Experimental Science.

Ioannis Chasiotis

Professor, Aerospace Engineering

International Society of Electrochemistry Zhaowu Tian Prize for Energy Electrochemistry

The prize recognizes scientists under the age of 40 for recent achievements in the field of electrochemistry for energy.

Joaquín Rodríguez-López

Associate Professor, Chemistry

International Standing Committee
on Thermochronology Charles &
Nancy Naesar Prize

The Charles and Nancy Naesar prize is awarded to
an early career scientist who has made an outstanding and/or innovative contribution in any area of the field
of thermochronology.

William Guenthner

Assistant Professor, Geology

Johnson & Johnson Women in
STEM2D Scholar Award

Women in STEM2D Scholar Award recognizes female researchers for their groundbreaking work in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.

Hee-Sun Han

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Khan International Award in the
Field of Plasticity

Recipients of the Khan International Award are recognized for outstanding life-long contributions in the field of plasticity primarily through research contributions in all international journals in general and International Journal of Plasticity in particular.

Huseyin Sehitoglu

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Leo P. Kadanoff Prize

The Leo P. Kadanoff Prize recognizes scientists whose theoretical, experimental, or computational achievements have opened new vistas for statistical and or nonlinear physics.

Nigel Goldenfeld

Professor Emeritus, Physics

Library Publishing Coalition Publishing Practice Award in Accessibility

The Publishing Practice Awards recognize and
raise awareness of effective and sustainable library publishing practices.

Michelle Reed

Assistant Professor, University Library

Literacy Research Association
Reading Hall of Fame

The Reading Hall of Fame was established to contribute, from the collective experiences of its members to further improvement in reading instruction.

Arlette Willis

Professor, Curriculum & Instruction

Lord Ruthven Award for Best Nonfiction

The Lord Ruthven Award for Best Nonfiction recognizes the best academic work on the study of the vampire figure in culture and literature.

Cait Coker

Associate Professor, University Library

Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science

The Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science was established in 1987 to recognize scientists and engineers who demonstrate excellence in their contribution to public engagement with science.

Esther Ngumbi

Assistant Professor, Entomology

Marcé of North America Medal for Service

The Marcé of North America Medal for Service is awarded to an individual in recognition of a significant contribution in service of the MONA aims, including encouraging the development of novel assessments and interventions, translating science to practice and policy, and supporting the development of diverse perinatal mental health professionals.

Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo

Associate Professor, Kinesiology & Community Health

Medical Library Association
President’s Award

The President’s Award is given to a MLA member for a notable or important contribution made during the past association year. The contribution must have enhanced the profession of health sciences librarianship or furthered the objectives of the association.

JJ Pionke

Assistant Professor, University Library

Merck KGaA Future Insight Prize

The Future Insight Prize puts the vision for ambitious dream products of global importance for humankind into the world and triggers curiosity and creativity on how to make these visions a reality.

Ting Lu

Professor, Bioengineering

MSD Life Science Foundation Kyoto Rising-Star Lectureship Award

The purpose of the Kyoto Rising-Star Lectureship Award is to educate and encourage young domestic/foreign researchers, and contribute to the promotion in the field of organic chemistry.

David Sarlah

Associate Professor, Chemistry

National Aeronautics & Space Administration Early Career Faculty Award

The Early Career Faculty awards outstanding faculty researchers early in their careers who examine the theoretical feasibility of ideas and approaches that are critical to making science, space travel, and exploration more effective, affordable, and sustainable.

Ying Diao

Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator Award

The Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator Award is designed to recognize meritorious leadership and professionalism in early childhood teacher education.

Stephanie Sanders-Smith

Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction

National Communication Association Córdova-Puchot Scholar of the Year Award

The Scholar of the Year Award honors a scholar who has achieved a high level of excellence in the areas of research, teaching, service, and advocacy.

J. David Cisneros

Associate Professor, Communication

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Open Book Award

The Fellowships Open Book Program is a limited competition designed to make outstanding humanities books available to a wide audience.

Cara Finnegan

Professor, Communication

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Trailblazer Award

The Trailblazer Award is an opportunity for early-career investigators to explore highly innovative research projects of high interest to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

Fan Lam

Assistant Professor, Bioengineering

National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award

The New Innovator Award supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences within the NIH mission.

Nicholas Wu

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry

National Science Foundation
CAREER Award

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education.

Philip S L Anderson

Assistant Professor, Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior

Arijit Banerjee

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Subhonmesh Bose

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

National Science Foundation
CAREER Award

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education.

Barry Bradlyn

Assistant Professor, Physics

Roy Dar

Assistant Professor, Bioengineering

Chunyuan Diao

Assistant Professor, Geography
& Geographic Information Science

Jennifer Druhan

Assistant Professor, Geology

Mohammed El-Kebir

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

S. Rasoul Etesami

Assistant Professor, Industrial
& Enterprise Systems Engineering

Christopher Fletcher

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Michael Forbes

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Bryce Gadway

Associate Professor, Physics

Jugal Garg

Assistant Professor, Industrial
& Enterprise Systems Engineering

Deanna Hence

Assistant Professor, Atmospheric Sciences

Bin Hu

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Karin Jensen

Teaching Associate Professor, Bioengineering

Sanmi Koyejo

Associate Professor, Computer Science

Fan Lam

Assistant Professor, Bioengineering

National Science Foundation
CAREER Award (cont’d)

Bo Li

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Fahad Mahmood

Assistant Professor, Physics

Kathryn Matlack

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Andrew Miller

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Naveen Naidu Narisetty

Assistant Professor, Statistics

Nicola Perry

Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Joao Ramos

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Jodi Schneider

Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences

Alexander Schwing

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Chenhui Shao

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Ilan Shomorony

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Edgar Solomonik

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Xiao Su

Assistant Professor, Chemical
& Biomolecular Engineering

Alireza Talebpour

Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aimy Wissa

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Richard Zhang

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Shelly Zhang

Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jin Zhou

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Optica Ellis R. Lippincott Award

The Lippincott Award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to vibrational spectroscopy as judged by their influence on other scientists.

