An endowed chair is a perquisite, not including base salary for the academic year, supported by income from an endowed fund established by gift or gifts from private sources.

Endowed Chairs are appointed consistent with the terms of the endowment.

Administrative endowed chair positions are marked with an asterisk (*).

For questions about the list of current endowed chairs and professorships or the appointment and review process, please contact Nancy Vongsawat at nkvongsa@uci.edu.
CHAIRCHAIRHOLDER
Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Endowed ChairVacant
Allergan Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology Vladimir Kefalov, Professor of Ophthalmology and Physiology and Biophysics
Nicolaos G. and Sue Curtis Alexopoulos Presidential Chair in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science*Arnold Lee Swindlehurst, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Archstone Foundation Endowed Chair in Geriatric HealthcareVacant
Louise Turner Arnold Chair in NeurosciencesDaniele Piomelli, Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Biological Chemistry, and Pharmacology
Howard Baskerville Professor of HumanitiesNasrin Rahimieh, Professor of Comparative Literature
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Chair in Laser BiomedicineVacant
Endowed Chair as Dean of the School of Biological Sciences* Frank LaFerla, Dean of the School of Biological Sciences and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
Grace Beekhuis Bell Chair in Biological ChemistryWei Li, Professor of Biological Chemistry
Warren L. Bostick Chair in PathologyEdwin Monuki, Chair and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Donald Bren ProfessorLeslie Thompson, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Neurobiology and Behavior
Donald Bren ProfessorEric Rignot, Professor of Earth System Science
Donald Bren ProfessorArthur Lander, Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology
Donald Bren ProfessorWilson Ho, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and of Chemistry
Donald Bren ProfessorSteven Frank, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Donald Bren ProfessorKrzysztof Palczewski, Professor of Ophthalmology
Donald Bren ProfessorTallie Z. Baram, Professor of Pediatrics
Donald Bren ProfessorVacant
Donald Bren ProfessorAnthony James, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Donald Bren Professor in Information & Computer SciencesVacant
Donald Bren Professor in Information & Computer SciencesVacant
Donald Bren Professor in Information & Computer SciencesVacant
Donald Bren Professor in Information & Computer SciencesVacant
Thomas and Mary Cesario Endowed Chair in Medicine*Alpesh N. Amin, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
Chao Family Endowed Director’s Chair in Cancer Research and Treatment*Richard Van Etten, Professor of Medicine
Chao Family Endowed Chair for Cancer Clinical Science*Warren Chow, Professor of Medicine
Jerry D. Choate Endowed Chair in Urologic Oncology*Edward Uchio, Professor of Urology
Jerry D. Choate Presidential Chair in Urology Tissue EngineeringJoshua Mauney, Professor of Urology and Biomedical Engineering
Ralph J. and Carol M. Cicerone Chair in Earth System ScienceJames Randerson, Professor of Earth System Science
Ralph V. Clayman Endowed Chair in EndourologyRalph V. Clayman, Professor of Urology
Conexant-Broadcom Endowed Chair*Hamid Jafarkhani, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Bruce F. Connell Endowed Chair in Plastic Surgery*Gregory Evans, Professor and Chair of Plastic Surgery
John E. Connolly Chair in Surgery*Ninh Tuan Nguyen, Professor and Chair of Surgery
Dean's Leadership Circle Endowed ProfessorshipViolina Rindova, Professor of Business
Endowed Chair in Developmental & Cell Biology* Kavita Arora, Professor and Chair of Developmental and Cell Biology
Philip J. Di Saia, M.D., Prestigious Chair in Gynecologic OncologyKrishnansu Tewari, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Edward A. Dickson Emeriti ProfessorshipEllen Olshansky, Professor Emeritus
Edward A. Dickson Emeriti ProfessorshipVacant
Lawrence K. Dodge Endowed Chair in Integrative BiologyVacant
Suzanne Dykema Endowed Chair in Pancreatic Cancer David Imagawa, Professor of Clinical Surgery
Endowed Chair in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology*Travis Huxman, Professor and Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Edwards Lifesciences Endowed Professor*Naomi Chesler, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Falmagne Endowed Chair in Mathematical Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Zygmunt Pizlo, Professor of Cognitive Sciences
