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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David Zervos PhD ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™93 Professor
Professor of Economics
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
Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor in Optical Engineering
Professor of Optics
Robert L. McCrory Professor
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Physics
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Optics
LLE Distinguished Scientist
Director of URNano
Hazel Fyfe Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
Beverly Petterson Bishop and Charles W. Bishop Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
William F. May Professor of Engineering, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chair and Professor of Sound Arts and Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
George E. Pake Professor of Physics
Professor of Physics
William F. Krupke Distinguished Professor in Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
Richard S. Eisenberg Professor in Chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Chemistry
Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures
Dr. James C. Wyant Professor in Optics
Professor of Optics
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Robin and Tim Wentworth Director, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Computer Science
Marylou Ingram Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
Professor of Art and Art History
Tracy Hyde Harris Professor
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Physics
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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Kevin J. Parker Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering
Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
George Eastman Professor
Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
John Henry Newman Professor of Roman Catholic Studies
Associate Professor of Religion
Robert K. Boeckman, Jr. and Mary H. Delton Family Distinguished Professorship in Organic Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Martin Brewer Anderson Professor of Political Science
Professor of Political Science
Don Alonzo Watson Professor of Political Science
Professor of Economics
Susan B. Anthony Professor
Professor of Black Studies
Professor of English
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Robert E. Hopkins Professor of Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and Education
Professor of Economics
Gideon Webster Burbank Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy
Professor of Philosophy
Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
LLE Distinguished Scientist
Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professor of Biology
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George Y. and Catherine H. Wu Professor in Chemistry
Professor of Biology
Doris Johns Cherry Professor
Professor of Biology - On sabbatical until Jan 2027
John F. Randolph Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
Alan F. Hilfiker Distinguished Professor in English
Professor of English
Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
Professor of English
Joseph W. and Honmai Goodman Distinguished Professor in Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics
Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
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Thomas H. Jackson Distinguished University Professor
Professor of Political Science
Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Judaic Studies and Dean's Professor of Humanities
Professor of Religion
Dean and Laura Marvin Endowed Professor in Physical Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Optics
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Dexter Perkins Professor in History
Professor of History
Charles Frederick Houghton Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
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Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Social Sciences
Professor of Economics
Jay Last Professor in Arts, Sciences & Engineering
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Optics
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Deans Professor in the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Neuroscience
Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor of Biology
Professor of Biology
Dean's Professor
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Optics
Arthur G. Yates Professor of Engineering
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Joseph Henry Gilmore Professor of English
Professor of English
Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor of Engineering
Professor of Computer Science
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Nicholas George Endowed Professor in Optics
Professor of Optics and Ophthalmology
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Marshall D. Gates, Jr. Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Frederick Douglass Professor
Associate Professor of English
Associate Professor of Black Studies
Richard L. Turner Professor of Linguistics
Professor of Linguistics
Dr. Steven Chu Professor in Physics
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Arthur Satz Professor for the Department of Music, School of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Music, Eastman School of Music
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Andrew S. Kende Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
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Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
Professor of Philosophy
Shirley Cox Kearns Professor of Biology
Professor of Biology
Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor
Professor of Political Science
Professor of Business Administration
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Daniel Burton Fayerweather Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Mathematics
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
DeanÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s Professor in Arts & Sciences
Professor of Psychology
Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in the Center for Visual Science
Corrigan-Minehan Professor in Political Science
Professor of Political Science
Elizabeth Denio Professor
Associate Professor of Religion
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Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English
Professor of English
DeanÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s Professor
Professor of Biology - On sabbatical until Jan 2027
Arthur R. Miller Professor of History
Professor of History
Arnold Lisio ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™56, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½˜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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William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Joseph F. Cunningham Professor
Associate Professor of History
Elmer B. Milliman Distinguished Professor in Economics
Professor of Economics
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Dean's Professor
Professor of Biology
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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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Franklin W. And Gladys I. Clark Professor of History
Professor of History
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
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Kidger-Moore Distinguished Professor in Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor, Center for Visual Science
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor 2018-2021
M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics
Professor of Optics
Professor of Physics