Rohit Bhargava

Professor, Bioengineering

Paracelsus Prize

The Paracelsus Prize is awarded to scholars who have produced outstanding scientific research in the field of chemistry at an international level.

Scott Denmark

Professor, Chemistry

PAS Lifetime Achievement in
Education Award

The Percussive Arts Society Lifetime Achievement Award in Education was established in 2002 and recognizes the contributions of the most highly regarded leaders in percussion education.

William Moersch

Professor, Music

Paul Banks & Carolyn Harris
Preservation Award

The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award is given to recognize the contribution of a professional preservation specialist who has been active in the field of preservation or conservation for library or archival material.

Jennifer Hain Teper

Professor, University Library

Pound Civil Justice Institute Civil Justice Scholarship Award

The Civil Justice Scholarship Award, bestowed periodically to published legal academics, recognizes current, scholarly legal research and writing focused on topics in civil justice, including access to justice and the benefits of the U.S. civil justice system, as well as the right to trial by jury in civil cases.

Suja Thomas

Professor, Law

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is a global prize awarded for ground-breaking innovation in engineering which has been of global benefit to humanity.

Nick Holonyak Jr.

Professor Emeritus, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes a member for their sustained contributions and service to the society and the field of assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering.

Yih-Kuen Jan

Associate Professor, Kinesiology & Community Health

Research Society on Alcoholism Early Career Investigator Award

The Early Career Investigator Award recognizes an early career investigator who has demonstrated research excellence, potential to be a future leader and a commitment to the alcohol field.

Catharine Fairbairn

Associate Professor, Psychology

Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust Young Investigator Award

The Carver Young Investigator Award supports biomedical and scientific research, scholarships, and programs addressing the educational and recreational needs of youth.

Lisa Olshansky

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Division Theophilus Redwood Award

The Theophilus Redwood Award is awarded for outstanding contributions to the chemical sciences
in analytical chemistry.

Kenneth Suslick

Research Professor, Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry
Joseph Chatt Award

The Joseph Chatt Award is for outstanding multi-disciplinary research in the areas which span inorganic chemistry and biochemistry.

Yi Lu

Professor, Chemistry

Royal Society of Pedler Award

The Pedler Award is for contributions to any area of organic chemistry from an established career scientist.

Wilfred van der Donk

Professor, Chemistry

Searle Scholar Award

The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry who have recently been appointed as assistant professors on a tenure-track appointment.

Sangjin Kim

Assistant Professor, Physics

Lisa Olshansky

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Society for American Baseball Research Henry Chadwick Award

Chadwick Award will educate the baseball community about sometimes little known but vastly important contributions from the game’s past and thus encourage the next generation of researchers.

Alan Nathan

Professor Emeritus, Physics

Society for Biomaterials Clemson Award

The Clemson Award recognizes an individual who
has made an original contribution to the basic knowledge and understanding of the interaction between materials and tissue.

Brendan Harley

Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Society for Experimental Mechanics
C.E. Taylor Award

The C.E. Taylor Award shall be bestowed upon an SEM member who demonstrates both technical excellence in optical stress analysis and good citizenship within the society.

Nancy Sottos

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Activity Group on Supercomputing Early Career Prize

The SIAM Activity Group on Supercomputing awards an individual in their early career for outstanding research contributions in the field of algorithms research and development for parallel scientific and engineering computing in the three calendar years prior to the award year.

Edgar Solomonik

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Society for Medical Anthropology Hazel Weidman Award for Exemplary Service

The Hazel Weidman Award for Exemplary Service to the Society for Medical Anthropology, established in 2017, is presented every two years to a member who has, over the course of a career, demonstrated extraordinary service to the profession.

Virginia Dominiguez

Professor, Anthropology

Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry Early Career Award

The Early Career Award will be presented to an early career scientist who has already accomplished distinguished research in biological inorganic chemistry.

Liviu Mirica

Professor, Chemistry

Society of Engineering Science
Engineering Science Medal

The Engineering Science Medal is awarded in recognition of a singularly important contribution to engineering science.

Taher Saif

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Society of Health and Physical Educators Measurement & Evaluation
Lifetime Achievement Award

The Measurement and Evaluation Honor Award honors a SHAPE America professional who has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the Measurement and Evaluation SIG and its mission.

Weimo Zhu

Professor, Kinesiology & Community Health

Society of Mechanical Engineers Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award

The Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award recognizes manufacturing engineers, age 35 or younger, who have made exceptional contributions and accomplishments in the manufacturing industry.

Nenad Miljkovic

Associate Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Society of Women Engineers Distinguished Engineering Educator Award

The Distinguished Engineering Educator Award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to the engineering profession, and has at least twenty years of professional experience and ten years of experience as a full-time or emeritus engineering educator.

Amy Wagoner Johnson

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

The American Chemical Society Division
of Colloid and Surface Chemistry Langmuir Lectureship Award

The Langmuir Lectureship Award recognizes
individuals working in the interdisciplinary field of
colloid and surface chemistry.

Deborah Leckband

Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer

The Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer is given to a young engineer that is under 36 years of age and has received a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Engineering. The individual must be committed to pursuing research in heat transfer and must have demonstrated the potential to make significant contributions to the field of heat transfer.

Nenad Miljkovic

Associate Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Frank Kreith Energy Award

The Frank Kreith Energy Award was established in 2005 to honor an individual for significant contributions to a secure energy future with particular emphasis on innovations in conservation and/or renewable energy.

Petros Sofronis

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

The American Society of
Mechanical Engineers Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award

The Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, established in 1925 in honor of ASME’s first president, provided an opportunity for a leader in pure or applied science or engineering to present to the Society a lecture on a subject of broad interest to engineers.

Andrew Alleyne

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

The Association of American Law Schools Section on Jurisprudence Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy

The Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy is given annually to a scholar who has made significant and lasting contributions to the philosophical understanding of law.

