The College of Chemistry is proud to announce that three new endowed chairs have been established or are pending approval, to make a current total of twenty-one in the college. In chronological order, they are:
The Joel Hildebrand Distinguished Professorship (to be occupied by the Chair of the Department of Chemistry): Michael A. Marletta
The Chevron Chair in Chemistry (to be occupied by a non-tenured faculty member nominated by the Department of Chemistry): Michelle Chang
The Glenn T. Seaborg Chair in Physical Chemistry: Alexander Pines
The Kenneth S. Pitzer Distinguished Professorship in Chemistry: William H. Miller
The Katherine and Warren Schlinger Distinguished Professorship in Chemical Engineering (to be occupied by the Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering): Jeffrey A. Reimer
The Melvin Calvin Distinguished Professorship in Chemical Biodynamics: Graham R. Fleming
The Henry Rapoport Chair in Organic Chemistry: Jean M. J. Fréchet
The Professor Gerald K. Branch Distinguished Professorship in Chemistry: Robert G. Bergman
The Aldo DeBenedictis Distinguished Professorship in Chemistry: Michael A. Marletta
The Gilbert Newton Lewis Endowed Chair (to be occupied by the Dean of the College of Chemistry): Richard A. Mathies
The Hubbard Howe Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Biochemical Engineering: Jay Keasling
The Bruce H. Mahan Chair in Physical Chemistry: David Chandler
The John R. Thomas Endowed Chair in Physical Chemistry: TBA
The T. Z. and Irmgard Chu Distinguished Professorship in Chemistry: Carolyn R. Bertozzi
The Charles Wilke Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering: Rachel Segalman
The Larry and Diane Bock Endowed Chair in Nanotechnology: A. Paul Alivisatos
The Charles W. Tobias Chair in Electrochemistry: John S. Newman
The Theodore Vermeulen Chair in Chemical Engineering: Alexis T. Bell
The Merck Chair in Biochemical Engineering: Harvey W. Blanch
The Cupola Era Endowed Chair in the College of Chemistry (to be occupied by a junior faculty member): TBA
The James and Neeltje Tretter Endowed Chair in Chemistry: TBA
The Dow Chair in Sustainable Chemistry: TBA