Falmagne Endowed Chair in Mathematical Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Jeffrey Rouder, Professor of Cognitive Sciences
Falmagne Endowed Chair in Applied Mathematics Vacant
Ferdowsi Presidential Chair in Zoroastrian StudiesCarlo Cereti, Professor of Classics
Gatten-Guyton Endowed Chair in Otolaryngology Vacant
Walter B. Gerken Chair in Enterprise and SocietyRajeev Tyagi, Professor of Marketing
Gilly Family Endowed Chair in MarketingHope Schau, Professor of Business
Sudhir Gupta, M.D., Ph.D. Endowed Chair in Molecular ImmunologyVacant
Hasso Brothers Endowed Chair in Radiological Sciences*Vahid Yaghmai, Professor and Chair, Department of Radiological Sciences
Clifford S. Heinz ChairStergios Skaperdas, Professor of Economics
Roger W. and Janice M. Johnson Chair in Civic Governance and Public ManagementMartha Feldman, Professor of Social Ecology, Management, and Sociology
Fred Kavli Chair in Earth System ScienceEllen Druffel, Professor of Earth System Science
Robert A. and Barbara L. Kleist Chair in InformaticsGillian Hayes, Professor of Informatics
Vincent and Anna Kong Chair in Gastrointestinal Endoscopic OncologyKenneth Chang, Professor of Clinical Medicine
Kure It Cancer Research Endowed Chair in Genitourinary Oncology ResearchVacant
Jaime Landman, M.D. Endowed Chair in Urologic Surgical Oncology Jaime Landman, Professor of Urology
Irving H. Leopold Chair in OphthalmologyKrzysztof Palczewski, Professor of Ophthalmology
Carla Liggett and Arthur S. Liggett, M.D. Endowed Chair, in Honor of Frank M. LaFerlaJoshua Grill, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior and Psychiatry & Human Behavior
William J. Link Chair in Biomedical Engineering*Zoran Nenadic, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
John S. and Marilyn Long Chair in U.S.—China Business and LawJi Li, Professor of Law
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and LearningMizuko Ito, Professor of Informatics
Mohannad and Rana Malas Chair in Islamic Legal StudiesDana Lee, Professor of Law
Dorothy J. Marsh Chair in Reproductive BiologyVacant
Della Martin Chair in PsychiatryWilliam E. Bunney, Jr., UCI Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Pharmacology
Maseeh Chair in Persian Studies and Culture*Touraj Daryaee, Director of the Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, and Professor of History
Maseeh Professor in Persian Performing ArtsHossein Omoumi, Professor of Music
James L. McGaugh Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryMichael A. Yassa, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
Johanna Shapiro Endowed Chair in Medical HumanitiesJuliet McMullin, Professor of Family Medicine
Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian StudiesHouri Berberian, Professor of History
Abraham I. Melden Chair in Moral PhilosophyMargaret Gilbert, Professor of Philosophy
Paul Merage Chair in Business Growth Vacant
Paul Merage Chair in Business GrowthVacant
Paul Merage Chair in Business Growth Vacant
Paul Merage Chair in Business GrowthVacant
Paul Merage Chair in Business Growth Vacant
Microsemi Presidential Chair in Electrical Engineering Vacant
UCI MIND Endowed Chair in Alzheimer's Disease ResearchDavid Sultzer, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Elahe Omidyar Mir-Djalali Presidential Chair in Art History and Archaeology of Ancient IranMatthew Canepa, Professor of Art History
Endowed Chair in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry*Celia Goulding, Professor and Chair of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Muzzy Family Endowed Chair in Hearing and BalanceVacant
Eric L. and Lila D. Nelson Chair in NeuropharmacologyOlivier Civelli, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Endowed Chair in Neurobiology and Behavior* Marcelo Wood, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
Dr. Lionel and Fay Ng Dean’s Chair in Biological Sciences*Frank LaFerla, Dean of the School of Biological Sciences and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering*Magnus Egerstedt, Dean, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Stacey Nicholas Endowed Chair for Diversity in Engineering Education*Michelle Digman, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Stacey Nicholas Endowed Chair in Environmental EducationVacant
Nichols Term Chair in NeuroscienceClaudia Kawas, Professor of Neurology, and Neurobiology & Behavior
Shri Parshvanath Presidential Chair in Jain StudiesBrianne Donaldson, Professor of Religious Studies
