This title is intended for faculty with tenure whose recent achievements in scholarship evidence extraordinary promise for world-class contributions to knowledge, and whose pattern of contributions evidences strong trajectory to additional/further distinctions. Chancellor’s Fellow appointments will be used to support retentions, predominantly of mid-level faculty.

The Chancellor’s Fellow distinction is for three years and carries an award of up to $25K per year in support of research; this title may not be renewed past three years. There is a maximum of 2 centrally funded Chancellor’s Fellows, per School, at any one time.

NameSchool/DepartmentTerm
Drew BaileySchool of Education2023-2026
Scott BartellProgram in Public Health
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
2023-2026
Jacob BouwerHenry Samueli School of Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2022-2025
Tim BrucknerProgram in Public Health
Department of Health, Society & Behavior
2023-2026
Bridget CooksSchool of Humanities
Department of African American Studies
Department of Art History
2022-2025
Aimee Edinger School of Biological Sciences
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
2021-2024
Christie FowlerSchool of Biological Sciences
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
2022-2025
Sara GoodmanSchool of Social Sciences
Department of Political Sciences
2023-2026
Kei IgarashiSchool of Medicine
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
2023-2026
Laura KangSchool of Humanities
Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies
2022-2025
Michael LeeSchool of Social Sciences
Department of Cognitive Sciences
2023-2026
Chang LiuHenry Samueli School of Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
2022-2025
Melissa MazmanianDonald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Department of Informatics
2021-2024
Connor MooneySchool of Physical Sciences
Department of Mathematics
2022-2025
Jodi QuasSchool of Social Ecology
Department of Psychological Science
2023-2026
Mark SteyversSchool of Social Sciences
Department of Cognitive Sciences
2022-2025
Bryan SykesSchool of Social Ecology
Department of Criminology, Law & Society
2021-2024
Ming Tan
School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
2021-2024
Katrine WhitesonSchool of Biological Sciences
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
2022-2025
Jing XiaSchool of Physical Sciences
Department of Physics and Astronomy
2022-2025
Jenny Yang
School of Physical Sciences
Department of Chemistry
2021-2024