Named professorships, chairs, and other faculty positions recognize excellence. They help attract and retain extraordinary scholars and leaders and elevate the prestige of the college. These professorships are made possible by the philanthropic gifts of the college's generous donors.
C. Daniel Azzara, Ph.D.
Alan R. Warehime Faculty Chair in Agribusiness
Director Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Florence Becot, Ph.D.
Nationwide Insurance Early Career Professor
Agricultural Safety and Health Program Lead
John Boney, Ph.D.
Vernon E. Norris Faculty Fellow of Poultry Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Poultry Science
William F. Elmendorf, Ph.D.
Joseph E. Ibberson Chair in Urban and Community Forestry
Professor
Gary Felton, Ph.D.
Ralph O. Mumma Professor
Professor and Department Head of Entomology
Mark Gagnon, Ph.D.
Harbaugh Entrepreneur and Innovation Faculty Scholar in the College of Agricultural Sciences
Associate Teaching Professor, Agribusiness
Mark Guiltinan, Ph.D.
J. Franklin Styer Professor of Horticultural Botany
Professor of Plant Molecular Biology
Christina Grozinger, Ph.D.
Publius Vergilius Maro Professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences
Professor of Entomology
Director, Center for Pollinator Research, Insect Biodiversity Center
Associate Director for Research, Institute for Sustainable Agricultral, Food and Environmental Science
Jill Hamilton, Ph.D.
Joseph E. Ibberson Chair in Silviculture Research for Pennsylvania
Associate Professor
Director, Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics
Sara Hermann, Ph.D.
Tombros Early Career Professor
Assistant Professor of Arthropod Ecology and Trophic Interactions
Jasna Kovac, Ph.D.
Lester Earl and Veronica Casida Career Development Professor of Food Safety
Assistant Professor of Food Science
Troy L. Ott, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
C. Lee Rumberger and Family Chair in Agricultural Sciences
Professor of Reproductive Physiology, Acting Director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Gary H. Perdew, Ph.D.
H. Thomas and Dorothy Willits Hallowell Chair in Agricultural Sciences
Director for the Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis
Andrew Patterson, Ph.D.
John T. and Paige S. Smith Professor in Agricultural Sciences
Professor of Molecular Toxicology
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ramesh Ramachandran, Ph.D.
Walter H. Ott Professor in Avian Biology
Professor of Reproductive Biology
Christopher Scott, Ph.D.
Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Resource Conservation
Professor
Maria Spencer, Ph.D.
John and Patty Warehime Entrepreneur in Residence
Assistant Clinical Professor
Margarita López-Uribe, Ph.D.
Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor in Entomology
Associate Professor of Entomology
Yi Zhang, Ph.D.
Rasmussen Career Development Professor in Food Science
Associate Professor of Food Science
*List current as of July 2023
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