Jack W. Peltason Endowed Chair Albert La Spada, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Raymond Pryke Endowed Chair in First Amendment LawVacant
Edward J. Quilligan Administrative Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology*Robert E. Bristow, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Robert and Marjorie Rawlins Chair in Music*Michael Dessen, Interim Chair and Professor of Music
Ronald W. Reagan Endowed Chair in Geriatrics*Lisa Gibbs, Chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and Professor of Family Medicine
Reeve-Irvine Chair in Spinal Cord Injury ResearchOswald Steward, Director of the Reeve-Irvine Research Center and
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Neurobiology and Behavior
Chair in Rhetoric and CommunicationVirginia Jackson, Professor of English
Norman Rostoker Endowed Chair in Applied PhysicsToshiki Tajima, Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Hamoui Salous Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology ResearchSai-Hong Ou, Professor of Medicine
Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering Kyriacos Athanasiou, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Henry Samueli "Turing" Chair in Computer EngineeringVacant
Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in EngineeringSyed Jafar, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in EngineeringSoroosh Sorooshian, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in EngineeringXiaoqing Pan, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Susan and Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Integrative HealthKaren Lindsay, Professor of Pediatrics
Susan and Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Integrative HealthRichard Harris, Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
Susan and Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Integrative HealthVacant
Susan and Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Integrative HealthVacant
Susan and Henry Samueli Executive Director’s ChairVacant
Susan Samueli Chair in Integrative Medicine*Shaista Malik, Director of the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine, and Professor of Medicine
Walter R. Schmid Chair in Pediatric UrologyVacant
Howard A. Schneiderman Endowed Chair in the School of Biological SciencesKathleen Treseder, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Danette Shepard Chair in Neurological StudiesTallie Z. Baram, Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Anatomy and Neurobiology
Presidential Chair in Sikh StudiesAnneeth Hundle, Professor of Anthropology
Gerald B. Sinykin, M.D. Chair in Family Medicine*Cynthia Haq, Chair and Professor of Family Medicine
Jack H. Skirball Endowed ChairJames Jester, Professor of Opthalmology
The Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Information and Computer Science*Marios Papaefthymiou, Dean and Professor of Computer Sciences
Robert R. Sprague Chair in Brain ImagingVacant
Steckler Endowed Chair in Information and Computer ScienceJames Paul Dourish,
Professor of Informatics
Roger F. Steinert, MD, Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology*Baruch Kuppermann, Chair and Professor of Ophthalmology
Ralph and Sue Stern Endowed Chair in Genitourinary Medical OncologyVacant
Taco Bell Chair in Information Technology ManagementVijay Gurbaxani, Professor of Information Systems
Teller Family Chair in Jewish HistoryMatthias Lehmann, Professor of History
Edward and Vivian Thorp Chair in MathematicsVacant
Thomas T. and Elizabeth C. Tierney Chair in Peace StudiesEtel Solingen, Professor of Political Science
Claire Trevor ProfessorVacant
Claire Trevor ProfessorBryan Reynolds, Professor of Drama
Claire Trevor ProfessorDaniel Joseph Martinez, Professor of Art
Claire Trevor Endowment for the Dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts*Tiffany Lopez, Dean Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Fong and Jean Tsai Chair in Women's Imaging*Irene Tsai, Professor of Radiological Sciences
UC Presidential ChairOladele Ogunseitan, Professor of Public Health
UCI Excellence in Teaching Chair in Mathematics Richard Schoen, Professor of Mathematics
Chair in Urologic OncologyThomas Ahlering, Professor of Urology
Dr. Stanley van den Noort Endowed Chair*Claire Henchcliffe, Professor and Chair of Neurology
Drew, Chace and Erin Warmington Chair in the Social Ecology of Peace and International CooperationScott Bollens, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
John Wayne Cancer Foundation Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology*Maheswari Senthil, Professor of Surgery