Michael Moore

Professor, Law

The Breakthrough Prize in
Fundamental Physics

The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was founded in 2012 by Yuri Milner to recognize individuals who have made profound contributions to human knowledge. It is open to all physicists – theoretical, mathematical, experimental – working on the deepest mysteries of the Universe.

Charles Gammie

Professor, Physics

The Combusion Institute
Ya B. Zeldovich Gold Medal

The Ya. B. Zeldovich Gold Medal is one of the highest awards of The Combustion Institute, presented biennially during the International Symposium on Combustion. Gold medals are bestowed to scientists whose major contributions have significantly advanced their fields of combustion science.

Moshe Matalon

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

The International Society for Computational Biology Overton Award

The Overton Prize recognizes independent investigators who are in the early to middle phases of their careers and are selected because of their significant contributions to computational biology through research, teaching and service.

Jian Peng

Associate Professor, Computer Science

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Early Career Faculty Fellow Award

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Early Career Faculty Fellow Award recognizes assistant professors for their accomplishments that have advanced the academic institution where employed, and for their efforts to broaden the technological profile of TMS.

Jessica Krogstad

Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

The National Council on
Rehabilitation Education Rehabilitation Researcher of the Year Award

The Rehabilitation Researcher of the Year Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to recent research in the field of rehabilitation education.

David Strauser

Professor, Kinesiology & Community Health

The North Jersey Section of the
American Chemical Society Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award

The Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award is given to an exceptional younger chemist in recognition of accomplishments in pure or applied chemistry.

Prashant Jain

Professor, Chemistry

The Pharmaceutical Society of
Japan Sato Memorial Award for Excellent Clinical Pharmacists

The Sato Memorial Award for Excellent Clinical Pharmacists recognizes achievement and contributions in clinical and epidemiological research.

Paul Hergenrother

Professor, Chemistry

The Protein Society
Christian B. Anfinsen Award

Named for Nobel laureate Christian Boehmer Anfinsen, whose research on the structure and function of enzyme proteins contributed to the general acceptance of the “thermodynamic hypothesis,”, the Christian B. Anfinsen Award recognizes significant technological achievements and/or methodological advancements in protein research.

Stephen Sligar

Research Professor, Biochemistry

The Protein Society Hans Neurath Award

The Hans Neurath Award, sponsored by the Hans Neurath Foundation, seeks to honor individuals who have made a recent contribution of exceptional merit to basic protein research.

Martin Gruebele

Professor, Chemistry

The Vallee Foundation Scholar Award

The Vallee Scholar Award recognizes outstanding, young, independent investigators who are the source for future advances in the biomedical sciences. This award is given to early career researchers at a critical stage in their tenure-track careers.

Lisa Olshansky

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

The Vallee Foundation Visiting Professorship

The Vallee Visiting Professorship program pairs outstanding scientists with premier biomedical research institutes worldwide in an informal arrangement that promotes intellectual exchanges and fosters new partnerships.

Stephen Sligar

Research Professor, Biochemistry

Thomas E. Thompson Award in Membrane Research

The Thomas E. Thompson Award recognizes an outstanding contribution in the field of membrane structure and function, promote excellence in research in membrane structure and assembly, and increase the visibility of MSAF members within the Biophysical Society.

Emad Tajkhorshid

Professor, Biochemistry

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Award for Exceptional Public Service

The Award for Exceptional Public Service is the highest-level award granted by the U.S. Air Force to non-employee civilians and recognizes the sustained and unselfish dedication, contributions, and exceptional support to the Air Force.

Andrew Alleyne

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator’s Award

The Administrator’s Award Recognizes a United States Animal Health Association or American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians member whose individual work has had longstanding and significant impacts on U.S. animal health.

Richard Fredrickson

Clinical Professor, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

University of Ottawa, Canada Honorary Doctorate

Honorary doctorates are awarded for substantial contributions made by the recipient to the University of Ottawa, to their profession, or to society at large. An honorary doctorate acknowledges that the recipient deserves to be recognized for their unsurpassed abilities due to life’s learning and experiences.

May Berenbaum

Professor, Entomology, Plant Biology

Vebleo Scientist Award

The Vebleo Scientist Award is a tribute to the researchers and scientists who have contributed to the progress of humanity through their dedication to science. Serving as a source of inspiration, the awards help to raise the profile of talented scientists and in addition to the profession.

Harry Hilton

Professor Emeritus, Aerospace Engineering

American Academy of
Arts and Sciences Fellow

Academy members are world leaders in the arts and sciences, business, philanthropy, and public affairs. They are based across the United States and around the world. These elected members join with other experts to explore challenges facing society, identify solutions, and promote nonpartisan recommendations that advance the public good.

Kenneth Schweizer

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

American Academy of
Arts and Sciences Member

Academy members are world leaders in the arts and sciences, business, philanthropy, and public affairs. Elected members join with other experts to explore challenges facing society, identify solutions, and promote nonpartisan recommendations that advance the public good.

James Anderson

Professor, Education Policy, Organization & Leadership

Nancy Makri

Professor, Chemistry

Nadya Mason

Professor, Physics

Philip Phillips

Professor, Physics

Kenneth Schweizer

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

American Association for the
Advancement of Science Fellow

Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science are recognized for meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications. Among the goals of the AAAS are to enhance communication among scientists, engineers, and the public and to promote and defend the integrity of science and its use.

Alison Bell

Professor, Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior

Carl Bernacchi

Adjunct Professor, Plant Biology

Rohit Bhargava

Professor, Bioengineering

Paul Braun

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Prashant Jain

Professor, Chemistry

Nancy Sottos

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

American Educational Research
Association Fellow

The American Educational Research Association Fellows Program recognizes excellence in research and is inclusive of the scholarship that constitutes and enriches education research as an interdisciplinary field.

Adrienne Dixson

Professor, Education Policy, Organization & Leadership

American Institute for Medical
and Biological Engineering Fellow

Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering and medicine research, practice, or education and to the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of medical and biological engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to bioengineering education.

