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Current Listing of Filled Endowed Chairs, Professorships, and Fellowships

College Department First Name
 Last Name Endowed Professorship, Chair, or Fellowship
AAD School of Architecture Robert Dunay T. A. Carter Professor
AAD School of Architecture Paul Emmons Patrick and Nancy Lathrop Professorship 
AAD School of Architecture Paul Kelsch Robert L. Turner Chair of Urban Design
CALS School of Plant and Environmental Science Azenegashe (Ozzie) Abaye Thomas B. Hutcheson, Jr. Professorship in Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
CALS Agricultural and Applied Economics John Bovay David M. Kohl Junior Faculty Fellowship 
CALS Agricultural and Applied Economics Julien Cadot James A. and Renae C. Pearson Collegiate Faculty Fellowship
CALS Agricultural and Applied Economics Richard Crowder Thornhill Professorship for Agricultural Trade
CALS School of Animal Sciences Alan Ealy Horace E. and Elizabeth F. Alphin Professor
CALS Biological Systems Engineering Zachary Easton H. E. and Elizabeth F. Alphin Professor of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CALS Agricultural and Applied Economics Jason Grant W. G. Wysor Professor of Agriculture
CALS School of Animal Sciences Mark Hanigan David R. and Margaret Lincicome Professor
CALS School of Plant and Environmental Science Chuanxue Hong Julian Haden Gary and Margaret Savage Gary Professorship in Horticulture
CALS Agricultural and Applied Economics Olga Isengilidina Massa John B. and Kristi L. Rowsell Professorship
CALS School of Animal Sciences Sally Johnson Paul B. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Agriculture
CALS School of Animal Sciences Katharine  Knowlton Colonel Horace E. Alphin Professor of Dairy Science
CALS School of Plant and Environmental Science John McDowell J. B. Stroobants Professor in Biotechnology
CALS School of Animal Sciences Michael Persia John W. Hancock Professor in Animal and Poultry Sciences
CALS Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education Rick Rudd Virginia Cooperative Extension Chair of Excellence in Community Viability
CALS Agricultural and Applied Economics Le Wang David M. Kohl Chair
CLAHS Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management Kelly Avery Residential Property Management Advisory Board Professorship in Honor of Dr. Rosemary Goss
CLAHS Political Science Brandy Faulkner Gloria D. Smith Professor of Black Studies
CLAHS English Su Fang Ng Clifford A. Cutchins III Professor of English 
CLAHS History Paul Quigley James I. Robertson, Jr. Professor of Civil War Studies
CLAHS Religion & Culture Emily Satterwhite Edward S. Diggs Professor of Humanities
CLAHS Political Science Edward Weisband Edward S. Diggs Chair in Social Sciences
CNRE Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation Gregory Amacher Julian N. Cheatham Professor of Forestry
CNRE Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation W. Michael Aust Honorable Garland Gray Professor of Forestry
CNRE Sustainable Biomaterials Charles Frazier Thomas M. Brooks Professor of Sustainable Biomaterials
CNRE Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation John Seiler Shelton H. Short Jr. Professor of Forestry
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Masoud Agah Virginia Microelectronics Consortium Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
COE Mechanical Engineering Mehdi Ahmadian J. Bernard Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering
COE Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Ella  Atkins Fred D. Durham Chaired Professor of Engineering
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Scott  Bailey Bradley Senior Faculty Fellowship (1)
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Arthur Ball Bradley Faculty Fellowship of Education (1)
COE Mechanical Engineering  Michael Bartlett John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow in Mechanical Engineering (4)
COE Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Romesh Batra Clifton C. Garvin, Jr. Professor
COE Mechanical Engineering Bahareh Behkam John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow in Mechanical Engineering (2)
COE Mechanical Engineering  Jonathan Boreyko John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow in Mechanical Engineering (3)
COE Computer Science Doug Bowman Frank J. Maher Professorship
COE Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Stefano Brizzolara Crofton Faculty Fellowship
COE Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Alan Brown NAVSEA Professorship in Naval Ship Design
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Jordan Budhu Steven O. Lane Junior Faculty Fellow of Electrical and Computer Engineering
COE Industrial and Systems Engineering John Casali John Grado Professor 
