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.
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
