Named faculty positions, including chairs and professorships, are established as a means to honor and support the work of exceptional faculty pursuing scholarly activity in a particular field.
Named Faculty Positions
Current holders of a named dean, director, department chair, chair, or professorship:
Last updated November 5, 2024
- David Acker, Raymond and Mary Baker Chair in Global Agriculture
- J. Arbuckle, Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture
- Sotirios Archontoulis, Pioneer Hi-Bred Agronomy Professorship
- Lance Baumgard, Norman Jacobson Professorship in Dairy Science
- Gwyn Beattie, Robert Buchanan Distinguished Chair of Bacteriology
- Stuart Birrell, Kinze Manufacturing Professorship in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
- Thomas Brumm, Mary and Charles Sukup Global Professor in Food Security
- Michael Castellano, William T. Frankenberger Professorship in Soil Science
- Matt Darr, John Deere Endowed Chair in Agricultural Innovation
- James Dickson, Morrison Chair in Meat Science
- Amani Elobeid, Ron and Lynn Deiter Endowed Chair for Sustaining Excellence in Ag Business
- Nicholas Gabler, Dr. John Patience Chair in Applied Animal Nutrition
- Matthew Helmers, Brent and Cindy Hart Professorship
- David Hennessy, Cargill Chair in Energy Economics
- Terry Houser, Smithfield Foods Chair in Meat Science Extension
- Amy Kaleita, Larry and Bunita Buss Department Chair in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
- Kevin Kimle, Bruce Rastetter Chair in Agricultural Entrepreneurship
- Sergio Lence, Marlin Cole Professor of International Agricultural Economics
- Thomas Lubberstedt, K.J. Frey Chair in Agronomy
- Bobby Martens, Iowa Institute for Cooperatives Economics Professorship
- GianCarlo Moschini, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Chair in Science and Technology Policy
- Gail Nonnecke, Global Professor for Global Resource Systems
- Matthew O'Neal, Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture
- Daniel Robison, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Endowed Dean's Chair
- Jason Ross, Lloyd L. Anderson Endowed Professorship in Physiology
- Patrick Schnable, Iowa Corn Promotion Board Endowed Chair in Genetics and Baker Professorship in Agronomy
- Asheesh (Danny) Singh, G.F. Sprague Chair in Agronomy
- Juan Steibel, Jay L. Lush Chair in Animal Breeding and Genetics
- Jodi Sterle, Eldred and Donna Harman Professorship in Teaching and Learning
- Timothy Stewart, Harmon Family Professorship in Forestry
- Walter Suza, George Washington Carver Chair
- Kristine Tidgren, Leonard Dolezal Professorship in Agricultural Law
- Kan Wang, Global Professorship in Biotechnology
- Quinn Weninger, John F. Timmons Endowed Professorship in Environmental and Resource Economics
- Maria Wurzinger, Rothschild Endowed Professor in Global Food Security and Animal Science
- Curtis Youngs, M.E. Ensminger Chair
- Jianming Yu, Pioneer Hi-Bred Distinguished Chair in Maize Breeding and Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding Endowment
- Dirk Black, Donna J. Fuller Accounting Professorship
- Ginka Borisova, Dean's Professorship in Finance
- James Brown, Debbie and Jerry Ivy Chair in Business
- David Cantor, Ruan Chair in Supply Chain Management
- Haozhe Chen, Walker Professorship in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Arnold Cowan, Wells Fargo Professorship in Finance
- Christine Denison, Roger P. Murphy Professor in Accounting
- Dermot Hayes, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Agribusiness Chair
- Pol Herrmann, Bob and Kay Smith Entrepreneurship Professorship
- Michael Howard, Hilsinger-Janson Professorship
- Diane Janvrin, William L. Varner Professorship
- Yonghong Jia, Union Pacific/Charles B. Handy Professorship in Accounting