COE Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Scott Case Reynolds Metals Professorship in Engineering Science and Mechanics
COE Computer Science Jin-Hee Cho Stephen and Cherye Tyndall Moore Computer Science Junior Faculty Fellowship
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Luiz da Silva Bradley Professorship in Cybersecurity
COE Aerospace and Ocean Engineering William Devenport Crofton Professorship
COE Mechanical Engineering Harpreet Dhillon W. Martin Johnson Professorship
COE Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics David Dillard Adhesive and Sealant Council Professorship
COE Transportation Institute Thomas Dingus Newport News Shipbuilding/Tenneco Professor of Engineering
COE Chemical Engineering William Ducker Robert E. Hord, Jr. Professor of Chemical Engineering
COE Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Stefan Duma Harry Wyatt Professor of Engineering
COE Civil and Environmental Engineering Matthew Eatherton Montague-Betts Professor of Structural Steel Design
COE Engineering Education Kimberly Ellis W. S. “Pete” White Chair for Innovation in Engineering Education
COE Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Scott England Crofton Faculty Fellowship 
COE Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Riley Fitzgerald Ryan and Krista Frederic Junior Faculty Fellowship
COE Mechanical Engineerig Gerardo Flintsch Dan Pletta Professorship
COE Civil and Environmental Engineering David Ford Vecellio Professor of Construction and Engineering Management
COE Civil and Environmental Engineering Michael Garvin David H. Burrows Professor of Construction Engineering
COE Myers-Lawson School of Construction Aleksandra  Graff Pulte Homes Professor of Practice in Building Construction (2)
COE Mechanical Engineering Alireza Haghighat Robert E. Hord, Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering (3)
COE Computer Science Matthew Hicks CACI Faculty Fellowship in Cyber Security
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Yiwei (Thomas) Hou Bradley Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
COE Myers-Lawson School of Construction Josh Iorio Preston and Catharine White Professor and Director in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction (1)
COE Civil and Environmental Engineering Eric Jacques Thomas M. Murray Family Junior Faculty Fellowship
COE Myers-Lawson School of Construction Ashley Johnson Preston and Catharine White Professor and Director in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction (2)
COE Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Rakesh Kapania Norris and Wendy Mitchell Professor of Aerospace Engineering
COE Chemical Engineering Erdogan Kiran Alexander F. Giacco Professor of Chemical Engineering
COE Industrial and Systems Engineering Zhenyu "James" Kong R. H. Bogle, Jr. Professorship in Industrial and Systems Engineering
COE Biological Systems Engineering Leigh Anne Krometis Elizabeth and James E. Turner Jr. '56 Faculty Fellow (1)
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Jih-Sheng (Jason) Lai James S. Tucker Professor of Engineering
COE Myers-Lawson School of Construction Lindsay Lally Pulte Homes Professor of Practice in Building Construction (1)
COE Mechanical Engineering Brian Lattimer Nicholas and Rebecca Des Champs Chair in Mechanical Engineering 
COE Civil and Environmental Engineering Roberto Leon Charles E. Via, Jr. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (1)
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Luke Lester Roanoke Electric Steel Professorship
COE Mechanical Engineering Ling Li Mary Virginia Jones Junior Faculty Fellowship
COE Civil and Environmental Engineering John Little Charles E. Via, Jr. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2)
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Chen-Ching Liu American Electric Power (AEP) Professorship
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Lingjia Liu Bradley Senior Faculty Fellowship (3)
COE Chemical Engineering Yih-An Liu Frank Vilbrant Professor
COE Civil and Environmental Engineering Wenjing Lou W. Curtis English Professor
COE Chemical Engineering Chang Lu  Fred W. Bull Professorship in Chemical Engineering
COE Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science Roop Mahajan Lewis A. Hester Chair in Engineering
COE Civil and Environmental Engineering Linsey Marr Charles P. Lunsford Professor
COE Building Construction Andrew McCoy Yvan J. Beliveau Professorship
COE Chemical Engineering Christopher McDowell Joseph H. Collie Professor of Chemical Engineering
COE Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Alan Michaels Northrop Grumman Senior Faculty Fellowship
COE Mechanical Engineering Rolf Mueller Raymond E. and Shirley B. Lynn Professorship of Mechanical Engineering
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Leyla Nazhandali Bradley Faculty Fellowship of Education (1)
