Named Faculty Positions
Current holders of a named dean, director, department chair, chair, or professorship:
Last updated September 1, 2023
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| David Acker | Raymond and Mary Baker Chair in Global Agriculture | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| J. Arbuckle | Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture | Sociology and Criminal Justice |
| Sotirios Archontoulis | Pioneer Hi-Bred Agronomy Professorship | Agronomy |
| Lance Baumgard | Norman Jacobson Professorship in Dairy Science | Animal Science |
| Gwyn Beattie | Robert Buchanan Distinguished Chair of Bacteriology | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Stuart Birrell | Kinze Manufacturing Professorship in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering |
| Thomas Brumm | Mary and Charles Sukup Global Professor in Food Security | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Michael Castellano | William T. Frankenberger Professorship in Soil Science | Agronomy |
| Matt Darr | John Deere Endowed Chair in Agricultural Innovation | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering |
| Amani Elobeid | Ron and Lynn Deiter Endowed Chair for Sustaining Excellence in Ag Business | Economics |
| Richard Gates | Iowa Egg Council Endowed Professorship | Animal Science |
| Matthew Helmers | Brent and Cindy Hart Professorship | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering |
| Terry Houser | Smithfield Foods Chair in Meat Science Extension | Animal Science |
| Anna Johnson | Artz Chair for Faculty Excellence in Animal Science | Animal Science |
| Kevin Kimle | Bruce Rastetter Chair in Agricultural Entrepreneurship | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Sergio Lence | Marlin Cole Professor of International Agricultural Economics | Economics |
| Thomas Lubberstedt | K.J. Frey Chair in Agronomy | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| GianCarlo Moschini | Pioneer Hi-Bred International Chair in Science and Technology Policy | Economics |
| Gail Nonnecke | Global Professor for Global Resource Systems | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Matthew O'Neal | Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Daniel Robison | College of Agriculture and Life Science's Endowed Dean's Chair | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Jason Ross | Lloyd L. Anderson Endowed Professorship in Physiology | Animal Science |
| Patrick Schnable | Iowa Corn Promotion Board Endowed Chair in Genetics/Baker Professorship in Agronomy | Agronomy/Agronomy |
| Asheesh (Danny) Singh | G.F. Sprague Chair in Agronomy | Agronomy |
| Juan Steibel | Jay L. Lush Chair in Animal Breeding and Genetics | Animal Science |
| Jodi Sterle | Eldred and Donna Harman Professorship in Teaching and Learning | Animal Science |
| Timothy Stewart | Harmon Family Professorship in Forestry | Natural Resource Ecology and Management |
| Walter Suza | George Washington Carver Chair | Agronomy |
| Kristine Tidgren | Leonard Dolezal Professorship in Agricultural Law | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Kan Wang | Global Professorship in Biotechnology | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
| Quinn Weninger | John F. Timmons Endowed Professorship in Environmental and Resource Economics | Economics |
| Curtis Youngs | M.E. Ensminger Chair | Animal Science |
| Jianming Yu | Pioneer Hi-Bred Distinguished Chair in Maize Breeding/Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding Endowment | Agronomy/Agronomy |
Ivy College of Business | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Ginka Borisova | Dean's Professorship in Finance | Ivy College of Business |
| James Brown | Debbie and Jerry Ivy Chair in Business | Ivy College of Business |
| David Cantor | Ruan Chair in Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain and Information Systems |
| Haozhe Chen | Walker Professorship in Logistics and Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Management |
| Arnold Cowan | Wells Fargo Professorship in Finance | Finance |
| Christine Denison | Roger P. Murphy Professor in Accounting | Accounting |
| Dermot Hayes | Pioneer Hi-Bred International Agribusiness Chair | Ivy College of Business |
| Pol Herrmann | Bob and Kay Smith Entrepreneurship Professorship | Ivy College of Business |
| Michael Howard | Hilsinger-Janson Professorship | Ivy College of Business |
| Diane Janvrin | William L. Varner Professorship | Accounting |
| Scott Johnson | Thome Professorship in Business | Ivy College of Business |
| Stephen Kim | Raisbeck Professorship in Business | Ivy College of Business |
| Paul Koch | Kent Corporation Chair in Business | Ivy College of Business |
| Tingting Liu | John and Connie Stafford Professorship in Business | Ivy College of Business |
| Frank Montabon | Dean's Professorship in Supply Chain Management | Ivy College of Business |
| Annaleena Parhankangas | Kingland Professor of Entrepreneurship | Management and Entrepreneurship |
| Mark Power | Principal Financial Group Professorship | Finance |
