Named Faculty Positions
Current holders of a named dean, director, department chair, chair, or professorship:
Last updated December 23, 2020
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 |
Lance Baumgard | Norman Jacobson Professorship in Dairy Science | Animal Science |
Gwyn Beattie | Robert E. Buchanan Distinguished Chair of Bacteriology | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
William Beavis | G.F. Sprague Chair in Agronomy | 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 |
Richard Gates | Iowa Egg Council Endowed Professorship | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
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 Professorship of International Agriculture Economics | Economics |
Matthew Liebman | Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture | Agronomy |
Thomas Lubberstedt | K.J. Frey Chair in Agronomy | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
Andrew Manu | George Washington Carver Chair | Agronomy |
Manjit Misra | Seed Science Endowed Chair | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
Kenneth Moore | Pioneer Hi-Bred Agronomy Professorship | Agronomy |
GianCarlo Moschini | Pioneer Hi-Bred International Chair in Science and Technology Policy | Economics |
Basil Nikolau | Craig Professorship | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology |
Gail Nonnecke | Global Professor in Global Resource Systems | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
Thomas Peterson | Pioneer Hi-Bred Chair in Molecular Biology of Maize | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
Skyler Rinker | James and Clare Frevert Ag450 Professorship | Agricultural Education and Studies |
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 | Agronomy |
Joe Sebranek | Morrison Chair in Meat Science | Animal Science |
Asheesh Singh | Monsanto Chair in Soybean Breeding | Agronomy |
Jodi Sterle | Eldred and Donna Harman Professorship for Excellence in Teaching and Learning | Animal Science |
Kristine Tidgren | Leonard Dolezal Professorship in Agricultural Law | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
Kan Wang | Global Professorship in Biotechnology | Agronomy |
Michael Weber | Harmon Family Professorship in Forestry | Natural Resource Ecology and Management |
Quinn Weninger | John F. Timmons Endowed Professorship in Environmental and Resource Economics | Economics |
Curtis Youngs | Ensminger Endowed Chair of International Agriculture | Animal Science |
Jianming Yu | Pioneer Hi-Bred Distinguished Chair in Maize Breeding | Agronomy |
Vacant | Biosafety Policy and Regulation Endowed Chair | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
Vacant | Jean Bacon Louis Professorship in Food Science and Human Nutrition | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
Ivy College of Business | ||
Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
Ginka Borisova | Dean's Professorship in Finance | Finance |
James Brown | Kingland MBA Professorship | Ivy College of Business |
David Cantor | Walker Professorship in Logistics and Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain and Information Systems |
Arnold Cowan | Wells Fargo Professorship in Finance | Finance |
Michael Crum | Ruan Chair in Supply Chain Management | Supply Chain and Information Systems |
Patricia Daugherty | Debbie and Jerry Ivy Chair in Business | Ivy College of Business |
Christine Denison | Roger P. Murphy Professor in Accounting | Accounting |
William Dilla | Union Pacific/Charles B. Handy Professorship in Accounting | Accounting |
Joey George | John D. DeVries Endowed Chair in Business | Ivy College of Business |
Dermot Hayes | Pioneer Hi-Bred International Agribusiness Chair | Ivy College of Business |
Pol Herrmann | Bob and Kay Smith Entrepreneurship Professorship | Management and Entrepreneurship |
Diane Janvrin | William L. Varner Professorship | Accounting |
Scott Johnson | Dean's Professor in Management | Management and Entrepreneurship |
Stephen Kim | Raisbeck Professorship in Business | Ivy College of Business |
Paul Koch | Kent Corporation Chair in Business | Finance |
Russell Laczniak | John and Connie Stafford Professorship in Business | Ivy College of Business |
Sree Nilakanta | Kingland Professor of Data Analytics | Information Systems and Business Analytics |
Annaleena Parhankangas | Kingland Professor of Entrepreneurship | Management and Entrepreneurship |
Mark Power | Principal Financial Group Professorship | Finance |
Sridhar Ramaswami | Dapper Professorship in Marketing | Marketing |
Jacquelyn Rees Ulmer | Union Pacific Professorship for Information Systems | Supply Chain and Information Systems |
Deidra Schleicher | Dean's Professor in Management | Management and Entrepreneurship |
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 |
John Wong | Dean's Professorship in Sales and Marketing | Marketing |
Vacant | Thome Professorship in Business | Ivy College of Business |
College of Design | ||
Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