Jennifer Amos

Teaching Professor, Bioengineering

Sergei Maslov

Professor, Bioengineering

American Ornithological Society Fellow

Fellows are nominated based on their exceptional and sustained contributions to ornithology and service to the American Ornithological Society.

Michael P. Ward

Professor, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

American Philosophical Society Member

Election to the American Philosophical Society honors extraordinary accomplishments in all fields. The APS is unusual among learned societies because its Membership is composed of top scholars from a wide variety of academic disciplines.

Gene Robinson

Professor, Entomology

American Physical Society Fellow

The APS Fellowship Program recognizes members who have made exceptional contributions to the field of physics, whether through original research, innovative applications of physics to science and technology, leadership in or service to the field, or significant contributions to physics education.

Yann Chemla

Professor, Physics

Brian Fields

Professor, Astronomy

Sergei Maslov

Professor, Bioengineering

Smitha Vishveshwara

Professor, Physics

American Physiological Society Fellow

Fellows have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service to the society in conjunction with making noteworthy scientific and professional accomplishments.

Marni Boppart

Professor, Kinesiology & Community Health

Animal Behavior Society Fellow

The Animal Behavior Society is a professional organization dedicated to promoting education and research in the field of animal behavior. ABS Fellows are members who have engaged in research in animal behavior for at least ten years and who have made distinguished contributions to the field.

Alison Bell

Professor, Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior

Association for Computing Machinery Distinguished Member

Distinguished Members are longstanding ACM members who were selected by their peers for a range of accomplishments that move the computing field forward.

Hanghang Tong

Associate Professor, Computer Science

Association for Computing
Machinery Fellow

The Association for Computing Machinery Fellow distinction recognizes and honors outstanding ACM members for their achievements in computer science and information technology and for their significant contributions to the mission of the ACM.

Jose Meseguer

Professor, Computer Science

Berlin Institute for
Advanced Study Fellowship

The Berlin Institute for Advanced study offers internationally recognized senior researchers, promising younger scientists, and scholars, as well as outstanding public intellectuals or personalities from the creative arts are offered the opportunity to concentrate for one academic year on projects of their own choice.

Mark Hauber

Professor, Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior

Biomedical Engineering Society
Grade of Fellow

This distinction recognizes members who demonstrate exceptional achievements and experience in the field of biomedical engineering and a record of membership and participation in the Society.

Jennifer Amos

Teaching Professor, Bioengineering

Brendan Harley

Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

European Academy of Sciences Member

The European Academy of Sciences is a non-profit non-governmental, independent organization of the most distinguished scholars and engineers performing forefront research and developing advanced technologies, united by a commitment to promoting science and technology and their essential roles in fostering social and economic development.

Waltraud Kriven

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Institute of Electrical & Electronics
Engineers Fellow

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers grade of Fellow recognize an unusual distinction in the profession and is conferred only by invitation of the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments of an IEEE member in any of the IEEE fields of interest.

Tarek Abdelzaher

Professor, Computer Science

Svetlana Lazebnik

Professor, Computer Science

Grigore Rosu

Professor, Computer Science

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Senior Member

Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply. Only 8% of its members have achieved senior grade.

Bill King

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Srinivasa Salapaka

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Hanghang Tong

Associate Professor, Computer Science

International Academy of Medical
and Biological Engineering Fellow

The International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering is made up of fellows who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the profession of medical and biological engineering.

Mark Anastasio

Professor, Bioengineering

Stephen Boppart

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Joseph Irudayaraj

Professor, Bioengineering

International Association for
Relationship Research Fellow

Fellow status is awarded to IARR members who have made sustained, outstanding contributions to the field of scientific research into relationships, in the areas of research, teaching, service, and application.

Leanne Knobloch

Professor, Communication

International Communication
Association Fellow

Fellow status in the International Communication Association is primarily a recognition of distinguished scholarly contributions to the broad field of communication.

Leanne Knobloch

Professor, Communication

National Academy of Engineering Member

Election to National Academy of Engineering membership is one of the highest professional honors accorded an engineer. Members have distinguished themselves in business and academic management, in technical positions, as university faculty, and as leaders in government and private engineering organizations.

Nancy Sottos

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Yurii Vlasov

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

National Academy of Inventors Fellow

The NAI Fellows Program was established to highlight academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society. Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.

Paul Hergenrother

Professor, Chemistry

David Kranz

Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry

King Li

Dean, Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Zhi-Pei Liang

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

National Academy of Sciences Member

Members are elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive.

Lisa Ainsworth

Adjunct Professor, Plant Biology

Carl Bernacchi

Adjunct Professor, Plant Biology

Nadya Mason

Professor, Physics

Ralph Nuzzo

Professor, Chemistry

Wilfred van der Donk

Professor, Chemistry

National Academy of Sciences of Argentina

The National Academy of Sciences of Argentina advocates for the development and outreach of exact and natural sciences, the exploration of the Argentine territory and has served as advisor to the National Government, provincial governments, and other scientific institutions.

Eduardo Fradkin

Professor, Physics

National Endowment for the
Humanities Fellowship

The National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing.

Christina Bashford

Professor, Music

Optical Society of America Senior Member

Optical Society of America Senior Members are well-established individuals with a designation that recognizes their experience and professional accomplishments or service within their field that sets them apart from their peers.

Gaurav Bahl

Associate Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Polymer Processing Society Fellow

Fellows are recognized for achieving a distinguished record in scientific and technological developments
in polymer processing.

Charles Tucker III

Research Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study Fellow

The Fellowship Program annually selects and supports artists, scholars, and practitioners who bring both a record of achievement and exceptional promise to the Institute.

James O’Dwyer

Associate Professor, Plant Biology

Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry is the highest level of membership in the Society. Fellowship is reserved for those who have made a significant impact in the chemical sciences and attain a high professional standing in the wider community.

