Endowed Chairs and Professorships

Professor: Charles Towe, Ph.D.
Donor: Richard R. and Barbara DelFavero
Date Established: May 2, 2011

Professor: Robert T. Fahey, Ph.D.
Donor: George F. Cloutier
Date Established: Dec. 31, 2008

Professor: Jeffrey M. Kinsella-Shaw, Ph.D.
Donor: Samuel and Nancy Livieri
Date Established: Sept. 2, 1996

Professor: Steven Utke, Ph.D.
Donor: Arthur Andersen, LLP
Date Established: Dec. 31, 1996

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: Keith R. Fox
Date Established: Dec. 26, 2000

Professor: David P. Weber, Ph.D.
Donor: Deloitte, LLP
Date Established: March 31, 2014

Professor: Robert C. Bird, JD
Donor: Eversource Energy
Date Established: Oct. 22, 1999

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: Patricia H. and Timothy K. Friar
Date Established: Dec. 18, 2003

Professor: John Mathieu, Ph.D.
Donor: General Electric
Date Established: July 30, 2001

Professor: Chinmoy Ghosh, Ph.D.
Donor: Marsha Lilien Gladstein Foundation
Date Established: Jan. 18, 2000

Professor: Michael Willenborg, Ph.D. CPA
Donor: Wendy Reeves Watkins and other School of Business alumni
Date Established: Nov. 21, 2000

Professor: Cuihong Li, Ph.D.
Donor: Robert Cizik
Date Established: June 1, 1996

Professor: Robert Day, Ph.D.
Donor: Robert Cizik
Date Established: June 1, 1996

Established Via Bequest
Donor: The Satell Family Foundation
Date Established: April 10, 2018

Professor: Timothy B. Folta, Ph.D.
Donor: The Wolff Family
Date Established: Sept. 13, 1984

Professor: Yiming Qian, Ph.D.
Donor: Daniel D. and Tresa Toscano
Date Established: June 2, 2014

Professor: Xinxin Li, Ph.D.
Donor: Richard Treibick
Date Established: May 8, 2000

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: Voya Financial
Date Established: April 28, 2000

Professor: Nicholas H. Lurie, Ph.D.
Donor: Voya Financial
Date Established: April 28, 2000

Professor: Preston C. Green III
Donor: Ray and Carole Neag
Date Established: April 28, 1999

Professor: Currently vacant
Donor: Ray and Carole Neag
Date Established: April 29, 2011

Professor: Casey D. Cobb, Ph.D. MS AB
Donor: Ray and Carole Neag
Date Established: April 28, 1999

Professor: Currently vacant
Donor: Ray and Carole Neag
Date Established: April 28, 1999

Professor: Suzanne M. Wilson, Ph.D.
Donor: Ray and Carole Neag
Date Established: April 28, 1999

Professor: Sandra M. Chafouleas, Ph.D.
Donor: Ray and Carole Neag
Date Established: April 28, 1999

Professor: Del Siegle, Ph.D.
Donor: Ray and Carole Neag
Date Established: May 23, 1996

Professor: Ali Bazzi, Ph.D.
Donor: Robert C. Knapp
Date Established: June 27, 2012

Professor: Currently vacant
Donor: Collins Aerospace
Date Established: March 7, 2000

Professor: Currently vacant
Donor: Collins Aerospace
Date Established: Aug. 18, 2011

Professor: Amir Herzberg, Ph.D.
Donor: Comcast
Date Established: May 13, 2015

Professor: Radenka Maric, Ph.D.
Donor: Connecticut Innovations, Inc.
Date Established: Aug. 28, 2003

Professor: Chih-Jen (Jackie) Sung, Ph.D.
Donor: Connecticut Innovations, Inc.
Date Established: Aug. 28, 2003

Professor: Xiao-Dong Zhou, Ph.D.
Donor: Connecticut Innovations, Inc.
Date Established: Aug. 28, 2003

