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Endowed Chairs and Faculty Fellows

Universities attract and support distinguished educators by endowing academic chairs and providing fellowships. This honors exceptional faculty members for their past and future contributions while also supporting their current work. The following physical sciences professors currently hold endowed chairs or fellowships.

Seth Cohen

Seth Cohen

Chancellor’s Distinguished Professorship

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Alison Coil

Alison Coil

The Ingrid and Joseph W. Hibben Chair in Space Science and Education

Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Neal Devaraj

Neal Devaraj

Murray Goodman Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Joshua Figueroa

Joshua Figueroa

Leslie Orgel Scholar

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Alex Fraño Pereira

Alex Fraño Pereira

Professor Sheldon Schultz Chancellor's Endowed Faculty Fellowship

Department of Physics

Nigel Goldenfeld

Nigel Goldenfeld

Chancellor's Distinguished Professorship

Department of Physics

Vicki Grassian

Vicki Grassian

Distinguished Chair in Physical Chemistry

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Kent Griffith

Kent Griffith

William A. Lee Chancellors Endowed Jr Faculty Fellowship

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Michael Holst

Michael Holst

Chancellor’s Associate Chair

Department of Mathematics

Christine Hrycyna

Christine Hrycyna

Chancellor's Associates Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Terry Hwa

Terry Hwa

Presidential Chair

Department of Physics

Kenneth Intrilligator

Kenneth Intrilligator

Dan Broida Chair in Elementary Particle Physics

Department of Physics

Lisa Jones

Lisa Jones

Chancellor's Associates Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Chancellor’s Distinguished Professorship

Department of Physics

Kiran Kedlaya

Kiran Kedlaya

Stefan E. Warschawski Chair in Mathematics

Department of Mathematics

David Kleinfeld

David Kleinfeld

George Feher Chair in Experimental Biophysics

Department of Physics

Clifford Kubiak

Clifford Kubiak

Harold Clayton Urey Chair in Chemistry

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Tongyan Lin

Tongyan Lin

Harold and Suzy Ticho Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Physics

Department of Physics

Brian Maple

Brian Maple

Bernd T. Matthias Chair in Physics

Department of Physics

James McKernan

James McKernan

Charles Lee Powell Endowed Chair in Mathematics

Department of Mathematics

Vishal Patil

Vishal Patil

William A. Lee Chancellors Endowed Jr Faculty Fellowship

Department of Mathematics

Dimitris Politis

Dimitris Politis

Halicioglu Data Science Institute Endowed Chair 

Department of Mathematics

Kimberly Prather

Kimberly Prather

Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Valerie Schmidt

Valerie Schmidt

William A. Lee Chancellors Endowed Jr Faculty Fellowship

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Ivan K. Schuller

Ivan K. Schuller

Center for Memory and Recording Research Endowed Chair

Department of Physics

Julia Stauber

Julia Stauber

Yinan Wang Memorial Chancellor's Endowed Jr Faculty Fellowship

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Tzer Han Tan

Tzer Han Tan

William A. Lee Chancellor's Endowed Jr Faculty Fellows

Department of Physics

Susan Taylor

Susan Taylor

Chancellor’s Distinguished Professorship

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Samantha Trumbo

Samantha Trumbo

William A. Lee Chancellors Endowed Jr Faculty Fellowship

Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Wei Xiong

Wei Xiong

Kent Wilson Scholar

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry