McKnight Presidential Endowed Chairs and Professorships

The McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair and the McKnight Presidential Endowed Professorship are among the highest honors for faculty at the University. Recipients are recommended by their college dean and chosen at the discretion of the president based, in part, on their academic and research accomplishments and their contributions to advancing the University among its peers.

McKnight Presidential Endowed Professors

Candice Hirsch
2024 - Agronomy & Plant Genetics
Moin Syed
2023 - Psychology
Rhonda Franklin
2022 - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Saif Benjaafar
2021 - Industrial & Systems Engineering
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
2020 - Epidemiology & Community Health
Svitlana Mayboroda
2020 - Mathematics
Kristin E. Hickman
2020 - Law
Lisa German
2020 - Libraries
Rachel Croson
2020 - Economics
Daniel F. Voytas
2017 - Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
Nathan M. Springer
2016 - Plant Biology
Nikolaos P. Papanikolopoulos
2016 - Computer Science & Engineering
Ruth Okediji
2016 - Law
Michael Tonry
2011 - Criminal Law & Policy
Matthew T. Andrews
2010 - Biology
Graham Candler
2009 - Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Douglas N. Arnold
2008 - Mathematics
David W. Wilkins
2007 - American Indian Studies
Robert Hecky
2007 - Biological Limnology, UMD
John M. Bryson
2007 - Planning & Public Affairs
Susan M. Wolf
2006 - Law, Medicine & Public Policy
Zigang Dong
2006 - Cancer Prevention
Mimi C. Yu
2005 - Cancer Epidemiology
Michael Paulsen
2004 - Law & Public Policy
Wendy Pradt Lougee
2002 - Library Science
Vicki Hansen
2002 - Planetary Geology, UMD

McKnight Presidential Endowed Chairs

2024 - Electrical & Computer Engineering
2024 - Nursing
2024 - Applied Economics
2023 - Interior Design
2019 - Chemistry
2018 - Public Affairs
2018 - Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
2017 - Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
2016 - Electrical & Computer Engineering
2015 - Chemistry