Professor: Currently vacant
Donor: Eversource Energy
Date Established: Oct. 25, 1999

Professor: Currently vacant
Donor: Eversource Energy
Date Established: Oct. 25, 1999

Professor: Emmanouil N. Anagnostou, Ph.D.
Donor: Eversource Energy
Date Established: Jan. 12, 1999

Professor: Jinbo Bi, Ph.D.
Donor: Anonymous Donor
Date Established: Nov. 18, 1983

Professor: S. Jeffrey R. McCutcheon
Donor: General Electric
Date Established: July 31, 2012

Professor: Ki H. Chon, Ph.D.
Donor: John Krenicki Jr. and Donna Samson Krenicki
Date Established: Aug. 3, 2010

Professor: Yaakov Bar-Shalom, Ph.D.
Donor: C.R. Klewin Construction Company
Date Established: Dec. 31, 1996

Professor: Xiao-Dong Zhou, Ph.D.
Donor: Anonymous Donor
Date Established: June 29, 2011

Professor: George Bollas, Ph.D.
Donor: Pratt & Whitney
Date Established: Nov. 19, 2013

Professor: Jiong Tang, Ph.D.
Donor: Pratt & Whitney
Date Established: March 7, 2000

Professor: Horea Ilies, Ph.D.
Donor: Pratt & Whitney
Date Established: March 7, 2000

Professor: Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, Ph.D.
Donor: Pratt & Whitney
Date Established: March 7, 2000

Professors: Fei Miao, Ph.D., Matthew Stuber, Ph.D, Song Han, Ph.D.
Donor: Pratt & Whitney
Date Established: Nov. 19, 2013

Established Via Bequest
Donor: Raymond V. and Susan E. Petniunas
Date Established: Dec. 21, 2015

Professor: Ji-Cheng “JC” Zhao, Ph.D. 
Donor: Raytheon Technologies
Date Established: March 7, 2000

Professor: Bahram Javidi, Ph.D.
Donor: Southern New England Telephone
Date Established: Dec. 30, 1998

Professor: Laurent Michel, Ph.D.
Donor: Synchrony
Date Established: June 30, 2016

Established Via Bequest
Donor: William B. and Laura M. Hewitt
Date Established: Feb. 25, 2009

Established Via Bequest
Donor: Charles E. Heilig Jr.
Date Established: Dec. 29, 2000

Professor: Heather Elliott-Famularo
Donor: John Krenicki Jr. and Donna Samson Krenicki
Date Established: Dec. 22, 2015

Recently Established
Donor: Jay Shivers & Family
Date Established: September 29, 2021

Professor: Richard D. Pomp, JD
Donor: Alva P. Loiselle, Law School Deans and Faculty
Date Established: Nov. 10, 1987

Professor: Steven Wilf, JD Ph.D.
Donor: Anonymous Donor
Date Established: Feb. 1, 2012

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: Multiple Donors
Date Established: Dec. 20, 1985

Professor: Anne C. Dailey, JD
Donor: Phillip I. Blumberg and Ellen Ash Peters
Date Established: Feb. 1, 1990

Professor: Angel Oquendo, JD Ph.D.
Donor: William T. England
Date Established: Feb. 11, 1992

Professor: Peter Siegelman, Ph.D.
Donor: Phillip I. Blumberg and Multiple Donors
Date Established: Jan. 12, 1999

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company and Multiple Donors
Date Established: Oct. 26, 1982

Professor: Brenda Brueggemann, Ph.D.
Donor: Aetna Life & Casualty Foundation
Date Established: Dec. 30, 1986

Professor: Matthew M. Singer Ph.D.
Donor: Alan R. Bennett
Date Established: Aug. 2, 2000

Professor: Mark Urban, Ph.D.
Donor: Anonymous Donor
Date Established: Sept. 25, 2019

