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March 25, 2025
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James Andrew Alspaugh
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Cell Biology
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
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Gregory E. Crawford
Professor in Pediatrics
Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Affiliate of the Duke Regeneration Center
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Birgit Frauscher
Professor of Neurology
Director of the Epilepsy Lab in the Department of Neurology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Amy Susanne Gladfelter
Professor of Cell Biology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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Micah Alan Luftig
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Vice-Chair in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Professor in Cell Biology
Professor of Integrative Immunobiology
Professor of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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Gary Ross Maslow
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Division Director of Child and Family Mental Health and Community Psychiatry
Professor of Pediatrics
Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing
Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy
Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
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Hiroaki Matsunami
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Professor of Neurobiology
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Professor of Cell Biology
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
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Michael Anthony Moody
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor in Immunology
Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute
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Susanna Naggie
Professor of Medicine
Director of the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Vice Dean for Clinical Research
Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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Alexander Pfaff
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Professor in the Department of Economics
Affiliate of the Duke Center for International Development
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center
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Daniel D. Richter
Professor in the Division of Earth and Climate Science
Professor in the Division of Environmental Science and Policy
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Moira Ann Rynn
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Interim Co-Division Director of Behavioral Medicine and Neurosciences
Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Daniel Raphael Saban
Professor of Ophthalmology
Vice Chair of Research Strategy
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
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Stefanie Sarantopoulos
Chief of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Integrative Immunobiology
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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Anne Elizabeth West
Professor of Neurobiology
Professor of Cell Biology
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
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Kevin Hart
Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor
Professor in the Divinity School
Professor of English
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Claudia K. Gunsch
Muriel Theodorsen Williams E'46 Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr)
Professor in the Division of Environmental Science and Policy
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Hai "Helen" Li
Marie Foote Reel E'46 Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Computer Science
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Duke University has awarded distinguished professorships to 31 faculty members and will recognize them in a ceremony at the Washington Duke Inn on May 14.
“I am very proud to recognize these outstanding faculty colleagues with distinguished professorships,” said President Vincent E. Price. “Through their extraordinary scholarship and teaching, they are advancing solutions, inventions and cures that will uplift humankind and make a lasting difference in the world.”
Distinguished professorships honor faculty who are well-established members of the Duke academic community and have also achieved distinction as creative scholars in their field or in their ability to transcend disciplines.
“Congratulations to these exceptional scholars on earning distinguished professorships from Duke University,” said Provost Alec D. Gallimore. “Their contributions to their fields and to Duke’s intellectual community are truly impressive and I am proud to call them colleagues.”
During its February meeting, Duke’s Board of Trustees approved the awarding of Distinguished Professorships to the following faculty, effective July 1, 2025 or thereafter:
James Andrew Alspaugh II (Department of Medicine), James B. Duke Distinguished Professor
Cathleen Sellner Colón-Emeric (Department of Medicine), James B. Wyngaarden Distinguished Professor
Gregory E. Crawford (Department of Pediatrics), Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor
Samit Dasgupta (Department of Mathematics), James B. Duke Distinguished Professor
Katherine J. Franz (Department of Chemistry), James B. Duke Distinguished Professor
Birgit Frauscher (Department of Neurobiology), Lincoln Financial Group Distinguished Professor
Amy Susanne Gladfelter (Department of Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering), Duke Health Distinguished Professor
Peter David Hoff (Department of Statistical Science), James B. Duke Distinguished Professor
Brenna L Hughes (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology), Edwin Crowell Hamblen Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Biology and Family Planning
Marin K. Levy (School of Law), Melvin Shimm Distinguished Professor
Micah Alan Luftig (Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology), Alter Geller Distinguished Professor in Immunology
Gary Ross Maslow (Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences), Gorrell Family Distinguished Professor in Children's Psychiatry
Hiroaki Matsunami (Molecular Genetics and Microbiology), Minnie Geller Distinguished Professor in Genetics
Michael Anthony Moody (Department of Pediatrics), J. Buren Sidbury Distinguished Professor
Susanna Naggie (Department of Medicine), Catherine Wilfert Distinguished Professor
Alexander Pfaff (Sanford School of Public Policy), Bernard Rhodes Distinguished Professor
Shitong Qiao (School of Law), Ken Young-Gak Yun and Jinah Park Yun Distinguished Professor
Daniel D. Richter (Nicholas School of the Environment), Theodore S. Coile Distinguished Professor in the Division of Earth and Climate Sciences
Moira Ann Rynn (Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences), J.P. Gibbons Distinguished Professor
Daniel Raphael Saban (Department of Ophthalmology), Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor
Stefanie Sarantopoulos (Department of Medicine), James Wyngaarden Distinguished Professor
Anne Elizabeth West (Department of Neurobiology), George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor
Daniel Yi Xu (Department of Economics), Rubenstein Distinguished Professor
Jun Yang (Department of Computer Science), Knut Schmidt Nielsen Distinguished Professor
Lawrence Yang (School of Nursing), Pauline Gratz Distinguished Professor
Steven L Young (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology), F. Bayard Carter Distinguished Professor
Pei Zhou (Department of Biochemistry), James B. Duke Distinguished Professor
Tai-ping Sun (Department of Biology), John Carlisle Kilgo Distinguished Professor
In addition, three faculty members awarded Distinguished Professorships that took effect in 2024, will also be honored at the ceremony:
Kevin Hart (Divinity School), Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor
Claudia K. Gunsch (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Muriel Theodorsen Williams E’46 Distinguished Professor
Professor Hai "Helen” Li (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Marie Foote Reel E’46 Distinguished Professor
For a complete list of Duke’s Distinguished Professors, visit the Provost’s Office website.