COE Mechanical Engineering Wing Fai Ng Christopher Kraft Professor
COE Computer Science Dimitrios Nikolopoulos John W. Hancock Chair in Engineering 
COE Industrial and Systems Engineering Maury Nussbaum Hal G. Prillaman Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
COE Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Eric Paterson Rolls Royce Commonwealth Professor of Marine Propulsion
COE Mechanical Engineering Ranga Pitchumani George R. Goodson, Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering
COE Civil and Environmental Engineering Amy  Pruden W. Thomas Rice Professorship in Engineering 
COE Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Mark  Psiaki Kevin Crofton Faculty Chair
COE Mechanical Engineering  Rui Qiao John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow in Mechanical Engineering (1)
COE Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Robin Queen L. Preston Wade Professorship in Engineering
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Saifur Rahman Joseph R. Loring Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
COE Civil and Environmental Engineering Hesham Rakha Samuel Reynolds Pritchard Professorship in Engineering
COE Computer Science Naren Ramakrishnan Thomas L. Phillips Professorship in Engineering
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Binoy Ravindran Bradley Senior Faculty Fellowship (4)
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Jeffrey Reed Willis G. Worcester Professor
COE Myers-Lawson School of Construction Georg Reichard Preston and Catharine White Professor and Director in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction (3)
COE College of Engineering Julia Ross Paul and Dorothea Torgersen Dean's Chair in Engineering
COE Mechanical Engineering Corina Sandu Robert E. Hord, Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering (2)
COE Industrial and Systems Engineering Subhash Sarin Paul T. Norton Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering
COE Mining and Minerals Engineering Emily Sarver Stonie Barker Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Wayne Scales J. Byron Maupin Professorship in Engineering 
COE Mechanical Engineering Shima Shahab Mary Virginia Jones Faculty Fellowship
COE Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Jake Socha Samuel Herrick Professorship
COE Mechanical Engineering Chagmnin Son Rolls Royce Commonwealth Professorship 
COE Mechanical Engineering Danesh Tafti William S. Cross Professor of Engineering
COE Industrial and Systems Engineering G. Don Taylor Charles O. Gordon Professor of Industrial Engineering
COE Myers-Lawson School of Construction Walid Thabet William E. Jamerson Professor of Building Construction
COE Industrial and Systems Engineering Konstantinos Triantis John L. Lawrence Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
COE Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Pamela VandeVord N. Waldo Harrison Professorship in Engineering Science and Mechanics
COE Materials Science and Engineering Dwight Viehland Jack  E. Cowling Endowed Professorship
COE Civil and Environmental Engineering Peter Vikesland Pryor Professorship
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Eli Vlaisavljevich Kendall and Laura Hendrick Junior Faculty Fellowship 
COE Mechanical Engineering Michael von Spakovsky Robert E. Hord, Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1)
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Anbo Wang Clayton Ayre Professor
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Yue (Joseph) Wang Grant A. Dove Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
COE Mechanical Engineering Christopher Williams Electro-Mechanical Corporation (EMC) Senior Faculty Fellow
COE Mechanical Engineering Christopher Williams L.S. Randolph Professor of Mechanical Engineering 
COE Computer Science Danfeng (Daphne) Yao CACI Faculty Fellowship in Computer Science
COE Computer Science Danfeng (Daphne) Yao Elizabeth and James E. Turner Jr. '56 Faculty Fellow (2)
COE Mining and Minerals Engineering Roe Yoon Nicholas T. Camicia Professor of Mining and Minerals Engineering
COE Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Greg Young Mary Virginia Jones Research Professorship in Rocketry
COE Biological Systems Engineering Chenming (Mike) Zhang Elizabeth and James E. Turner Jr. '56 Faculty Fellow (2)
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Richard Zhang Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly Professorship in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
COE Electrical and Computer Engineering Yuhao Zhang Shirish S. Sathaye Junior Faculty Fellowship
COS Biological Sciences Frank  Aylward Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellowship (4)
COS Economics Eric Bahel Patricia Caldwell Faculty Fellowship (5)
