UCI Endowed Chairs

UCI ENDOWED CHAIRS AND PROFESSORSHIPS

CHAIR	CHAIRHOLDER
Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Chair	Frank L. Meyskens, Jr., Director of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Professor of Medicine
Louise Turner Arnold Chair in the Neurosciences	Daniele Piomelli, Professor of Pharmacology
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Chair in Laser Biomedicine	Michael W. Berns, Professor of Surgery, Developmental and Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Ophthalmology, Radiology and Management
Grace Beekhuis Bell Chair in Biological Chemistry	Masayasu Nomura, Professor of Biological Chemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Biological Sciences
Warren L. Bostick Chair in Pathology	Michael E. Selsted, Chair and Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Pharmacology
Donald Bren Professor	Francisco J. Ayala, Founding Director of the Bren Fellows Program, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and of Philosophy
Donald Bren Professor	F. Sherwood Rowland, Research Professor in Chemistry and Earth System Science
Donald Bren Professor	Thomas Carew, Department Chair and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
Donald Bren Professor	Wilson Ho, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and of Chemistry
Donald Bren Professor	Michael T. Clegg, Professor of Biological Sciences
Donald Bren Professor	Douglas C. Wallace, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Donald Bren Professor	Paolo Casali, Professor of Medicine and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Donald Bren Professor	Sheldon Greenfield, Professor of Medicine
Donald Bren Professor	Wen-Hwa Lee, Professor of Biological Chemistry
Donald Bren Professor in information and Computer Sciences	Ramesh Jain, Professor of Information and Computer Sciences
Conexant-Broadcom Chair in the Center for Pervasive Communications	Ender Ayanoglu, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
John E. Connolly Chair in Surgery	David Hoyt, M.D. Professor & Chair of Surgery
Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorship	Barbara Hamkalo , Research Professor Emeritus
Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorship	Lyman Porter, Professor Emeritus
Philip J. Di Saia, M.D., Chair in Gynecologic Oncology	Open
Lawrence K. Dodge Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology	John Longhurst, Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, Pharmacology, and Biomedical Engineering
Walter B. Gerken Chair in Enterprise and Society	Richard B. McKenzie, Professor of Management and Economics
Robert Gumbiner Chair in Health Care Management	Paul J. Feldstein, Professor of Management, Economics and Social Ecology
Hasso Brothers Endowed Chair in Radiological Sciences	Scott Goodwin, Professor and Chair of Radiological Sciences
Clifford and Elaine Heinz Chair in the Economics and Public Policy of Peace	Open
Roger W. and Janice M. Johnson Chair in Civic Governance and Public Management	Martha Feldman, Professor of Social Ecology, Management, and Sociology
Fred Kavli Chair in Earth System Science	Michael Prather, Professor of Earth System Science
Granville and Sidney Kirkup Endowed Chair in Psychiatry and Human Behavior for the Treatment of Stuttering	Gerald Maguire, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Irving H. Leopold Chair in Ophthalmology	George Baerveldt, Professor of Ophthalmology
William J. Link Chair in Biomedical Engineering	Steven C. George, Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Dorothy J. Marsh Chair in Reproductive Biology	Philip J. Di Saia, Chief of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Radiation Oncology
Della Martin Chair in Psychiatry	William E. Bunney, Jr., UCI Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Pharmacology
Paul Merage Chair in Business Growth	David Hirshleifer, Professor of Finance
Gary McCue Administrative Term Chair in Cosmology	James S. Bullock, Director, Center for Cosmology at UCI
Abraham I. Melden Chair in Moral Philosophy	Margaret Gilbert, Professor of Philosophy
National Science Foundation "ADVANCE" Term Chair	Chuu-Lian Terng, Professor of Mathematics
National Science Foundation "ADVANCE" Term Chair	Ellen Druffel, Professor of Earth System Science
Eric L. and Lila D. Nelson Chair in Neuropharmacology	Olivier Civelli, Professor of Pharmacology, and Developmental and Cell Biology
Nichols Term Chair in Neuroscience	Claudia Kawas, Professor of Neurology, and Neurobiology & Behavior
Jack Peltason Chair	Bernard Grofman, Professor of Political Science
The Edward J. Quilligan Chair in Maternal-Fetal Medicine	Manuel Porto, Chair and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Robert and Marjorie Rawlins Chair in Music	David Brodbeck, Chair and Professor of Music
Ronald Reagan Chair in Geriatrics	Laura Mosqueda, Director or the Program in Geriatrics, and Professor of Family Medicine
Reeve-Irvine Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research	Oswald Steward, Director of the Reeve-Irvine Research Center and Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Neurobiology and Behavior
Chair in Rhetoric and Communication	Open
Henry Samueli "von Karman" Chair in Aerospace Engineering	Satya N. Atluri, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Henry Samueli "Turing" Chair in Computer System Design	Daniel Gajski, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Henry Samueli Endowed Chair	H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Engineering in the Center for Engineering Science in Design	Michael McCarthy, Director, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering Center for Engineering Science in Design
Henry Samueli Endowed Chair	Open
Henry Samueli Endowed Chair	Open
Henry Samueli Endowed Chair	William A. Sirignano, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Henry Samueli Endowed Chair	Open
Henry Samueli Endowed Chair	Scott Samuelsen, Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Susan Samueli Chair in Integrative Medicine	John C. Longhurst, Director of the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine, and Professor of Medicine
Danette "Dee Dee" Shepard Chair in Neurological Studies	Tallie Z. Baram, Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology
Gerald B. Sinykin, M.D. Chair in Family Medicine	Kathryn Larsen, Chair and Professor of Family Medicine
Jack H. Skirball Endowed Chair	James Jester, Ph.D. Department of Opthalmology
Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Information and Computer Science	Debra Richardson, Dean and Professor of Information and Computer Sciences
Robert R. Sprague Chair in Brain Imaging	Steven Potkin, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Director of the Brain Imaging Center
Taco Bell Chair in Information Technology Management	Kenneth L. Kraemer, Director of the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations and Professor of Management and of Information and Computer Science
Teller Family Chair in Jewish History	Daniel Schroeter, Professor of History
Edward and Vivian Thorp Chair in Mathematics	Karl Rubin, Professor of Mathematics
Thomas T. and Elizabeth C. Tierney Chair in Global Peace and Conflict Studies	Patrick Morgan, Professor of Political Science
Claire Trevor Dean's Endowed Chair	Nohema Fernandez, Dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Claire Trevor Professor	Robert Cohen, Professor of Drama
Claire Trevor Professor	Donald McKayle, Professor of Dance
Claire Trevor Professor	Open
Drew, Chace and Erin Warmington Chair in the Social Ecology of Peace and International Cooperation	Scott Bollens, Professor of Planning, Policy and Design
UCI Excellence in Teaching Chair in Mathematics	Shing-Tung Yau, Professor of Mathematics
UC Presidential Chair	Peter Rentzepis, Professor of Chemistry, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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