Professor: Jessica Cooperman, Ph.D.
Donor: Doris and Simon Konover Family Foundation
Date Established: Dec. 31, 2001

Professor: Sergio Luzzatto, Ph.D.
Donor: Emiliana P. Noether
Date Established: Dec. 29, 1986

Professor: Daniele Fabris, Ph.D.
Donor: Howard S. Schwenk Jr. and Paula H. J. Schwenk
Date Established: Dec. 9, 1996

Established Via Bequest
Donor: James B. and Carol P. Anderson
Date Established: Jan. 17, 2017

Established Via Bequest
Donor: Michael Turvey and Claudia Carello
Date Established: Sept. 18, 2014

Professor: Richard Sosis, Ph.D.
Donor: Dennison J. Nash
Date Established: Dec. 13, 2012

Professor: Manisha Sinha, Ph.D.
Donor: James L. and Shirley A. Draper
Date Established: Dec. 18, 2000

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: James T. and Iris E. Todd
Date Established: Nov. 15, 2016

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: Ray and Carole Neag
Date Established: June 30, 1997

Professor: Jessica Rouge, Ph.D.
Donor: John Krenicki Jr. and Donna M. Krenicki
Date Established: Dec. 22, 2015

Professor: Karolina Heyduk, Ph.D.
Donor: Anonymous Donor
Date Established: Sept. 25, 2019

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: Daniel Sidney, Raymond Sidney, Lawrence Sidney, and Jennifer Silva
Date Established: April 17, 2009

Established Via Bequest
Donor: Robin D. Froman and Steven Owen
Date Established: Sept. 18, 2014

Professor: José E. Manautou, Ph.D.
Donor: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date Established: Dec. 22, 2005

Professor: Marie A. Smith, Pharm.D.
Donor: Joseph Papa and Multiple Donors
Date Established: Dec. 31, 2006

Professor: Established Via Bequest
Donor: James B. LaFlamme and Carolyn S. Thompson
Date Established: Dec. 31, 2020

Professor: Diane J. Burgess, Ph.D.
Donor: Pfizer, Inc.
Date Established: June 17, 2004

Professor: Cristina Wilson, Ph.D.
Donor: Zachs Family Foundation
Date Established: Oct. 8, 1999

Professor: Cato T. Laurencin, MD Ph.D.
Donor: Wilda Van Dusen
Date Established: March 21, 2002

Professor: Anthony T. Vella, Ph.D.
Donor: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date Established: Oct. 2, 1984

Professor: Leslie Loew, Ph.D.
Donor: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date Established: Oct. 2, 1984

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: The Neag Foundation
Date Established: June 30, 2020

Professor: Cem Demirci, MD
Donor: David T. and Rhoda L. Chase ’06H; Cheryl A. Chase LAW ’78 and Stuart D. Bear; Arnold L. and Sandra M. Chase
Date Established: March 2, 1984

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: Dr. Charles J. Burstone
Date Established: April 26, 2001

Professor: Andrew Winokur, MD Ph.D.
Donor: Estate of Marianne Hartly
Date Established: July 16, 2004

Professor: Thomas D. Taylor, DDS MSD
Donor: Anonymous Donor
Date Established: Jan. 31, 2011

Professor: Pramod K. Srivastava, Ph.D. MD
Donor: Eversource Energy
Date Established: Dec. 26, 1985

Professor: Isaac L. Moss, MD
Donor: Harry J. and Helen B. Gray
Date Established: Sept. 22, 1988

Professor: Michael S. Isakoff, MD
Donor: Hartford Whalers Hockey Club and the Hartford Whalers Wives
Date Established: Jan. 1, 1986

Professor: Audrey R. Chapman, Ph.D. MDiv STM
Donor: University of Connecticut Health Center Auxiliary and the Healey Fund Committee
Date Established: Sept. 30, 1993

Professor: Biree Andemariam, MD
Donor: Health Net, Inc.
Date Established: Aug. 20, 1984

