The Distinguished Professor title is a campus-level distinction and is reserved for Above Scale senate faculty who have achieved the highest levels of scholarship over the course of their careers. Distinguished Professors will typically have earned national and international level distinctions and honors of the highest level.

Senate faculty who hold a title of distinction can describe their affiliations and/or disciplines in a format such as: Distinguished Professor, Department of X.

Hoda Anton-Culver
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Epidemiology
School of Medicine

Diran Apelian
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

V. Ara Apkarian
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Kyriacos Athanasiou
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Satya N. Atluri
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

John C. Avise
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
School of Biological Sciences

Pierre Baldi
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Donald Bren School of ICS

Tallie Z. Baram
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Alan Barbour
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Dept. of Medicine
School of Medicine

Christopher Barty
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
School of Physical Sciences

Frank D. Bean
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Sociology
School of Social Sciences

Ermanno Bencivenga
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Philosophy
School of Humanities

Donald R. Blake
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Andrew Borovik
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Philip Bromiley
Distinguished Professor
Paul Merage School of Business

Jan Brueckner
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Economics
School of Social Sciences

William E. Bunney
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
School of Medicine

Kieron Burke
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Michael D. Cahalan
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics
School of Medicine

Diane Campbell
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
School of Biological Sciences

Michael Carey
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Computer Science
Donald Bren School of ICS

Ronald Carlson
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of English
School of Humanities

Cameron Carter
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
School of Medicine

Leo Chavez
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Anthropology
School of Social Sciences

Chuansheng Chen
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Psychological Science
School of Social Ecology

Jerome Christensen
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of English
School of Humanities

Olivier Civelli
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Pharmacology
School of Medicine

Ralph Clayman
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Urology
School of Medicine

Dan Cooper
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Robert Corn
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Carl Cotman
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Neurology
School of Medicine
Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior
School of Biological Sciences

Imran Currim
Distinguished Professor
Paul Merage School of Business

Rina Dechter
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Computer Sciences
Donald Bren School of ICS

Luis De La Maza
Distinguished Professor
Department of Pathology
School of Medicine

Joseph Dimento
Distinguished Professor
School of Law

Barbara A. Dosher
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Cognitive Sciences
School of Social Sciences

Michael V. Drake
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Ophthalmology
School of Medicine

Ellen Druffel
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Earth System Science
School of Physical Sciences

Greg J. Duncan
Distinguished Professor
School of Education

Nikil Dutt
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Donald Bren School of ICS

Jacquelynne Sue Eccles
Distinguished Professor
School of Education

Said E. Elghobashi
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

David Eppstein
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Donald Bren School of ICS

Gregory Evans
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Plastic Surgery
School of Medicine

William J. Evans
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

George Farkas
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
School of Education

Howard Federoff
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Neurology
School of Medicine

Martha Feldman
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Urban Planning & Public Policy
School of Social Ecology

Jonathan Lee Feng
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
School of Physical Sciences

Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Zachary Fisk
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
School of Physical Sciences

Matthew Foreman
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Mathematics
School of Physical Sciences

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Steven Frank
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
School of Biological Sciences

Michael Franz
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Donald Bren School of ICS

Christine Gall
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
School of Medicine

Bryant Garth
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
School of Law

Jean-Luc Gaudiot
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Brandon Gaut
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
School of Biological Sciences

Tryphon Georgiou
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Margaret Gilbert
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Philosophy
School of Humanities

Charles Glabe
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
School of Biological Science

David Goldberg
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Comparative Literature
School of Humanities

Steven Goldstein
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics
School of Medicine

Michael Goodrich
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Computer Sciences
Donald Bren School of ICS

Sergei Grando
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Dermatology
School of Medicine

Enrico Gratton
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Sheldon Greenfield
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Medicine
School of Medicine

Bernard Grofman
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Political Science
School of Social Sciences

Stephen Hanessian
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Health Sciences

Jutta Heckhausen
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Psychological Science
School of Social Ecology

William W. Heidbrink
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
School of Physical Sciences

John C. Hemminger
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Carrie Hempel
Distinguished Professor of Teaching
School of Law

Gregory Hickok
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Language Science
Dept. of Cognitive Sciences
School of Social Sciences

David Hirshleifer
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Paul Merage School of Business

Wilson Ho
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
School of Physical Sciences

Ramesh Jain
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Computer Sciences
Donald Bren School of ICS

Anthony James
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
School of Medicine
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
School of Biological Science

Valerie Jenness
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Criminology, Law & Society
School of Social Ecology

Zeev Kain
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Anesthesiology
School of Medicine

Pramod Khargonekar
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Abel Klein
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Mathematics
School of Physical Sciences

Judith Kroll
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Language Science
School of Social Science

Frank LaFerla
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior
School of Biological Sciences

Arthur Lander
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Developmental & Cell Biology
School of Biological Sciences

Andrew Lankford
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
School of Physical Sciences

Albert La Spada
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Pathology
School of Medicine

Enrique Lavernia
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Ellis Levin
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Medicine
School of Medicine