Bernard Canniffe | Dorothy Maitland Miller Professorship in Graphic Design | Graphic Design |
Douglas Spencer | Pickard Chilton Professorship in Architecture | Architecture |
College of Engineering | ||
Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
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 Engineering Professor | College of Engineering |
Robert Brown | Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
Degang Chen | Jerry R. Junkins Chair | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Kristen Constant | Wilkinson Professorship in Interdisciplinary Engineering | College of Engineering |
Chris Cornelius | Wilkinson Chair in Materials Science and Engineering | College of Engineering |
Julie Dickerson | David C. Nicholas Professorship | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Ian Dobson | Arend J. and Verna V. Sandbulte Professorship in Engineering | College of Engineering |
Liang Dong | Northrop Grumman Professorship in honor of Fred W. O'Green | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Paul Durbin | Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Professorship in Engineering | Aerospace Engineering |
Sam Easterling | James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of the College of Engineering | College of Engineering |
Rodney Fox | Hershel B. Whitney Professor, Global Initiatives | Chemical and Biiological Engineering |
Matthew Frank | John B. Slater Professor in Sustainable Design and Manufacturing | Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
Baskar Ganapathysubramanain | Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Professorship in Engineering | College of Engineering |
Manimaran Govindarasu | Ross Martin Mehl and Marylyne Munas Mehl Professorship in Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Caroline Hayes | Lynn Gleason Professorship in Interdisciplinary Engineering | College of Engineering |
Ted Heindel | Bergles Professorship in Thermal Science | Mechanical Engineering |
Andrew Hillier | Reginald R. Baxter Endowed Department Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Hui Hu | Martin C. Jischke Professorship in Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering |
Laura Jarboe | Cargill Professorship in Chemical Engineering | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
David Jiles | Palmer Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering/The Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering/College of Engineering |
Duane Johnson | F. Wendell Miller Professor of Energy Sciences | Materials Science and Engineering |
Ahmed Kamal | Richardson Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Ashfaq Khokhar | The Palmer Department Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Gül Kremer | C.G. (Turk) and Joyce A. Therkildsen Department Chair in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering | Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
Ratnesh Kumar | Murray J. and Ruth M. Harpole Professorship in Electrical Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Simon Laflamme | Waldo W. Wegner Professorship in Civil Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
Valery Levitas | Vance D. Coffman Faculty Chair | Aerospace Engineering |
Surya Mallapragada | Carol Vohs 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 Professor of 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 |
Alric Rothmayer | Vance and Arlene Coffman Endowed Department Chair in Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering |
Sarah Ryan | Joseph Walkup Professorship 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 |
Vernon Schaefer | James M. Hoover Chair in Geotechnical 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 |
Arun Somani | Philip and Virginia Sproul Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Sri Sritharan | Wilkinson Chair in the College of Engineering | College of Engineering |
Jean-Philippe Tessonnier | Richard C. Seagrave Professorship | Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Namrata Vaswani | Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Professorship in Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Kejin Wang | Wilson Professor of Engineering | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering |
Zhaoyu Wang | Harpole-Pentair Young Faculty Award Endowment | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
R. Christopher 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 |
Reza Zoughi | Kirby Gray (Battelle) Chair in Engineering | College of Engineering |
Vacant | Bergdahl Professorship of Materials Science | Materials Science and Engineering |
Vacant | Dennis and Rebecca Muilenburg Professor of Aerospace Engineering | Aerospace Engineering |
Vacant | Tunc and Lale Doluca Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
College of Human Sciences | ||
Incumbent | Named Faculty Position | Department of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