| Sridhar Ramaswami | Dapper Faculty Professorship in Marketing | Marketing |
| Kevin Scheibe | Union Pacific Professorship for Information Systems | Information Systems and Business Analytics |
| Deidra Schleicher | John and Deborah Ganoe Professor in Business | Ivy College of Business |
| Andreas Schwab | Dean's Professorship in Management | Ivy College of Business |
| David Spalding | Raisbeck Endowed Dean's Chair | Ivy College of Business |
| James Summers | Max S. Wortman, Jr. Professorship | Management and Entrepreneurship |
| Yoshinori Suzuki | Land O'Lakes, Inc. Endowed Professorship in Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain Management |
| Lingyao Yuan | Kingland Graduate Director Business Analytics | Information Systems and Business Analytics |
| Chen Zhang | Dean's Professorship | Ivy College of Business |
College of Design | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Paul Bruski | Dorothy Maitland Miller Professorship in Graphic Design | Graphic Design |
| Shelby Doyle | Stan G. Thurston Professorship in Design Build | Architecture |
| Douglas Spencer | Pickard Chilton Professorship in Architecture | Architecture |
College of Engineering | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Ossama Abdelkhalik | Vance D. Coffman Faculty Chair | Aerospace Engineering |
| Venkataramana Ajjarapu | Thomas M. Whitney Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Jeramy Ashlock | Richard L. Handy Professorship | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Ashraf Bastawros | Grace Miller Wilson and T. Wilson Endowed Engineering Faculty Fund | College of Engineering |
| Robert Brown | Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
| Halil Ceylan | Pitt-Des Moines, Inc., Professorship in Civil Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Degang Chen | Jerry R. Junkins Chair | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Eric Cochran | Mary Jane Skogen Hagenson and Randy L. Hagenson Professorship in Chemical and Biological Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Peter Collins | The Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Kristen Constant | Wilkinson Professorship in Interdisciplinary Engineering III | College of Engineering |
| Chris Cornelius | Dr. Thomas D. McGee and Dr. Ick-Jhin Rick Yoon Department Chair in Materials Science and Engineering | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Julie Dickerson | David C. Nicholas Professorship Endowment | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Ian Dobson | Arend J. and Verna V. Sandbulte Faculty Fund | College of Engineering |
| Liang Dong | Vikram L. Dalal Professorship | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Michael Dorneich | Joseph Walkup Professorship in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering | Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
| Paul Durbin | Joseph and Elizabeth Anderlik Professorship in the College of Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Sam Easterling | James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of the College of Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Matthew Frank | John B. Slater Professorship in Sustainable Design and Manufacturing | Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
| Baskar Ganapathysubramanian | Joseph and Elizabeth Anderlik Professorship in Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Manimaran Govindarasu | Murray J. and Ruth M. Harpole Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Caroline Hayes | Engineering Excellence Professorship | College of Engineering |
| Ted Heindel | Bergles Professorship in Thermal Science | Mechanical Engineering |
| Hui Hu | Martin C. Jischke Professorship in Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering |
| Doug Jacobson | Professorship in Cybersecurity in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Laura Jarboe | Cargill Professorship in Chemical Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Ashfaq Khokhar | The Palmer Department Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Ratnesh Kumar | Palmer Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Simon Laflamme | Waldo W. Wegner Professorship in Civil Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Valery Levitas | Murray Harpole Chair in Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Beiwen Li | William and Virginia Binger Professorship | Mechanical Engineering |
| Surya Mallapragada | Carol Johnson Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| James McCalley | Jack London Chair in Power Systems Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Steve Mickelson | Charles R. and Jane F. Olsen Professorship in Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Gary Mirka | John Ryder Professorship in Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Balaji Narasimhan | Vlasta Klima Balloun Faculty Chair | College of Engineering |
| James Oliver | Larry and Pam Pithan Faculty Fund in Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
| Aishwarya Pawar | William March Scholar in Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