Elizabeth Loftus
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Psychological Science
Dept. of Criminology, Law & Society
School of Social Ecology

John Lowengrub
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Mathematics
School of Physical Sciences

Lar Lubovitch
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Dance
Claire Trevor School of the Arts

Julia Lupton
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of English
School of Humanities

Gary Lynch
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
School of Medicine

Penelope Maddy
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Logic & Philosophy of Science
School of Social Sciences

Marc Madou
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Catherine Malabou
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Comparative Literature
Dept. of European Languages & Studies
School of Humanities

David B. Malament
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Logic & Philosophy of Science
School of Social Sciences

Mihai Maniutiu
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Drama
Claire Trevor School of the Arts

George Marcus
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Anthropology
School of Social Sciences

John McCarthy
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

James McGaugh
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior
School of Biological Sciences

Bruce McNaughton
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior
School of Biological Sciences

Sharad Mehrotra
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Donald Brend School of ICS

Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Distinguished Professor
School of Law

Frank Meyskens
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Medicine
School of Medicine

John R. Miles
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of English
School of Humanities

Tyrus Miller
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Art History/Dept of English
School of Humanities

Kristen Monroe
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Political Science
School of Social Sciences

Rachel Moran
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
School of Law

Shaul Mukamel
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Gonzalo Navajas
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese
School of Humanities

J. Stuart Nelson
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Surgery
School of Medicine

David Neumark
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Economics
School of Social Sciences

Alexandru Nicolau
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Computer Sciences
Donald Bren School of ICS

Qing Nie
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Mathematics/Dept. of Developmental & Cell Biology
School of Physical Sciences

James Nowick
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Adeline Nyamathi
Distinguished Professor
Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing

Oladele Ogunseitan
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Population, Health & Disease Prevention
Program in Public Health

Larry E. Overman
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Krzysztof Palczewski
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Ophthalmology
School of Medicine

Xiaoqing Pan
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
School of Physical Sciences

Ian Parker
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior
School of Biological Sciences

Jone Pearce
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Paul Merage School of Business

Reginald Penner
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Daniele Piomelli
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
School of Medicine

Thomas Poulos
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
School of Biological Sciences

Michael J. Prather
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Earth System Science
School of Physical Sciences

Duncan Pritchard
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Philosophy
School of Humanities

Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of English
School of Humanities

Yvonne Rainer
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Art
Claire Trevor School of the Arts

Wilfred Recker
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Bryan Reynolds
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Drama
Claire Trevor School of the Arts

Eric Rignot
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Earth System Science
School of Physical Sciences

Karen S. Rook
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Psychological Science
School of Social Ecology

Michael Rose
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
School of Biological Sciences

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Karl Rubin
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Mathematics
School of Physical Sciences

Vicki Ruiz
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Chicano/Latino Studies
School of Social Sciences
Dept. of History
School of Humanities

Rubén G. Rumbaut
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Sociology
School of Social Sciences

Michael Ryan
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of English
School of Humanities

Scott Rychnovsky
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Donald G. Saari
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Economics
School of Social Sciences

Hamid Said
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Medicine
Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics
School of Medicine

Eric Saltzman
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Earth System Science
School of Physical Sciences

Richard Schoen
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Mathematics
School of Physical Sciences

Julie Schoenung
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Gabriele Schwab
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Comparative Literature
School of Humanities

Bert L. Semler
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
School of Medicine

Kenneth J. Shea
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Terrence Shevlin
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Paul Merage School of Business

Roxane C. Silver
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Psychological Science
School of Social Ecology

Alice Silverberg
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Mathematics
School of Physical Sciences

William Sirignano
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Brian Skyrms
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Logic & Philosophy of Science
School of Social Sciences

David W. Smith
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Philosophy
School of Humanities

Patrick Smyth
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Computer Science
Donald Bren School of ICS

David A. Snow
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Sociology
School of Social Sciences

Etel Solingen
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Political Science
School of Social Sciences

Robert Solomon
Distinguished Professor of Teaching
School of Law

Soroosh Sorooshian
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

George Sperling
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Cognitive Sciences
School of Social Sciences

Eric J. Stanbridge
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
School of Medicine

Oswald Steward
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior
School of Biological Sciences

Lee Swindlehurst
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Edward Telles
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Sociology
School of Social Sciences

Andrea Tenner
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
School of Biological Sciences

Julian Thayer
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Psychological Science
School of Social Ecology

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Comparative Literature
Dept. of English
School of Humanities

Douglas Tobias
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences

Grace Tonner
Distinguished Professor of Teaching
School of Law

Steven C. Topik
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of History
School of Humanities

Judith Treas
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept .of Sociology
School of Social Sciences

Chen Tsai
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Gene Tsudik
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Donald Bren School of ICS

Vijay Vazirani
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Donald Bren School of ICS

Steven R. White
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
School of Physical Sciences

H. Kumar Wickramasinghe
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Samuel Wilson
Distinguished Professor – Emeritus
Dept. of Surgery
School of Medicine