MSU Faculty: A Force for Creativity, Discovery, and Learning

Faculty are essential to all we do at Michigan State University. They power and empower creativity, discovery, and learning, propelling MSU to the ranks of the top 100 universities in the world.

Here, we honor our most distinguished faculty members—respected leaders and innovators within our campus community and in their disciplines. Their work helps make a better, safer, healthier tomorrow.

 

The Honored Faculty Investiture

On March 4, 2024, we celebrated our most distinguished faculty members—respected leaders and innovators within our campus community and in their disciplines. Their work helps make a better, safer, healthier, more beautiful tomorrow.

Learn more about each of the 2024 cohort of honorees.

Endowed Chairs

Rafael Auras
Amcor Endowed Chair in Packaging Sustainability

Angela Chia-Chen Chen
McLaren Greater Lansing Endowed Chair for Behavioral Mental Health Nursing Education

Anne Dorrance
Walter F. Patenge Chair of Osteopathic Medicine

M. Jahi Johnson-Chappell
W.K. Kellogg Chair for Food, Society, and Sustainability

Norbert Kaminski
Food and Consumer Product Ingredient Safety Endowed Chair

Alan Ker
Elton R. Smith Endowed Chair in Food and Agricultural Policy

James Luyendyk
Albert C. and Lois E. Dehn Chair in Veterinary Medicine

Ranjan Mukherjee
Martin J. Vanderploeg Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering

Olorunseun Ogunwobi
Barnett Rosenberg Chair in Biological Science

Karen Perry
Pat Carrigan Chair of Feline Medicine

Enrique Seira Bejarano
Frederick S. Addy Distinguished Chair in Economics

Andrei Simonov
Frederick S. Addy Distinguished Chair in Finance

Kurt Zinn
Hickman Family Endowed Chair in Oncology

Endowed Professors

Suman Basuroy
James O. Fishbeck and Lee A. Morgan Professor in Business

Tara Behrend
John Richard Butler II Professor

Bjoern Robert Hamberger
James K. Billman Endowed Associate Professor

Michael Hickner
Craig A. Rogerson Endowed Professor

Hao Jiang
Philip J. May Endowed Professor in Finance

John (Xuefeng) Jiang
Eli Broad Professor

Nicholas Kanaan
Maibach Smiley Endowed Professor

Xiaoming Liu
Anil K. and Nandita K. Jain Endowed Professor

Gerard McNamara
John H. McConnell Professor in Business Administration

Sriram Narayanan
Eli Broad Professor

Steven Ondersma
C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health

Benjamin Orlando
James K. Billman Endowed Assistant Professor

Arun Ross
Martin J. Vanderploeg Endowed Professor

Pamela Ruegg
David J. Ellis Professor in Large Animal Clinical Sciences

David Thronson
Alan S. Zekelman Professor of International Human Rights Law

MSU Research Foundation Professors

Honglei Chen
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Jiliang Tang
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Red Cedar Distinguished Professors

Patrick Peter Edger
Department of Horticulture

Zhaojian Li
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Michelle Moyd
Department of History

Kui Xie
Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education

Minami Yoda
Department of Mechanical Engineering

John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor

Bruno Basso
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

 

Arun Ross speaks at the 2024 investiture.