Joseph Irudayaraj

Professor, Bioengineering

Simons Fellows in Mathematics

The mission of the Simons Foundation is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences by sponsoring a range of programs that aim to promote a deeper understanding of our world. Simons Fellows in Mathematics receive support to provide research leaves from classroom teaching and administrative obligations to provide strong intellectual stimulation and increased creativity and productivity in research.

Jozsef Balogh

Professor, Mathematics

Nathan Dunfield

Professor, Mathematics

Society for Cryobiology Fellow

The Society for Cryobiology established the award of Cryo-Fellow in 2005 to recognize members of the Society and individuals from the cryobiology community at large who have had an outstanding impact on the field.

Art DeVries

Professor Emeritus, Animal Biology

Society for Psychophysiological
Research Fellow

The Society for Psychophysiological Research Fellows program recognizes experts and leaders in the field of psychophysiology and highlights the contributions each has made in shaping current knowledge and the interconnections between physiology and psychology.

Monica Fabiani

Professor, Psychology

Kara Federmeier

Professor, Psychology

Gabriele Gratton

Professor, Psychology

The American Society of
Mechanical Engineers Fellow

A fellow is one who has attained a membership grade of distinction, at the time of advancement shall be a corporate member of the Society, shall have been responsible for significant engineering achievements and shall have 10 years of active practice and membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Tonghun Lee

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

The American Law Institute Member

The Institute elects individuals who reflect the excellence and diversity of today’s legal profession. Membership consists of eminent judges, lawyers, and law professors from all areas of the United States and from many foreign countries, selected based on professional achievement and demonstrated interest in improving the law.

Jennifer Robbennolt

Professor, Law

The American Society for Clinical Investigation Member

The American Society for Clinical Investigation seeks to support the scientific efforts, educational needs, and clinical aspirations of physician-scientists to improve the health of all people.

Martin Burke

Professor, Chemistry

The Ecological Society of America
Early Career Fellow

Early Career Fellows of the Society are early career members who have begun making and show promise of continuing to make outstanding contributions to a wide range of fields served by the Ecological Society of America.

Alex Harmon-Threatt

Associate Professor, Entomology

U.S. Department of Defense Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship

The Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship supports new, out-of-the box ideas where researcher creativity intersects with the unknown. Vannevar Bush Fellows represent a cadre of experts that provide invaluable direction to the DoD in its scientific efforts and train the next generation of scientists and engineers.

Marco Panesi

Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering

United States Artist Fellow

Each year, the Fellowship recognizes artists at all career stages—emerging, mid-career, and established—for their contributions to the cultural landscape of the country.

Cynthia Oliver

Professor, Dance

Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award

The Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to faculty mentoring by actively assisting pre-tenure and mid-career faculty in developing their careers.

Monica Fabiani 2021

Professor, Psychology

Sara Hook 2020

Professor, Dance

Executive Officer Distinguished
Leadership Award

The Executive Officer Distinguished Leadership Award recognizes outstanding academic leadership and vision by an executive officer within a college or campus unit.

Antony Augoustakis 2021

Professor, Classics

Carla Cáceres 2020

Professor, Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior

Jan Erkert 2020

Professor, Dance

Jeffrey Moore 2021

Professor, Chemistry

Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award

The Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award recognizes a faculty member who has provided extraordinary leadership contributions across many dimensions of shared governance that advance the excellence of a unit, college, and/or the campus, and who exemplifies the campus commitment to collaborative decision-making.

Harley Johnson 2020

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Gay Miller 2021

Professor, Pathobiology

Excellence in Graduate
& Professional Teaching

Recipients of this award are honored for sustained excellence and innovation in graduate or professional teaching and their contributions to graduate or professional learning beyond classroom instruction.

Tania Ionin 2021

Professor, Linguistics

Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo 2020

Associate Professor, Kinesiology & Community Health

Paris Smaragdis 2020

Professor, Computer Science

Scott Weisbenner 2021

Professor, Finance

Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring

This award recognizes faculty for their sustained excellence in graduate student mentoring, innovative approaches to graduate advising, and their impact on graduate student scholarship and professional development. The award is co-sponsored by the Graduate College.

Sarita Adve 2020

Professor, Computer Science

Jie Chen 2021

Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology

Stephen Long 2021

Professor, Plant Biology

Chi-Fang Wu 2020

Associate Professor, Social Work

Excellence in Guiding
Undergraduate Research

This award recognizes faculty for their excellence in involving and guiding undergraduate students in scholarly research, having a positive impact on student scholarship or intellectual development, and for their innovative approaches to guiding undergraduate research. Honorees are represented from two employee categories: Faculty and Specialized Faculty.

Jennifer Hardesty 2020

Professor, Human Development & Family Studies

Denise Loyd 2021

Associate Professor, Business Administration

Darko Marinov 2020

Professor, Computer Science

Thanh Huong (Helen) Nguyen 2021

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Excellence in Online & Distance Teaching

This award honors excellence and innovation in online and/or distance teaching, contributions to student learning through innovative uses of technology, creativity in course development and instruction, and for having had a positive influence on the quality, extent, and development of a department’s online/distance program.

Dawn Bohn 2020

Teaching Associate Professor, Food Science & Human Nutrition

John Hart 2021

Professor, Computer Science

Excellence in Undergraduate Advising

Recipients of this award are recognized for their excellence in and innovative approaches to undergraduate advising, and for having had a major impact on undergraduate students and their intellectual development through sustained academic advising relationships.

Barbara Anderson 2021

Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Human Development & Family Studies

Neil Baer 2020

Academic Advisor, Communication

Becky Meline 2020

Senior Coordinator of Undergraduate Program
and Academic Advisor, Nuclear, Plasma
& Radiological Engineering

Merissa Milton 2021

Senior Academic Advisor, Physics

Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

This award recognizes sustained excellence in and innovative approaches to undergraduate teaching and contributions beyond classroom instruction that have an overall positive impact on undergraduate student learning. Honorees are represented from three employee categories: Faculty, Specialized Faculty, and Teaching Assistants.