COS Physics Ed Barnes Roger Moore and Mojdeh Khatam-Moore Faculty Fellowship (1)
COS Psychology Martha Ann Bell College of Science Faculty Fellowship (1)
COS Geosciences Robert Bodnar Clifton C. Garvin Professor
COS Psychology Rosanna  Breaux Jerry L. Hulick Faculty Fellowship for Special Needs, Disabilites, and Inclusion
COS Biochemistry Anne Brown Data Science Faculty Fellowship (4)
COS Mathematics John Burns T.W. Hatcher Professor of Mathematics
COS Biological Sciences Cayelan Carey Roger Moore and Mojdeh Khatam-Moore Faculty Fellowship (2)
COS Chemistry Lauren Childs Cliff and Agnes Lilly Faculty Fellow
COS Psychology Pearl Chiu Patricia Caldwell Faculty Fellowship (3)
COS Biological Sciences Daniela Cimini College of Science Faculty Fellowship (3)
COS Chemistry T. Daniel Crawford Ethyl Corporation Chair
COS Statistics Xinwei Deng Data Science Faculty Fellowship (1)
COS Geosciences Patricia Dove C. P. "Sally" Miles Professor of Science
COS Statistics Anne Driscoll Jean Dickinson Gibbons Faculty Fellowship in Statistics 
COS Physics Sophia Economou  T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. Chair in Physics
COS Mathematics Mark Embree Luther and Alice Hamlett Professorship 
COS Physics Saturo Emori Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellowship (1)
COS Biological Sciences Carla  Finkielstein Roger Moore and Mojdeh Khatam-Moore Faculty Fellowship (3)
COS Mathematics Serkan Gugercin Class of 1950 Professor of Mathematics (1)
COS Statistics Feng Guo Patricia Caldwell Faculty Fellowship (4)
COS Psychology Ivan Hernandez Data Science Faculty Fellowship (3)
COS Physics Patrick Huber William E. Hassinger, Jr. Senior Faculty Fellow in Physics
COS Mathematics Traian Iliescu College of Science Faculty Fellowship (6)
COS Physics Giti Khodaparast L.C. Hassinger Senior Faculty Fellowship in Nanoscience
COS Psychology Brooks King-Casas College of Science Faculty Fellowship (2)
COS Statistics Scotland Leman Jean Dickinson Gibbons Faculty Fellowship in Statistics 
COS Biological Sciences Liwu Li College of Science Faculty Fellowship (5)
COS Chemistry Feng Lin Leo and Melva Harris Faculty Fellowship
COS Chemistry Guoliang (Greg) Liu Blackwood Junior Faculty Fellowship
COS Chemistry John Matson Dr. A.C. Lilly, Jr., Faculty Fellowship of Nanoscience
COS Chemistry Amanda Morris Patricia Caldwell Faculty Fellowship (1)
COS School of Neuroscience Michelle Olsen I.D. Wilson Chair in the College of Science
COS Physics Kevin Pitts Lay Nam Chang Dean's Chair
COS Chemistry Webster Santos College of Science Faculty Fellowship (4)
COS Economics Aris Spanos Wilson E. Schmidt Professor of Economics
COS Electrical and Computer Engineering Daniel Stilwell Seale Coastal Zone Observatory Faculty Fellowship
COS Biological Sciences R. Quinn Thomas Data Science Faculty Fellowship (2)
COS Economics Hector Tzavellas H.H.H. Faculty Fellowship in Economics
COS Biological Sciences Jeffrey Walters Harold H. Bailey Professor of Biology
COS Mathematics  Timothy Warburton John K. Costain Faculty Chair 
COS Geosciences Shuhai Xiao Patricia Caldwell Faculty Fellowship (2)
COS Statistics Xin (Shayne) Xing Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellowship (2)
CVM Small Animal Clinical Sciences Orsolya Balogh Jo Anne S. O'Brien Professorship
CVM Large Animal Clinical Sciences  Jennifer Barrett Theodora Ayer Randolph Professor of Equine Surgery 
CVM Large Animal Clinical Sciences  Christopher Byron C. R. Roberts Professor of Clinical Veterinary Medicine
CVM Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center Michael Erskine Jean Ellen Shehan Professor and Director of the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center 
CVM Small Animal Clinical Sciences John Rossmeisl Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor Mahin Endowed Professorship 
CVM Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology Audrey Ruple Dorothy and Richard Metcalf Professor of Veterinary Medical Informatics
CVM Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology Mohamed Seleem Tyler J. and Frances F. Young Professor of Bacteriology
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Andrew  Acito John and Angela Emery Junior Faculty Fellowship in Accounting and Information Systems (Emery Fellow)
PCOB Marketing Rajesh Bagchi R. B. Pamplin Professor of Marketing
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Reza Barkhi KPMG Professorship in Accounting
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems France Belanger R. B. Pamplin Professor of Accounting Information Systems (2)
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems France Belanger Thomas and Daisy Byrd Senior Faculty Fellowship  in Accounting and Information Systems
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Sudip Bhattacharjee Thomas M. Wells and Kathy Dargo Professorship in Accounting and Information Systems (1)
