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Feb. 25, 2025

Distinguished faculty honored during 2025 Investiture Ceremony

By: Leah Ball

MSU President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., and Interim Provost Thomas Jeitschko recently honored the newest Endowed Chairs, Endowed Professors and MSU Research Foundation Professors and Red Cedar Professors.

A formal investiture ceremony at Michigan State University for endowed faculty in 2025. MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz at the stands at a podium addressing the audience.
 

During a Feb. 18 ceremony at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 19 faculty were celebrated for providing leadership in their classrooms and respective disciplines. Additionally, leaders expressed gratitude to the benefactors who continue to help ensure MSU is a leading public research university.

These positions provide leading scholars with financial support and security, along with the acknowledgment that they are actively engaged in innovative work, helping make a better, safer, healthier and more beautiful tomorrow.

Learn more about each of the 2025 cohort of honorees at the links below or visit msu.edu/honoredfaculty.

Endowed Chairs

Vincenzina Caputo
Homer Nowlin Chair in Consumer Responsive Product Agriculture

Maksymilian Chruszcz
Walter F. Patenge Chair in Osteopathic Medicine

Jane Marie Manfredi
Mary Anne McPhail Dressage Chair in Equine Sports Medicine

Pavel Nadolsky
Wu-Ki Tung Endowed Chair in Particle Physics

Endowed Professors

Andre Benard
JA Schmidt Endowed Professor in Mechanical Engineering Thermal Fluid Sciences

Anil Jain
Douglas E. Zongker Endowed Professor in Engineering

Siva Nadimpalli
G. Glenn & Marlene D. Gardner Endowed Professor in Automotive Engineering

Simone Theresa Peinkofer
Kesseler Family Endowed Professor

Richard C. Sadler
C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health

Tuo Wang
Carl H. Brubaker Jr. Professor

Alexandra Zevalkink (not pictured below)
C. Robert and Kathryn M. Weir Endowed Professor

MSU Research Foundation Professors

Lenis Saweda Liverpool-Tasie
Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics

Hayder Radha
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Red Cedar Distinguished Professors

Angel Abuelo Sebio
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Titus Awokuse
International Studies and Programs

Gina Leinninger
Department of Physiology

Karin Pfeiffer
Department of Kinesiology

Yadu Pokhrel
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Michael Sant'Ambrogio
College of Law

 

Photos by Harley Seeley

Endowed faculty member Richard Sadler with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Vincenzina Caputo with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Tuo Wang with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Saweda Liverpool-Tasie with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Hayder Radha with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Angel Abuelo with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Titus Awokuse with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Gina Leinninger with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Karin Pfeiffer with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Yadu Pokhrel with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Michael Sant'Ambrogio with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Maksymilian Chruszcz with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Jane Manfredi with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Pavel Nadolsky with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Andre Benard with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Anil Jain with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Siva Nadimpalli with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Simone Peinkofer with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Richard Sadler with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Vincenzina Caputo with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Richard Sadler with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Vincenzina Caputo with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Tuo Wang with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Lenis Saweda Liverpool-Tasie with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Hayder Radha with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Angel Abuelo with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Titus Awokuse with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Gina Leinninger with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Karin Pfeiffer with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Yadu Pokhrel with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Michael Sant'Ambrogio with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Maksymilian Chruszcz with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Jane Manfredi with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Pavel Nadolsky with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Andre Benard with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Anil Jain with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Siva Nadimpalli with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Simone Peinkofer with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Richard Sadler with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.
Endowed faculty member Vincenzina Caputo with MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz.

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