Jennifer Amos 2021

Teaching Professor, Bioengineering

Brianna Anderson 2020

Teaching Assistant, Human Development
& Family Studies

Terri Barnes 2021

Associate Professor, History

Leah Becker 2021

Teaching Assistant, English

Ander Beristain 2021

Teaching Assistant, Spanish & Portuguese

Emily Blevins 2021

Teaching Assistant, Psychology

Karie Brown-Tess 2021

Teaching Assistant, Curriculum & Instruction

Amanda Ciafone 2021

Associate Professor, Media & Cinema Studies

Paul Davidson 2021

Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Kate Ditewig-Morris 2021

Senior Lecturer, Communication

Michael Donohoe 2021

Professor, Accountancy

Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider 2020

Teaching Associate Professor, Computer Science

Elizabeth Field 2020

Teaching Assistant, Mathematics

Andrew Gaedtke 2020

Associate Professor, English

Teresa Greppi 2020

Teaching Assistant, Spanish & Portuguese

Christiaan Hazlett 2020

Teaching Assistant, Computer Science

Rana Hogarth 2020

Associate Professor, History

Aldo Manfroi 2020

Senior Lecturer, Mathematics

Ana Olguin 2020

Teaching Assistant, Curriculum & Instruction

Mary Ramey 2020

Senior Lecturer, Communication

Zoi Rapti 2020

Professor, Mathematics

Michael Raycraft 2021

Clinical Associate Professor, Recreation, Sport,
& Tourism

Sarah Richardson 2021

Senior Instructor, Animal Sciences

Scott Ricketts 2021

Senior Lecturer, English

David Rivier 2020

Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology

Ryan Shosted 2021

Professor, Linguistics

Michael Stewart 2020

Clinical Associate Professor, Geology

Paul Stoddard 2020

Senior Lecturer, Agricultural & Consumer Economics

Jone Vicente Urrutia 2021

Teaching Assistant, Spanish & Portuguese

Brian Walters 2020

Associate Professor, Classics

Daniel Bodony 2020

Professor, Aerospace Engineering

Marni Boppart 2020

Professor, Kinesiology & Community Health

Meghan Burke 2021

Professor, Special Education

Maria Regina Cattai de Godoy 2021

Associate Professor, Animal Sciences

Jessica Conroy 2020

Associate Professor, Geology

Steven Culpepper 2021

Professor, Statistics

Lynne Dearborn 2020

Professor, Architecture

Tatyana Deryugina 2020

Associate Professor, Finance

Ying Diao 2021

Associate Professor, Chemical
& Biomolecular Engineering

Randy Ewoldt 2021

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Catharine Fairbairn 2021

Associate Professor, Psychology

Gloriana Gonzalez Rivera 2021

Professor, Curriculum & Instruction

Kaiyu Guan 2021

Associate Professor, Natural Resources
& Environmental Sciences

Jessen Hobson 2020

Professor, Accountancy

Pinshane Huang 2021

Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineerng

Prashant Jain 2020

Professor, Chemistry

Megan Konar 2020

Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Adam Kruse 2021

Associate Professor, Music

Benjamin Lough 2021

Professor, Social Work

Hope Michelson 2020

Associate Professor, Agricultural
& Consumer Economics

Rachel Roegman 2021

Associate Professor, Education Policy, Organization
& Leadership

Joel Spencer 2020

Associate Professor, Music

Helga Varden 2020

Professor, Philosophy

CAS Professors

James D. Anderson

Professor, Education Policy, Organization & Leadership

May R. Berenbaum

Professor, Entomology

Antoinette Burton

Professor, History

David M. Ceperley

Professor, Physics

Leon DeCosta Dash

Professor, Journalism; Law

Sharon M. Donovan

Professor, Food Science & Human Nutrition

Matthew W. Finkin

Professor, Law

Eduardo H. Fradkin

Professor, Physics

Martha U. Gillette

Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology

Bruce Hajek

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Stephen P. Long

Professor, Plant Biology & Crop Sciences

Jeffrey S. Moore

Professor, Chemistry; Materials Science & Engineering

Michael Moore

Professor, Law & Philosophy

Harriet Murav

Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures

Catherine J. Murphy

Professor, Chemistry

Cynthia Oliver

Professor, Dance

Donald R. Ort

Professor, Plant Biology; Crop Sciences

Tere O’Connor

Professor, Dance

Gary Parker

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Gene E. Robinson

Professor, Entomology

Nancy Sottos

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Jonathan Sweedler

Professor, Chemistry

Dale J. Van Harlingen

Professor, Physics

CAS ASSOCIATES

Lynne Dearborn

Professor, Architecture

Mani Golparvar-Fard Associate

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mark Hauber

Professor, Evolution, Ecology & Behavior

Marc Hertzman

Associate Professor, History

Gilbert Holder

Professor, Physics

Craig Koslofsky

Professor, History

Lijun Liu

Professor, Geology

Sonali Shah

Associate Professor, Business Administration

Helga Varden

Professor, Philosophy

David Wilson

Professor, Geography &
Geographic Information Science

Nicole Riemer

Professor, Atmospheric Sciences

Eric Calderwood

Associate Professor, Comparative & World Literature

Rebecca Thornton

Associate Professor, Economics

Julie Cidell

Professor, Geography &
Geographic Information Science

Alexander Yong

Professor, Mathematics

SungWoo Nam

Associate Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Christina Bashford

Professor, Music

James P. O’Dwyer

Associate Professor, Plant Biology

Dov Weiss

Associate Professor, Religion

Xiaohui Chen

Associate Professor, Statistics

CAS FELLOWS

Damien Guironnet

Associate Professor, Chemical
& Biomolecular Engineering

Sean Kennedy

Assistant Professor, Urban & Regional Planning

Lavanya Marla

Assistant Professor, Industrial
& Enterprise Systems Engineering

Vishal Verma

Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Lucas Kyle Wagner

Assistant Professor, Physics

Diwakar Shukla

Associate Professor, Chemical
& Biomolecular Engineering

Amanda Ciafone

Associate Professor, Media & Cinema Studies

Catherine Christian-Hinman

Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Kaiyu Guan

Associate Professor, Natural Resources
& Environmental Sciences

Daniel Miller

Adjunct Associate Professor, Natural Resources
& Environmental Sciences

Alyssa K. Prorok

Associate Professor, Political Science

CAS BECKMAN FELLOWS

Clara Bosak-Schroeder

Associate Professor, Classics

Barry Bradlyn

Assistant Professor, Physics

Lindsay Braun

Assistant Professor, Urban & Regional Planning

William Schneider

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Aida Talic

Assistant Professor, Linguistics

Stacey Robinson

Assistant Professor, Art + Design

Lila Sharif

Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies

Niao He

Assistant Professor, Industrial &
Enterprise Systems Engineering