- Scott Johnson, Thome Professorship in Business
- Stephen Kim, John D. DeVries Endowed Chair in Business
- Paul Koch, Kent Corporation Chair in Business
- Ju-Yeon Lee, John and Connie Stafford Professorship in Business
- Huifang Mao, Raisbeck Professorship in Business
- Frank Montabon, Dean's Professorship in Supply Chain Management
- Annaleena Parhankangas, Kingland Professor of Entrepreneurship
- Mark Power, Principal Financial Group Professorship
- Sridhar Ramaswami, Dapper Faculty Professorship in Marketing
- Valentina Salotti, Kingland MBA Professorship
- Kevin Scheibe, Union Pacific Professorship for Information Systems
- Deidra Schleicher, John and Deborah Ganoe Professor in Business
- David Spalding, Raisbeck Endowed Dean's Chair
- James Summers, Max S. Wortman, Jr. Professorship
- Yoshinori Suzuki, Land O'Lakes, Inc., Endowed Professorship in Supply Chain Management
- Lingyao Yuan, Kingland Graduate Director Business Analytics
- Chen Zhang, Dean's Professorship
- Paul Bruski, Dorothy Maitland Miller Professorship in Graphic Design
- Cameron Campbell, Kevin and Julie Monson Professorship in Architecture
- Shelby Doyle, Stan G. Thurston Professorship in Design Build
- Douglas Spencer, Pickard Chilton Professorship in Architecture
- Ossama Abdelkhalik, Vance D. Coffman Faculty Chair
- Venkataramana Ajjarapu, Thomas M. Whitney Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jeramy Ashlock, James M. Hoover Chair in Geotechnical Engineering
- Rizia Bardhan, Jean H. Steffenson Professorship in Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Ashraf Bastawros, Grace Miller Wilson and T. Wilson Endowed Engineering Faculty Fund
- Robert Brown, Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering
- Halil Ceylan, Pitt-Des Moines, Inc., Professorship in Civil Engineering
- Degang Chen, Jerry R. Junkins Chair
- Wayne Chen, Coffman Departmental Chair in Aerospace Engineering
- Eric Cochran, Mary Jane Skogen Hagenson and Randy L. Hagenson Professorship in Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Peter Collins, The Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering
- Kristen Constant, Wilkinson Professorship in Interdisciplinary Engineering III
- Chris Cornelius, Dr. Thomas D. McGee and Dr. Ick-Jhin Rick Yoon Department Chair in Materials Science and Engineering
- Julie Dickerson, David C. Nicholas Professorship Endowment
- Ian Dobson, Arend J. and Verna V. Sandbulte Faculty Fund
- Liang Dong, Vikram L. Dalal Professorship
- Michael Dorneich, Joseph Walkup Professorship in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
- Paul Durbin, Joseph and Elizabeth Anderlik Professorship in Engineering
- Sam Easterling, James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of the College of Engineering
- Matthew Frank, John B. Slater Professorship in Sustainable Design and Manufacturing
- Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Joseph and Elizabeth Anderlik Professorship in Engineering
- Manimaran Govindarasu, Murray J. and Ruth M. Harpole Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Caroline Hayes, John and Nancy Hayes Department Chair in Mechanical Engineering
- Ted Heindel, Bergles Professorship in Thermal Science
- Jennifer Heinen, Distinguished Teaching Professorship in Engineering
- James Heise, Distinguished Professor of Practice Professorship in Engineering
- Hui Hu, Martin C. Jischke Professorship in Aerospace Engineering
- Doug Jacobson, Professorship in Cybersecurity in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Laura Jarboe, Cargill Professorship in Chemical Engineering
- Ashfaq Khokhar, The Palmer Department Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Ratnesh Kumar, Palmer Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Simon Laflamme, Waldo W. Wegner Professorship in Civil Engineering
