Distinguished Professors
The purpose of the program is to advance and recognize individuals with highly distinguished accomplishments and those who display exceptional promise, who maintain an extraordinary level of activity in their research and scholarly work, and have achieved pre-eminence in their field in line with the University’s stated objectives and emerging priorities.
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| Name | Department | Title | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agrawal, Aneil | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Genetics | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Bar-Isaac, Heski | Rotman School of Management | Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance | July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026 |
| Baron, Opher | Rotman School of Management | Distinguished Professor of Operations Management | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Bernstein, Steven | Department of Political Science, UTM | Distinguished Professor of Global Environmental and Sustainability Governance | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Cazdyn, Eric | Department of East Asian Studies and the Centre for Comparative Literature, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Aesthetics and Politics | January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2023 |
| Chan, Warren | Institute of Biomedical Engineering, FASE | Distinguished Professor of Nanobioengineering | November 1, 2016 to October 31, 2021 |
| Chen, Jing | Department of Geography and Planning, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Geography and Planning | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Clarke, Kamari | Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies; Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Transnational Justice and Sociolegal Studies | January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025 |
| Fox, Mark | Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, FASE | Distinguished Professor of Urban Systems Engineering | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Ganeri, Jonardon | Department of Philosophy, FAS | Bimal Matilal Distinguished Professor of South Asian Philosophy | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Gerlai, Robert | Department of Psychology, UTM | The John Carlin Roder Distinguished Professor in Behavioural Neuroscience | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Hinz, Boris | Faculty of Dentistry | Distinguished Professor of Tissue Repair and Regeneration | July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2021 |
| Hu, Ming | Rotman School of Management | Distinguished Professor of Business Operations and Analytics | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Jennings, Eric | Department of History, FAS | Distinguished Professor in the History of France and the Francophonie | July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020 |
| Kaplan, Sarah | Rotman School of Management | Distinguished Professor in Gender and the Economy | September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2026 |
| Kschischang, Frank | Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FASE | Distinguished Professor of Digital Communications | January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2020 |
| Kumacheva, Eugenia | Department of Chemistry, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Chemistry | March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2025 |
| Lautens, Mark | Department of Chemistry, FAS | J. Bryan Jones Distinguished Professor | January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2017; January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022 |
| Levi, Ron | Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy; Department of Sociology, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Global Justice | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Levy, Evonne | Department of Visual Studies, UTM | Distinguished Professor of Early Modern Art | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| McCourt, Peter | Department of Cell and Systems Biology, FAS | Jack Dainty Distinguished Professor | March 1, 2017 to February 28, 2022 |
| Mollett, Sharlene | Department of Human Geography and the Centre for Critical Development Studies, UTSC | Distinguished Professor in Feminist Cultural Geography, Nature and Society | January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2024 |
| Oreopoulos, Philip | Department of Economics, UTM | Distinguished Professor in Economics of Education Policy | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Park, Chul B. | Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, FASE | Distinguished Professor of Microcellular Engineered Plastics | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Pauly, Louis W. | Department of Political Science, FAS | J. Stefan Dupré Distinguished Professor of Political Economy | April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2022 |
| Phu, Thy | Department of Arts, Culture and Media, UTSC | Distinguished Professor of Race, Diaspora and Visual Justice | January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026 |
| Poole, Janet | Department of East Asian Studies, FAS | Distinguished Professor in the Humanities | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Prosser, Scott | Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, UTM | Distinguished Professor of Biophysical Chemistry | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Rowe, Locke | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Biology | July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2021 |
| Ruti, Mari | Department of English and Drama, UTM | Distinguished Professor of Critical Theory and of Gender and Sexuality Studies | July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2022 |
| Sá, Creso | Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE | Distinguished Professor in Science Policy, Higher Education, and Innovation | July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025 |
| Scardamalia, Marlene | Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE | Distinguished Professor of Knowledge Innovation and Technology | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Segal, Zindel | Department of Psychology, UTSC | Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Mood Disorders | July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2022 |
| Sellen, Daniel | Department of Anthropology, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Global Health | March 1, 2017 to February 28, 2022 |
| Simmons, Craig | Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, FASE; Institute of Biomedical Engineering, FASE | Distinguished Professor of Mechanobiology | July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026 |
| Stinchcombe, John | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, FAS | Distinguished Professor of Ecological Genetics | July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2024 |
| Walker, Gilbert | Department of Chemistry, FAS | Distinguished Professor | February 1, 2019 to January 31, 2024 |
| Yan, Ning | Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, FASE | Distinguished Professor in Forest Biomaterials Engineering | July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2022 |
| Zingg, David | Institute for Aerospace Studies, FASE | Distinguished Professor of Computational Aerodynamics and Sustainable Aviation | September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2021 |