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 |