- Valery Levitas, Murray Harpole Chair in Engineering
- Surya Mallapragada, Carol Johnson Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering
- James McCalley, Jack London Chair in Power Systems Engineering
- Steve Mickelson, Charles R. and Jane F. Olsen Professorship in Engineering
- Gary Mirka, John Ryder Professorship in Engineering
- Balaji Narasimhan, Vlasta Klima Balloun Faculty Chair
- James Oliver, Larry and Pam Pithan Faculty Fund in Mechanical Engineering
- Aishwarya Pawar, William March Scholar in Mechanical Engineering
- Frank Peters, C.G. "Turk" and Joyce A. Therkildsen Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
- Cary Pint, Charles Schafer (Battelle) Chair in Engineering
- Leslie Potter, Distinguished Teaching Professorship in Engineering
- Manojit Pramanik, Northrop Grumman Professorship
- Aditya Ramamoorthy, Northrop Grumman Professorship in honor of Fred W. O'Green
- Chris Rehmann, Cerwick Faculty Professorship I
- Nigel Reuel, The Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering
- Kristin-Yvonne Rozier, Dennis and Rebecca Muilenburg Professorship
- Cassandra Rutherford, Richard L. Handy Professorship
- Sarah Ryan, Charles (Turk) and Joyce Therkildsen Chair in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
- David Sanders, Greenwood Department Chair in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
- Jennifer Shane, W.A. Klinger Teaching Professorship
- Brent Shanks, Mike and Jean Steffenson Chair
- Jacqueline Shanks, Manley R. Hoppe Professorship in Chemical Engineering
- Zengyi Shao, Hershel B. Whitney Professorship, Global Initiatives in Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Anuj Sharma, Pitt-Des Moines, Inc., Professorship in Civil Engineering
- Pranav Shrotriya, Manorama and Shyam Bahadur Professorship in Mechanical Engineering
- Arun Somani, Philip Tate Sproul and Virginia Shivers Sproul Endowment
- Sri Sritharan, Wilkinson Chair in the College of Engineering
- Xiaoli Tan, Schafer Professorship
- Jean-Philippe Tessonnier, Richard C. Seagrave Professorship
- Goce Trajcevski, Kingland Professor of Data Analytics and Northrop Grumman Professorship
- Namrata Vaswani, Joseph and Elizabeth Anderlik Professorship in Engineering
- Dennis Vigil, Reginald R. Baxter Endowed Department Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Kejin Wang, Wilson Professor of Engineering
- Xinwei Wang, Wilkinson Professorship in Interdisciplinary Engineering
- Jonathan Wickert, Presidential Professorship
- R. Williams, Gerald and Audrey Olson Professorship in Civil Engineering
- Yue Wu, Herbert L. Stiles Professorship in Chemical Engineering
- Joseph Zambreno, Ross Martin Mehl and Marylyne Munas Mehl Computer Engineering Professorship
- Hongwei Zhang, Richardson Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Reza Zoughi, Kirby Gray (Battelle) Chair in Engineering
- Eric Brown, Richard Mahoney and Lois Hartman Professorship
- Katherine Bruna, Willie and Kathleen Robinson ISU 4U Promise Faculty Professorship
- Jonathan Fox, Ruth Whipp Sherwin Fund
- Sarah Francis, Jane Armstrong Chair in Food Science and Human Nutrition
- Ann Gansemer-Topf, Frances and Arthur Wallace FCS Endowment
- Eunha Jeong, Frederick and Johnna Kleisner Professorship
- Laura Jolly, Human Sciences Dean's Chair
- Evrim Jovanovic, Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair in Family and Consumer Sciences
- Marian Kohut, Barbara E. Forker Professorship in Kinesiology I
- Carla Peterson, Nancy Rygg Armbrust Professorship in Early Childhood Development and Education
- Eulanda Sanders, Donna R. Danielson Professorship in Textiles and Clothing
- Guowen Song, Noma Scott Lloyd Chair in Textiles and Clothing
- Elizabeth Stegemoller, Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair in Family and Consumer Sciences