| Frank Peters | C.G. "Turk" and Joyce A. Therkildsen Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering | Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
| Cary Pint | Charles Schafer (Battelle) Chair in Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
| Manojit Pramanik | Northrop Grumman Professorship | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Aditya Ramamoorthy | Northrop Grumman Professorship in honor of Fred W. O'Green | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Chris Rehmann | Cerwick Faculty Professorship I | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Nigel Reuel | The Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Kristin-Yvonne Rozier | Dennis and Rebecca Muilenburg Professorship | Aerospace Engineering |
| Sarah Ryan | Charles (Turk) and Joyce Therkildsen Chair in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering | Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
| David Sanders | Greenwood Department Chair in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Jennifer Shane | W. A. Klinger Teaching Professorship | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Brent Shanks | Mike and Jean Steffenson Chair | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Jacqueline Shanks | Manley R. Hoppe Professorship in Chemical Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Anuj Sharma | Pitt-Des Moines, Inc., Professorship in Civil Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Pranav Shrotriya | Manorama and Shyam Bahadur Professorship in Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
| Arun Somani | Philip Tate Sproul and Virginia Shivers Sproul Endowment | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Sri Sritharan | Wilkinson Chair in the College of Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Xiaoli Tan | Schafer Professorship | College of Engineering |
| Jean-Philippe Tessonnier | Richard C. Seagrave Professorship | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Goce Trajcevski | Kingland Professor of Data Analytics | College of Engineering |
| Namrata Vaswani | Joseph and Elizabeth Anderlik Professorship in Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Dennis Vigil | Reginald R. Baxter Endowed Department Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Kejin Wang | Wilson Professor of Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Xinwei Wang | Wilkinson Professorship in Interdisciplinary Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Zhaoyu Wang | Northrop Grumman Professorship | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Jonathan Wickert | Presidential Professorship | Iowa State University |
| R. Williams | Gerald and Audrey Olson Professorship in Civil Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
| Yue Wu | Herbert L. Stiles Professorship in Chemical Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Joseph Zambreno | Ross Martin Mehl and Marylyne Munas Mehl Computer Engineering Professorship | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Reza Zoughi | Kirby Gray (Battelle) Chair in Engineering | College of Engineering |
College of Human Sciences | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Stephanie Clark | Virginia M. Gladney Professorship | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
| Jonathan Fox | Ruth Whipp Sherwin Fund | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Sarah Francis | Jane Armstrong Chair in Food Science and Human Nutrition | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
| Laura Jolly | Human Sciences Dean's Chair | College of Human Sciences |
| Marian Kohut | Barbara E. Forker Professorship in Kinesiology I | Kinesiology |
| Carla Peterson | Nancy Rygg Armbrust Professorship in Early Childhood Development and Education | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Eulanda Sanders | Donna R. Danielson Professorship in Textiles and Clothing | Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management |
| Guowen Song | Noma Scott Lloyd Chair in Textiles and Clothing | Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management |
| Gregory Welk | Barbara E. Forker Professorship in Kinesiology II | Kinesiology |
| Wendy White | Dr. Thelma McMillan Professorship in Food Science and Human Nutrition | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department/College of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Robbyn Anand | Carlyle G. Caldwell Endowed Chair in Chemistry | Chemistry |
| Jared Anderson | Alice Hudson Professorship | Chemistry |
| Amy Andreotti | Roy J. Carver Chair of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology |
| Diane Bassham | Walter and Helen Parke Loomis Professorship | Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology |
| Steve Butler | Barbara J. Janson Professorship in Mathematics | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Paul Canfield | Robert Allen Wright Endowed Professorship | Physics and Astronomy |
| Alicia Carriquiry | Iowa State University President's Chair in Statistics | Statistics |
| Carol Chapelle | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Myra Cohen | Lanh and Oanh Nguyen Chair in Software Engineering | Computer Science |
