2025 University Distinguished Professors
Each cohort of University Distinguished Professors represents academic excellence from across Texas A&M's academic enterprise. This particular cohort has made significant contributions and inspired innovative thought in advancing nutrition through agriculture, global climate science and modeling, environmentally sustainable materials sciences, evolutionary genome mapping, nuclear and astrophysics, biotechnologies and antitrust law for the expansion of healthcare, along with quantum science applications.
Get to know the 2025 Class of University Distinguished Professors:
Active University Distinguished Professors
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2024 University Distinguished Professors
- Robert Ambrose (J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Mladen Kezunovic (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Mansoor Khan (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy)
- Frances Ligler (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering)
- John Mullet (Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, College of Arts & Sciences)
- Ashok K. Shetty (Department of Cell Biology & Genetics, College of Medicine)
- Alexei Sokolov (Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences)
- Peter K. Yu (Texas A&M School of Law)
2023 University Distinguished Professors
- Perla B. Balbuena (Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Deborah Bell-Pedersen (Department of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences)
- Roderick Dashwood (Department of Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine)
- James Hubbard, Jr. (J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Huyen Pham (Texas A&M School of Law)
- Efstratios Pistikopoulos (Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Sherry Yennello (Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences)
2022 University Distinguished Professors
- Robert Kennicutt (Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences)
- Israel Liberzon (Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine)
- George Pharr (Department of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Farida Sohrabji (Department of Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics, School of Medicine)
- Raghavan Srinivasan (Department of Ecology & Conservation Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)
- Josh Wand (Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)
2021 University Distinguished Professors
- Girish S. Agarwal (Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)
- Noah D. Cohen (Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences)
- Yassin Hassan (Department of Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Peter H. Santschi (Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science, Texas A&M University at Galveston)
- Chanan Singh (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering)
2020 University Distinguished Professors
- Richard Gomer (Department of Biology, College of Sciences)
- Dallas Little (Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Glynn S. Lunney, Jr. (Texas A&M School of Law)
- Patrick Stover (Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)
- Ping Yang (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of Geosciences)
2019 University Distinguished Professors
- François Gabbaï (Department of Chemistry, College Sciences)
- Valerie Hudson (Department of International Affairs, Bush School of Government & Public Service)
- Richard Miles (Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Joerg M. Steiner (Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences)
2018 University Distinguished Professors
- Vytas Bankaitis (Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, School of Medicine)
- Stephen Maren (Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, College of Liberal Arts)
- Guoliang Yu (Department of Mathematics, College of Sciences)
2017 University Distinguished Professors
- Kyle T. Alfriend (Department of Areospace Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Che-Ming Ko (Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science)
- Michael R. Waters (Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts)
2016 University Distinguished Professors
- Akhil Datta-Gupta (Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Valen Johnson (Department of Statistics, College of Science)
2015 University Distinguished Professors
- Jean-Louis Briaud (Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Catherine Eckel (Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts)
- David Threadgill (Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences)
2014 University Distinguished Professors
- Robert S. Chapkin (Department of Nutrition, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)
- Joe Feagin (Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts)
- P.R. Kumar (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Jeffrey Savell (Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)
- Renyi Zhang (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of Geosciences)
- M. Suhail Zubairy (Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science)
2013 University Distinguished Professors
- Dimitris C. Lagoudas (Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering)
- Marcia G. Ory (Department of Health Promotion & Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health)
2012 University Distinguished Professors
- Christopher Layne (Department of International Affairs, Bush School of Government & Public Service)
- David M. Lee (Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science)
- Timothy Phillips (Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences)
2011 Distinguished Professors
- Tadhg P. Begley (Department of Chemistry, College of Science)
- Peter Kuchment (Department of Mathematics, College of Science)
- Bani K. Mallick (Department of Statistics, College of Science)
- Karen L. Wooley (Department of Chemistry, College of Science)
2010 Distinguished Professors
- Donald J. Darensbourg (Department of Chemistry, College of Science)
- Marcetta Y. Darensbourg (Department of Chemistry, College of Science)
- Ronald DeVore (Department of Mathematics, College of Science)
- Frank M. Raushel (Department of Chemistry, College of Science)
2009 Distinguished Professors
- B. Don Russell, Jr. (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering)
2008 Distinguished Professors
- John A. Gladysz (Department of Chemistry, College of Science)
- Richard J. Golsan (Department of International Studies, College of Liberal Arts)
- Rostislav Grigorchuk (Department of Mathematics, College of Science)
- Paul E. Hardin (Department of Biology, College of Science)
- Bruce A. McCarl (Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)
2007 Distinguished Professors
- Kim R. Dunbar (Department of Chemistry, College of Science)
- Margaret J.M. Ezell (Department of English, College of Liberal Arts)
- Olga A. Kocharovskaya (Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science)
2006 Distinguished Professors
- Christopher Pope (Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science)
2004 Distinguished Professors
- Fuller W. Bazer (Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)
2003 Distinguished Professors
- Kumbakonam R. Rajagopal (J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering)
2001 Distinguished Professors
- P. Rajan Varadarajan (Department of Marketing, Mays Business School)
2000 Distinguished Professors
- John L. Crompton (Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)
1999 Distinguished Professors
- Leonard L. Berry (Department of Marketing, Mays Business School)
1998 Distinguished Professors
- John L. Junkins (Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering)
- J.N. Reddy (J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering)
1997 Distinguished Professors
- Raymond J. Carroll (Department of Statistics, College of Science)
1996 Distinguished Professors
- Marlan O. Scully (Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science)
1984 Distinguished Professors
- Stephen Safe (Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences)