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Endowed Chairs

DivisionChair nameChair holder
CampuswidePresidential ChairMagy Seif El-Nasr, Professor, Computational Media
CampuswideNarinder Kapany Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentManel Camps, Director, Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurial Development
ArtsKamil and Talat Hasan Endowed Chair in Classical Indian MusicDard Neuman, Associate Professor, Music
ArtsKenneth R. Corday Family Presidential Chair in Writing for Television and FilmJennifer Maytorena Taylor, Professor, Film and Digital Media
ArtsPatricia and Rowland Rebele Endowed Chair in Art HistoryJennifer Gonzalez, Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture
CollegesRobert Headley Presidential Chair for Integral Ecology and Environmental JusticeSikina Jinnah, Professor, Environmental Studies
EngineeringNarinder Singh Kapany Chair in OptoelectronicsHolger Schmidt, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
EngineeringJack Baskin Endowed Chair in Computer Engineering ILise Getoor, Distinguished Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
EngineeringJack Baskin Chair in EngineeringMarco Rolandi, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
EngineeringJack Baskin Endowed Chair in Computer Engineering IIShiva Abbaszadeh, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
EngineeringSage Weil Presidential Chair for Open Source SoftwareJames Davis, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
EngineeringKumar Malavalli Endowed Chair in Storage Systems ResearchHeiner Litz, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department
HumanitiesSarbjit Singh Aurora Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi StudiesNirvikar Singh, Distinguished Professor, Economics
HumanitiesJordan-Stern Presidential Chair for Dickens and 19th Century Literature StudiesRenee Fox, Co-Director, Dickens Project
HumanitiesPeggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist StudiesAnjali Arondekar, Professor, Feminist Studies
HumanitiesMurray Baumgarten Chair in Jewish StudiesNathaniel Deutsch, Director, Center for Jewish Studies
HumanitiesNeufeld-Levin Holocaust Endowed ChairAlma Heckman, Associate Professor, History
LibraryRichard L. Press University Librarian Presidential ChairElizabeth Cowell, University Librarian
SciencesColligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric GenomicsOlena Morozova Vaske, Associate Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
SciencesIda Benson Lynn Endowed Chair in Ocean HealthDonald Croll, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
SciencesHenry Bachmann Endowed Chair in Astronomical InstrumentationBruce A. Macintosh, Director of UC Observatories
SciencesJean Langenheim Endowed Chair in Plant Ecology & EvolutionJarmila Pitterman, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
SciencesFaggin Family Presidential Chair for the Physics of InformationAnthony Aguirre, Professor, Physics
SciencesWilton W. Webster Jr. Natural Reserves Presidential Chair  Gage Dayton, Administrative Director, Natural Reserves
SciencesPresidential Chair in Science CommunicationErika Check Hayden, Director, Science Communication Program
SciencesRobert L. Sinsheimer Endowed Chair Susan Carpenter, Professor, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
SciencesVera Rubin Presidential Chair for Diversity in AstronomyEnrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics
SciencesLong Family Professorship in Experimental PhysicsBruce Schumm, Distinguished Professor, Physics
Social SciencesFoundation Chair in PsychologyBarbara Rogoff, Distinguished Professor, Psychology
Social SciencesRuth and Alfred Heller Endowed Chair in AgroecologyStacy Philpott, Professor, Environmental Studies
Social SciencesPepper-Giberson Endowed Chair in Environmental StudiesMadeleine Fairbairn, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
Social SciencesOlga T. Griswold Endowed Chair in Environmental StudiesRavi Rajan, Professor, Environmental Studies
Social SciencesStephen R. Gliessman Presidential Chair in Water Resources and Food System SustainabilityJ. Elliott Campbell, Professor, Environmental Studies
Social SciencesDorothy E. Everett Endowed Chair for Global Information and Social EntrepreneurshipRoberto de Roock, Director, Everett Program
Last modified: Sep 13, 2025