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Distinguished Professors and Endowed Chair

Distinguished Professors and Endowed Chairs have received the highest academic award that UCSC can bestow on a faculty member, creating a lasting legacy for the Baskin School of Engineering.

Distinguished Professors

Phillip W Berman

Title
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department
- Biomolecular Engineering
Campus Email
- pwb@ucsc.edu

J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

Title
- Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Department
- Computer Science and Engineering
Campus Email
- jjaceves@ucsc.edu

Lise Getoor

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Computer Science and Engineering
Campus Email
- getoor@ucsc.edu

David Haussler

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Biomolecular Engineering
Campus Email
- haussler@ucsc.edu

Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang

Title
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
Campus Email
- skang@ucsc.edu

Phokion Kolaitis

Title
- Distinguished Research Professor and Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department
- Computer Science and Engineering
Campus Email
- kolaitis@ucsc.edu

Darrell Long

Title
- Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair Professor
Department
- Baskin School of Engineering
Campus Email
- darrell@ucsc.edu

Marc Mangel

Title
- Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus
Department
- Applied Mathematics
Campus Email
- msmangel@ucsc.edu

Holger Schmidt

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
Campus Email
- hschmidt@ucsc.edu

Steve Whittaker

Title
- Professor Emeritus
Department
- Computational Media
Campus Email
- swhittak@ucsc.edu

Alexander Wolf

Title
- Dean
Department
- Computer Science and Engineering
Campus Email
- alw@ucsc.edu

Current Endowed Chair Holders

Rebecca DuBois

Title
- Professor
Department
- Biomolecular Engineering
Campus Email
- rmdubois@ucsc.edu

Lise Getoor

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Computer Science and Engineering
Campus Email
- getoor@ucsc.edu

Katherine C Isbister

Title
- Professor
Department
- Computational Media
Campus Email
- kisbiste@ucsc.edu

Darrell Long

Title
- Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair Professor
Department
- Baskin School of Engineering
Campus Email
- darrell@ucsc.edu

Ethan L. Miller

Title
- Professor
Department
- Computer Science and Engineering
Campus Email
- elm@ucsc.edu

Holger Schmidt

Title
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
Campus Email
- hschmidt@ucsc.edu

Olena Morozova Vaske

Title
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
Campus Email
- olena@ucsc.edu