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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 February 18, 2025, we gather once again to celebrate 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 2025 cohort of honorees.

Endowed Chairs

Vincenzina Caputo 
Homer Nowlin Chair in Consumer Responsive Product Agriculture 

Maksymilian Chruszcz 
Walter F. Patenge Chair in Osteopathic Medicine 

Jane Marie Manfredi 
Mary Anne McPhail Dressage Chair in Equine Sports Medicine 

Pavel Nadolsky 
Wu-Ki Tung Endowed Chair in Particle Physics 

Johannes Pollanen 
Cowen Distinguished Chair in Experimental Physics 

David Souder 
Eli and Edythe L. Broad Dean 

 

Endowed Professors

Jerrold Lowell Belant 
Boone and Crockett Club Endowed Professor 

Andre Benard 
JA Schmidt Endowed Professor in Mechanical Engineering Thermal Fluid Sciences 

Anil Jain 
Douglas E. Zongker Endowed Professor in Engineering 

Siva Nadimpalli 
G. Glenn & Marlene D. Gardner Endowed Professor in Automotive Engineering 

Simone Theresa Peinkofer 
Kesseler Family Endowed Professor 

Richard C. Sadler  
C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health 

Tuo Wang 
Carl H. Brubaker, Jr. Professor 

Alexandra Zevalkink 
C. Robert and Kathryn M. Weir Endowed Professor 

 

MSU Research Foundation Professors

Lenis Saweda Liverpool-Tasie 
Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics

Hayder Radha 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 

 

Red Cedar Distinguished Professors

Angel Abuelo Sebio
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Titus Awokuse
International Studies and Programs

Gina Leinninger
Department of Physiology

Karin Pfeiffer
Department of Kinesiology

Yadu Pokhrel
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Michael Sant'Ambrogio
College of Law

 

 

Arun Ross speaks at the 2024 investiture.