Chadly Stern

Assistant Professor, Psychology

CAS RESIDENT ASSOCIATES

Toby Beauchamp

Associate Professor, Gender & Women’s Studies

Naomi Paik

Associate Professor, Asian American Studies

CAS RESIDENT Director,
Human-animal Studies @ illinois

Jane Desmond

Professor, Anthropology

2020–2023 University scholars

Meghan Burke

Professor, Special Education

Ryan N. Dilger

Professor, Animal Sciences

Christopher C. Freeburg

Professor, English

Ned O’Gorman

Professor, Communication

Rachel Jane Whitaker

Professor, Microbiology

2021–2024 University scholars

Francina Dominguez

Associate Professor, Atmospheric Sciences

Tania R. Ionin

Professor, Linguistics

Yong-Su Jin

Professor, Food Science & Human Nutrition

Svetlana Lazebnik

Professor, Computer Science

Supriya G Prasanth

Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology

NEWLY APPOINTED DEPARTMENT
AND COLLEGE NAMED
PROFESSORS AND CHAIRS

Tarek Abdelzaher

Professor, Computer Science
The Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Professorship
in Computer Science

Arindam Banerjee

Professor, Computer Science
Founder Professor in Computer Science

Ana Barros

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Donald Biggar Willett Chair in Engineering

Jeff Baur

Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Founder Professor in Aerospace Engineering

Stephen Boppart

Professor, Bioengineering
Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering

Paul Braun

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering

Jeffrey Brawn

Professor, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick Chair in Sustainability

Ralph Brubaker

Professor, Law
James M. H. Sprayregen Professor in Law

Martin Burke

Professor, Chemistry
May and Ving Lee Professor in Chemistry

David Cahill

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering

Chandra Chekuri

Professor, Computer Science
Paul and Cindy Saylor Professor in Computer Science

Deming Chen

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Abel Bliss Professor in Engineering

Brian Cunningham

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Intel Alumni Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ollie Watts Davis

Professor, School of Music
The Suzanne and William Allen
Distinguished Professor of Music

C. Armando Duarte

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Nathan Newmark Professorship in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jeff Erickson

Professor, Computer Science
Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Professor in Computer Science

Margareth Etienne

Professor, Law
Carl L. Vacketta Professor in Law

Charles Gammie

Professor, Physics
Donald Biggar Willet Chair in Physics

Paolo Gardoni

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Alfredo H. Ang Family Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Carl Gunter

Professor, Computer Science
George and Ann Fisher Professor in Computer Science

Brendan Harley

Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Robert W. Schaefer Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Paul Heald

Professor, Law
Albert J. Harno and Edward W. Cleary Chair in Law

Hyun Joon Kong

Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Robert W. Schaefer Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Matthew Kraatz

Professor, Business Administration
Merle H. and Virginia Downs Boren Professor in Business Administration

Praveen Kumar

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Colonel Harry F. and Frankie M. Lovell Endowed Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Alejandro Lapunzina

Professor, School of Architecture
Suzanne and William Allen Professorship in Architecture

Bumsoo Lee

Associate Professor, Urban & Regional Planning
Tschangho John Kim Associate Professor in Urban
and Regional Systems

Michael LeRoy

Professor, Labor & Employment Relations
Labor and Employment Relations Alumni Professor

Xiuling Li

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Engineering

Daniel Liberzon

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Edward C. Jordan Professorship in Electrical
and Computer Engineering

Nadya Mason

Professor, Physics
Rosalyn Susman Yalow Professor in Physics

Arif Masud

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
John and Eileen Blumenschein Professor in Civil
and Environmental Engineering

Andrew Megill

Professor, School of Music
Suzanne and William Allen Distinguished
Professorship in Music

Nolan Miller

Professor, Finance
Daniel and Cynthia Mah Helle Professorship in Finance

Harriet Murav

Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures;
Comparative & World Literature
Catherine C. and Bruce A. Bastian Professor in Global Transnational Studies

Klara Nahrstedt

Professor, Computer Science
Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering

Satish Nair

Professor, Biochemistry
Gregorio Weber Endowed Chair in Biochemistry

Thanh Huong (Helen) Nguyen

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ivan Racheff Professorship in Civil and
Environmental Engineering

David Nicol

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Herman M. Dieckamp Endowed Chair in Engineering

Jeffery Roesler

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ernest Barenberg Professorship in Civil and Environmental Engineering

R. Mohan Sankaran

Professor, Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological
Engineering Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Engineering

Charles Schroeder

Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dr. Ray and Beveryl Mentzer Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Jeff Shamma

Professor, Industrial & Enterprise
Systems Engineering
Dobrovolny Chair in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering

Vijay Singh

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Founder Professor in Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Saurabh Sinha

Professor, Computer Science
Founder Professor in Computer Science

Nancy Sottos

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Swanlund Chair

Marek Sroka

Professor, Library
Andrew Turyn Professor

Erol Tutumluer

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Abel Bill Professor in Engineering

Pramod Viswanath

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Gilmore Family Endowed Professorship in Electrical
and Computer Engineering

Tandy Warnow

Professor, Computer Science
Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering

Lesley Wexler

Professor, Law
John D. Columbo Professor of Law

M. Christina White

Professor, Chemistry
William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor in Chemistry