- Joey Talbert, Sandra S. and Roy W. Uelner Endowed Professorship
- Gregory Welk, Barbara E. Forker Professorship in Kinesiology II
- Wendy White, Dr. Thelma McMillan Professorship in Food Science and Human Nutrition
- Robbyn Anand, Carlyle G. Caldwell Endowed Chair in Chemistry
- Abram Anders, Jonathan Wickert Professor of Innovation
- Jared Anderson, Alice Hudson Professorship
- Amy Andreotti, Roy J. Carver Chair of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
- Diane Bassham, Walter and Helen Parke Loomis Professorship
- Steve Butler, Barbara J. Janson Professorship in Mathematics
- Paul Canfield, Robert Allen Wright Endowed Professorship
- Alicia Carriquiry, Iowa State University President's Chair in Statistics
- Carol Chapelle, Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship
- Myra Cohen, Lanh and Oanh Nguyen Chair in Software Engineering
- Domenico D'Alessandro, Scott Hanna Faculty Professorship
- Daniela Dimitrova, Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship
- Kristie Franz, Smith Family Foundation Departmental Chair in Geology
- Mark Gordon, Frances M. Craig Chair
- Mark Hargrove, Roy J. Carver Trust Professor in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
- Matthew Hufford, Cassling Family Professorship
- Adam Kaminski, Harmon-Ye Endowed Professorship
- Jae-Kwang Kim, Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship
- Brent Kreider, Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship
- Bernard Lidicky, Scott Hanna Faculty Professorship
- Gustavo Macintosh, Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship
- Ranjan Maitra, Charles and Vicki Sampson Professorship in Statistics
- Ryan Martin, Scott Hanna Professorship
- Robert McQueeney, John and Mary Weaver Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Daniel Nettleton, Laurence H. Baker Chair in Biological Statistics
- Xuan Nguyen, Dio Lewis Holl Chair in Applied Mathematics
- Daniel Nordman, Dale D. Grosvenor Chair
- Dave Peterson, Lucken Professorship in Political Science
- James Rodde, Louise Moen Chair in Music
- Aaron Sadow, David C. Henderson Chair in Chemistry
- Matthew Sivils, Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship
- Amy Smith, Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship
- Tin-Shi Tam, Cownie Professor of Music
- Geetu Tuteja, Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship
- David Vogel, Wendy and Mark Stavish Chair in Social Sciences
- Miriam Zach, Charles and Mary Sukup Endowed Artist in Organ
- Zhengyuan Zhu, Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professorship
- Rachel Allbaugh, Lora and Russ Talbot Endowed Professor in Veterinary Medicine
- Matt Brewer, Frank K. Ramsey Endowed Chair
- Amanda Fales-Williams, Tyrone D. Artz, M.D. Chair for Teaching Excellence in Veterinary Medicine
- M. Heather Greenlee, Lora and Russ Talbot Endowed Professor in Veterinary Medicine
- Daniel Grooms, Stephen G. Juelsgaard Dean's Chair in Veterinary Medicine
- Locke Karriker, Dr. Douglas and Ann Gustafson Professorship - CVM
- Karl Kraus, Hoefle Professorship in Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery
- Daniel Linhares, Roy A. Schultz Professorship in Swine Medicine
- Mark Lyte, W. Eugene Lloyd Chair in Toxicology
- Richard Martin, Benbrook Chair in Veterinary Medicine
- Jodi McGill, John G. Salsbury Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine
- Suzanne Millman, Scott and Nancy Armbrust Professorship in Veterinary Medicine
- James Roth, Iowa State University President's Chair in Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
- Thimmasettapp Thippeswamy, W. E. Lloyd Professorship
- Jessica Ward, Phyllis M. Clark Professorship
- Qijing Zhang, Dr. Roger and Marilyn Mahr Chair in One Health
For questions or more information, contact:
- Akelo Harris, (515) 294-3592, akelo@iastate.edu