PCOB Marketing David Brinberg Kathleen Grega Digges Professorship in Entrepreneurial Studies
PCOB Marketing Dipankar Chakravarti Robert H. Digges Professorship in Entrepreneurship
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Robert Davidson R. B. Pamplin Professor of Accounting Information Systems (1)
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Robert H. Davidson William S. Gay Faculty Fellowship in Accounting and Information Systems
PCOB Management Cynthia Devers R. B. Pamplin Professor of Management (1)
PCOB Hospitality and Tourism Management Candace Fitch Feiertag Professorship of Practice in Hospitality Leadership
PCOB Management Devi Gnyawali R. B. Pamplin Professor of Management (2)
PCOB Marketing Paul Herr Purchasing Management Association Professorship
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Jingjing Huang John F. Carroll Jr. Professor of Accounting and Information Systems
PCOB Business Information Technology Tabitha James R. B. Pamplin Professor of Business Information Technology (1)
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Jennifer Joe John E. Peterson Jr. Professor of Accounting and Information Systems
PCOB Finance, Insurance, and Business Law Gregory Kadlec R. B. Pamplin Professor of Finance 
PCOB Finance, Insurance, and Business Law Gregory Kadlec Russell V. and Arlene F. Oliver Professor of Investment Management: Research
PCOB Business Information Technology Lara Khansa Sonny Merryman Inc. Professorship
PCOB Finance, Insurance, and Business Law Raman Kumar Russell V. and Arlene F. Oliver Professor of Investment Management
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Jean Lacoste Darrell D. and Betty R. Martin Junior Faculty Fellowship in Accounting and Information Systems
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Ling Lisic Wayne E. Leininger Professorship-Junior Faculty Fellowship in ACIS
PCOB Business Information Technology Paul Benjamin Lowry Suzanne Parker Thornhill Professorship in Business Information Technology 
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems John (Jack) Maher Thomas M. Wells and Kathy Dargo Professorship in Accounting and Information Systems (2)
PCOB Finance, Insurance and Business Law Sattar Mansi Wells Fargo Professorship in Financial Risk Management 
PCOB Marketing Frank May Mary F. McVay and Theodore R. Rosenberg Junior Faculty Fellowship
PCOB Real Estate Thomas Mayock Michael G. Miller Professorship
PCOB Hospitality and Tourism Management Nancy McGehee R. B. Pamplin Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management
PCOB Hospitality and Tourism Management Juan Luis Nicolau Marriott Professorship of Hospitality Finance and Revenue Management
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Jeffrey Pittman Curling Professor of Accounting and Information Systems
PCOB Management Christopher Porter Strickler Professorship
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Nadia Rogers Robert M. Brown Faculty Fellowship
PCOB College of Business Saonee Sarker Richard E. Sorensen Dean's Chair in Pamplin College of Business
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Steven Sheetz PwC Senior Faculty Fellowship in Accounting and Information Systems
PCOB Finance, Insurance and Business Law Vijay Singal J. Gray Ferguson Professor of Finance
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Sarah Stein Deloitte Foundation Faculty Fellowship
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Liang Tan Curling Faculty Fellowship in Accounting and Information Systems
PCOB Management David Townsend Union Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship
PCOB Business Information Technology Anthony   Vance Ralph Medinger Lenz Professorship in Business (Lenz Professor)
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Marshall Vance L. Mahlon Harrell Senior Faculty Fellowship in Accounting and Information Systems
PCOB Business Information Technology Viswanath Venkatesh Verizon Professorship
PCOB Accounting and Information Systems Linda Wallace Konrad K. Kubin Junior Faculty Fellowship in Accounting
PCOB Business Information Technology Alan Wang Arthur Andersen & Co. Alumni Professorship of Information for Management
PCOB Business Information Technology Chris Zobel R. B. Pamplin Professor of Business Information Technology (2)
PCOB/CALS Agriculture and Applied Economics Kevin Boyle Willis Blackwood Real Estate Director
PCOB/Other Real Estate Sherwood Clements William M. and Mary Alice Park Junior Faculty Fellowship
Provost Fish and Wildlife Conservation Kathy Alexander William E. Lavery Professorship
VTCRI Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Warren Bickel Virginia Tech Carilion Behavioral Research Professor
VTCRI Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Read Montague Virginia Tech Carilion Vernon Mountcastle Research Professor