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: Health Net, Inc.
Date Established: Aug. 17, 1987

Professor: Daniel W. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Donor: Health Net, Inc.
Date Established: Aug. 17, 1997

Professor: Doug Brugge, Ph.D. MS
Donor: Health Net, Inc.
Date Established: June 30, 1997

Professor: Brenton R. Graveley, Ph.D.
Donor: Health Net, Inc.
Date Established: June 30, 1997

Professor: Richard H. Fortinsky, Ph.D.
Donor: Health Net, Inc.
Date Established: Sept. 20, 1989

Professor: David W. Rowe, MD
Donor: Health Net, Inc.
Date Established: Feb. 19, 1988

Professor:  Molly A. Brewer, DVM, MD, MS
Donor: Health Net, Inc.
Date Established: Aug. 23, 1988

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: Frances Lopata, Roy Lopata, Peggy Lopata, and Edward Lopata
Date Established: Jan. 1, 1993

Professor: Francesco Celi, MD
Donor: James E.C. Walker, MD and Audrey C.W. Walker; Health Net, Inc.
Date Established: June 30, 1996

Professor: Manuel A. Castro-Alamancos, Ph.D.
Donor: Janice B. and Rodney R. Reynolds
Date Established: Feb. 13, 1981

Professor: Royce Mohan, Ph.D.
Donor: John A. and Florence M. Solomon
Date Established: March 9, 1984

Professor: Rachel J. O’Neill, Ph.D.
Donor: John Krenicki Jr. and Donna Samson Krenicki
Date Established: Sept. 25, 2012

Professor: Annabelle Rodriguez-Oquendo, MD
Donor: Anonymous Donor
Date Established: Dec. 1, 2003

Professor: Margaret Briggs-Gowan, Ph.D.
Donor: Anonymous Donor
Date Established: Dec. 1, 2002

Professor: Recently established
Donor: Marlene L. Cohen and Jerome H. Fleisch
Date Established: February 28, 2024

Professor: Andrew Arnold, MD
Donor: Charles E. Heilig Jr., Alice M. Heilig, and Cheryl A. Heilig
Date Established: May 1, 1996

Professor: Kevin F. Staveley-O’Carroll, MD, Ph.D., MBA, FACS
Donor: Charles E. Heilig Jr. and Alice M. Heilig
Date Established: Aug. 8, 1988

Professor: J. Travis Hinson, MD
Donor: Anonymous Donor
Date Established: April 3, 2012

Professor: Bruce T. Liang, MD
Donor: Ray and Carole Neag
Date Established: April 28, 1999

Professor: David C. Steffens, MD, MHS
Donor: Samuel “Sy” Birnbaum, Ida Blum, Louis Blum, and Richard Blum
Date Established: April 30, 2002

Professor: Riqiang Yan, Ph.D.
Donor: William Beecher Scoville Foundation, Inc.
Date Established: April 13, 1976

Professor: Kevin Dieckhaus, MD
Donor: State of Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education
Date Established: Oct. 18, 1988

Professor: George A. Kuchel, MD
Donor: The Travelers Companies Foundation, Inc.
Date Established: Sept. 10, 1984

Professor: Flavio A. Uribe, DDS MDentSci
Donor: UConn Orthodontic Alumni Association
Date Established: Oct. 15, 2001

Professor: James Waller, Ph.D.
Donor: Multiple Donors
Date Established: Aug. 5, 2020

Professor: Richard A. Wilson, Ph.D.
Donor: Marsha Lilien Gladstein Foundation
Date Established: June 30, 2005

Professor: Currently Vacant
Donor: SGM Scholarship Foundation
Date Established: Dec. 30, 1998

Professor: Morgaen L. Donaldson, EdD
Donor: Multiple Donors
Date Established: April 17, 2007

Professor: Shareen Hertel, Ph.D.
Donor: Gary S. Gladstein
Date Established: Oct. 21, 2021