| Michael Dahlstrom | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication |
| Matthew DeLisi | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | Sociology and Criminal Justice |
| Daniela Dimitrova | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication |
| Kristie Franz | Smith Family Foundation Departmental Chair in Geology | Geological and Atmospheric Sciences |
| Mark Gordon | Frances M. Craig Chair | Chemistry |
| Mark Hargrove | Roy J. Carver Trust Professor in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology |
| Matthew Hufford | Cassling Family Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Jae-Kwang Kim | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Brent Kreider | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| John Lajoie | Harmon-Ye Endowed Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Bernard Lidicky | Scott Hanna Faculty Professorship | Mathematics |
| Gustavo MacIntosh | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology |
| Ryan Martin | Scott Hanna Professorship | Mathematics |
| Timothy McNicholl | Scott Hanna Faculty Professorship | Mathematics |
| Robert McQueeney | John and Mary Weaver Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy | Physics and Astronomy |
| Daniel Nettleton | Laurence H. Baker Chair in Biological Statistics | Statistics |
| Xuan Nguyen | Dio Lewis Holl Chair in Applied Mathematics | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Daniel Nordman | Dale D. Grosvenor Chair | Statistics |
| Gary Ockey | Angela B. Pavitt Professorship in English | English |
| Reuben Peters | Roy J. Carver Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (3) | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology |
| Dave Peterson | Lucken Professorship in Political Science | Political Science |
| Yiu Poon | Scott Hanna Faculty Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Hridesh Rajan | Kingland Professor of Data Analytics or Cognitive Machine Learning | Computer Science |
| James Rodde | Louise Moen Chair in Music | Music and Theatre |
| Matthew Sivils | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Amy Smith | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Tin-Shi Tam | Cownie Professor of Music | Music and Theatre |
| Geetu Tuteja | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology |
| Maximilian Viatori | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Theresa Windus | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | Chemistry |
| Miriam Zach | Charles and Mary Sukup Endowed Artist in Organ | Music and Theatre |
| Zhengyuan Zhu | Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship | Statistics |
College of Veterinary Medicine | ||
| Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
| Rachel Allbaugh | Lora and Russ Talbot Endowed Professor in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Matt Brewer | Frank K. Ramsey Endowed Chair | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Amanda Fales-Williams | Tyrone D. Artz, M.D. Chair for Teaching Excellence in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| M. Heather Greenlee | Lora and Russ Talbot Endowed Professor in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Daniel Grooms | Stephen G. Juelsgaard Dean's Chair in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Albert Jergens | Donn E. and Beth Bacon Professorship in Small Animal Surgery | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Locke Karriker | Dr. Douglas and Ann Gustafson Professorship for Teaching Excellence in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Karl Kraus | Hoefle Professorship in Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery | Veterinary Clinical Sciences |
| Daniel Linhares | Roy A. Schultz Professorship in Swine Medicine | Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine |
| Mark Lyte | W. Eugene Lloyd Chair in Toxicology | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Richard Martin | Benbrook Chair in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Jodi McGill | John G. Salsbury Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Suzanne Millman | Scott and Nancy Armbrust Professorship in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Paul Plummer | Anderson Chair in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| James Roth | Iowa State University President's Chair in Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Thimmasettapp Thippeswamy | W.E. Lloyd Professorship | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Jessica Ward | Phyllis M. Clark Professorship | Veterinary Clinical Sciences |
| Qijing Zhang | Dr. Roger and Marilyn Mahr Chair in One Health | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Paul Plummer,
Anderson Chair in Veterinary Medicine
Guidelines for named faculty positions (PDF, 132KB) (requires ISU login)
Addendum to Letter of Intent - Appointment to a Named Faculty Position (DOC, 23KB) (requires ISU login)
Akelo Harris,
Faculty Personnel Data and Analytics Specialist,
515-294-3592,
akelo@iastate.edu