Christina Campbell | Sandra S. and Roy W. Uelner Professorship | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
Stephanie Clark | Virginia M. Gladney Professorship | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
Jonathan Fox | Ruth Whipp Sherwin Professor | Human Development and Family Studies |
Laura Jolly | Human Sciences Dean's Chair | College of Human Sciences |
Marian Kohut | Barbara E. Forker Professorship in Kinesiology | Kinesiology |
Ruth Litchfield | Jane Armstrong Chair in Food Science and Human Nutrition | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
Carla Peterson | Nancy Rygg Armbrust Professorship in Early Childhood Development and Education | Human Development and Family Studies |
Manju Reddy | Doris A. Adams Endowed Chair in Food Science and Human Nutrition | Food Science and Human Nutrition |
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 | 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 of Incumbent (or Discipline Designated by Gift) |
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 Professorship | Physics and Astronomy |
Alicia Carriquiry | Iowa State University President's Chair in Statistics | Statistics |
Myra Cohen | Lanh and Oanh Nguyen Chair in Software Engineering | Computer Science |
Michael Dahlstrom | Dean's Professorship | Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication |
Matthew DeLisi | Dean's Professorship | Sociology |
David Fernández-Baca | Dale D. Grosvenor Chair | Computer Science |
Kristie Franz | Smith Family Foundation Departmental Chair in Geology | Geological and Atmospheric Sciences |
Shlomo Gelaki | Scott Hanna Professor in Mathematics | Mathematics |
Mark Gordon | Frances M. Craig Chair | Chemistry |
Kristen Johansen | Roy J. Carver Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology |
Jae-Kwang Kim | Dean's Professorship | Statistics |
Brent Kreider | Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
John Levis | Angela B. Pavitt Professorship in English | English |
Daniel Nettleton | Laurence H. Baker Chair in Biological Statistics | Statistics |
Reuben Peters | Roy J. Carver Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology |
David Peterson | Lucken Professorship in Political Science | Political Science |
Davit Potoyan | Carlyle G. Caldwell Endowed Chair in Chemistry | Chemistry |
Hridesh Rajan | Kingland Professor of Data Analytics or Cognitive Machine Learning | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
James Rodde | Louise Moen Chair in Music | Music and Theatre |
Mayly Sanchez | Cassling Family Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
Matthew Sivils | Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
Amy Erica Smith | Dean's Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
Tin-Shi Tam | Charles T. and Ivadelle Cobb Cownie Professor of Music | Music and Theatre |
Javier Vela | John D. Corbett Professorship in Chemistry | Chemistry |
Gary Wells | Wendy and Mark Stavish Chair in Social Sciences | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
Theresa Windus | Dean's Professorship | Chemistry |
Michael Young | Scott Hanna Faculty Professorship | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
Miriam Zach | Charles and Mary Sukup Endowed Artist in Organ | Music and Theatre |
Zhengyuan Zhu | Dean's Professorship | Statistics |
Vacant | Craig Professorship | Physics and Astronomy |
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 |
Claire Andreasen | Dr. Roger and Marilyn Mahr Professorship in One Health | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Matt Brewer | Dr. Frank K. Ramsey Endowed Chair in the College of Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Amanda Fales-Williams | Tyrone D. Artz, M.D. Chair for Teaching Excellence in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Daniel Grooms | Dr. Stephen G. Juelsgaard Dean of Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Albert Jergens | Donn E. and Beth M. Bacon Professorship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Anumantha Kanthasamy | Lloyd Endowed Chair and Eminent Scholar in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Locke Karriker | Dr. Douglas and Ann Gustafson Professorship for Teaching Excellence in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Mark Lyte | W. Eugene Lloyd Chair in Toxicology | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Richard Martin | Dr. E.A. Benbrook Endowed Chair in Pathology and Parasitology | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Paul Plummer | Anderson Chair in Veterinary Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Alejandro Ramirez | Roy A. Schultz Professorship in Swine Medicine | Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine |
James Roth | Iowa State University President's Chair in Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine |
Jessica Ward | Phyllis M. Clark Professorship | Veterinary Clinical Sciences |
Vacant | Scott and Nancy Armbrust Professorship in Veterinary Medicine | Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine |