11 Endowed Faculty to be Honored at Investiture Ceremony October 25
Eleven endowed Stony Brook University faculty members will be formally installed on Friday, October 25 at a ceremony held at the Charles B. Wang Center Theater.
In order to attract the best and brightest students, provide exceptional healthcare and make new discoveries through innovative research at Stony Brook University, it’s important to have the best faculty. The most critical tools for recruiting and retaining top talent are endowed professorships or chairs. An endowed position is among the highest career distinctions bestowed upon university faculty and serves as a lasting tribute to the generous philanthropists who established them.
The following faculty members to be invested are:
- Ivet Bahar, PhD — Louis and Beatrice Laufer Endowed Director of the Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology and Chair in Physical and Quantitative Biology
- Michael Bender, PhD — John L. Hennessy Endowed Professor in Computer Science
- Lina Carlini, PhD — Laufer Family Endowed Professor of Physical and Quantitative Biology
- Manisha Desai, PhD — Empowerment Charitable Trust (ECT) Endowed Professor in Global Citizenship
- Ken A. Dill, PhD — Laufer Family Endowed Chair of Physical and Quantitative Biology
- Stephanie Dinkins, MFA — Yayoi Kusama Endowed Professor of Art
- Petar Djuric, PhD — Savitri Devi Bangaru Term Professor in Artificial Intelligence
- Christopher J. Gobler, PhD — Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation
- Kenneth Gow, MD — Knapp Swezey Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery
- Carlos Simmerling, PhD — Marsha Laufer Endowed Professor of Physical and Quantitative Biology
- Sthaneshwar Timalsina, PhD — Nirmal K. and Augustina Mattoo Endowed Chair in Classical Indic Humanities
The keynote address will be given by Esther S. Takeuchi, PhD, the William and Jane Knapp Endowed Chair in Energy and the Environment and a SUNY Distinguished Professor. Takeuchi’s innovative research, focused on battery chemistry and technology, aims to develop reliable, high-powered and environmentally friendly energy storage.
The ceremony will honor both the endowed faculty members and the generous philanthropists who have established these positions, and it will be followed by a reception. All are welcome to attend. Register here.