Yuanhui Zhang

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Founder Professor in Agricultural and
Biological Engineering

Renewed Department and College Named Professors and Chairs • 2020 and 2021

Sarita Adve

Professor, Computer Science
Richard T. Cheng Professor in Computer Science

Scott Althaus

Professor, Political Science
Merriam Professor in Political Science

Narayana Aluru

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering
Richard W. Kritzer Distinguished Professor in Mechanical Science and Engineering

Ximing Cai

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Colonel Harry F. and Frankie M. Lovell Endowed Professor in Civil &and Environmental Engineering

Louis Chan

Professor, Finance
Leonard C. and Mary Lou Hoeft Endowed Professorship in Commerce and Business Administration

John Cronan

Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Microbiology Alumni Professor in Molecular
and Cellular Biology

Philippe di Francesco

Professor, Mathematics
Gertrude and Morris Fine Distinguished Professor
in Mathematics

Geir Dullerud

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering
W. Grafton & Lillian B. Wilkins Professor in Mechanical Science & Engineering

Rui Loja Fernandes

Professor, Mathematics
Lois M. Lackner Professorship in Mathematics

David Forsyth

Professor, Computer Science
Fulton Watson Copp Chair in Computer Science

Eduardo Fradkin

Professor, Physics
Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Engineering

Jonathan Freund

Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Donald Biggar Willett Professor in Engineering

Marcelo Garcia

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Endowed Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Gregory Girolami

Professor, Chemistry
William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor in Chemistry

Nick Glumac

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering
Shao Lee Soo Professor in Mechanical Science
& Engineering

Youssef Hashash

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
William J. and Elaine F. Hall Endowed Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ravishankar Iyer

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
George and Ann Fisher Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Anthony Jacobi

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering
Richard W. Kritzer Distinguished Professor in Mechanical Science and Engineering

Jianming Jin

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Y. T. Lo Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering

William King

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering
Ralph A. Andersen Endowed Chair in Mechanical Science and Engineering

Wen-Tso Liu

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Arthur C. Nauman Endowed Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Yi Lu

Professor, Chemistry
Jay and Ann Schenck Endowed Professor in Chemistry

Benito Marinas

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ivan Racheff Professor in Environmental Engineering

Cele Otnes

Professor, Business Administration
Anthony J. Petullo Professor in Business Administration

Mark Peecher

Professor, Accountancy
Deloitte Professor in Accountancy

Marshall Poole

Professor, Communication
David L. Swanson Professor in Communication

Lui Sha

Professor, Computer Science
Donald B. Gillies Endowed Chair in Computer Science

Murugesu Sivapalan

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Chester and Helen Siess Endowed Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering

Billie Spencer, Jr.

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Nathan M. and Anne M. Newmark Endowed Chair in Civil & Environmental Engineering

Rayadurgam Srikant

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Fredric G. and Elizabeth H. Nearing Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Daniel Sullivan

Professor, Theatre
Swanlund Chair

Ning Wang

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering
Leonard C and Mary Lou Hoeft Professor in Engineering

Donald Wuebbles

Professor, Atmospheric Sciences
Harry E. Preble Professor in Atmospheric Sciences

Huimin Zhao

Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Steven L. Miller Chair in Chemical Engineering

Campus-wide Endowed Professors and Chairs

Aiken Chair

The Michael Aiken Chair was established in honor of former University Chancellor Michael Aiken for his devotion to enhancing the quality of teaching, research, and service across campus. The Aiken Chair is supported by a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Campbell and other sources.

Donna Cox

Professor, Art and Design

Jiawei Han

Professor, Computer Science

Fox Family Professor

The Fox Family Professorship was established through a gift from Peter B. and Kim Blackwell Fox, who are long-time supporters of the University of Illinois. The Fox Family Professorship is awarded to an individual whose scholarship and teaching focus on economic development entrepreneurship and transfer of technology locally, in the state, and in the nation.

Andrew Singer

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Gutgsell Professors

Gutgsell Endowed Professorships and Chairs were established by Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell to promote faculty development and to ensure high achievement. Gutgsell appointments have five-year renewable terms and provide funds for scholarly activities associated with individual fields of distinction.

James Anderson

Education Policy, Organization & Leadership

Nicholas Burbules

Education Policy, Organization & Leadership

Virginia Dominguez

Professor, Anthropology

Don Fullerton

Professor, Finance

M. Taher Saif

Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Deborah Thurston

Professor, Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering

Maria Todorova

Professor, History

Gutgsell Chairs

John Gerlt

Professor, Biochemistry

Nancy Makri

Professor, Chemistry

Ikenberry Chairs

Ikenberry Endowed Chairs were established in honor of Stanley O. Ikenberry’s tenure as the 14th President of the University of Illinois. Ikenberry Chairs are funded by a gift from Geraldine B. Cooke and other sources, and honor distinguished faculty members on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.

Stephen Long

Professor, Crop Sciences; Plant Bology

Jeffrey Moore

Professor, Chemistry

Swanlund Chairs

Swanlund Endowed Chairs are made possible by a gift from the late Maybelle Leland Swanlund. Mrs. Swanlund, who died in 1993, provided an endowment of $12 million to attract leading figures in the arts and sciences to the University or to recognize outstanding scholars already on its faculty.

May Berenbaum

Professor, Entomology

Antoinette Burton

Professor, History

Leon Dash

Professor, Journalism

Matthew Finkin

Professor, Law

Nigel Goldenfeld

Professor, Physics

Nathan Gunn

Professor, Music

Gene Robinson

Professor, Entomology

Nancy Sottos

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Daniel Sullivan

Professor, Theater

University Endowed Chairs

Walgreen Chair

A generous gift from the Walgreen family established an endowment to support the appointment of Walgreen Chairs. Walgreen Chairs are held by individuals whose intellect and accomplishments place them among the most distinguished in their respective field(s), as affirmed by such recognition as Nobel or Pulitzer Prizes or by evidential works.

Michael Moore

Professor, Law; Philosophy