Endowed Chairs and Distinguished Professors

As part of its commitment to excellence in environmental research, education and outreach, MSU supports a number of endowed chairs and distinguished professorships in environmental areas.

Adesoji (Soji) O. Adelaja
Title: John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in Land Policy
Web site: http://www.landpolicy.msu.edu/
Sandra S. Batie
Title: Elton R. Smith Endowed Chair in Food and Agricultural Policy
Web site: http://www.aec.msu.edu/faculty/batie.htm
David Beede
Title: Meadows Professor in Animal Science
Web site: https://www.msu.edu/~beede/
Stephen A. Boyd
Title: University Distinguished Professor
Web site: http://www.msu.edu/~boyds/
James T. Detjen
Title: John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Environmental Journalism
Web site: http://www.ej.msu.edu/faculty-staff.php
Lawrence T. Drzal
Title: University Distinguished Professor
Web site: http://www.chems.msu.edu/php/faculty.php?user=drzal
Katherine L. Gross
Title: University Distinguished Professor
Web site: http://www.kbs.msu.edu/faculty/gross/index.php
Mike Hamm
Title: Mott Professor in Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies; Food Science & Human Nutrition; Crop and Soil Sciences
Web site: http://fshn.msu.edu/directory/facultyHamm.html
Kay Holekamp
Title: University Distinguished Professor
Web site: https://www.msu.edu/~holekamp/
Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Title: Rachel Carson Chair in Ecological Sustainability and University Distinguished Professor
Web site: http://www.csis.msu.edu/personnel/liu_jianguo.htm
Patricia Norris
Title: Guyer Seevers Professor in Community, Agriculture, Recreation And Resource Studies; Agricultural, Food, And Resource Economics
Web site: http://www.aec.msu.edu/faculty/norris.htm
Chris Peterson
Title: Nowlin Professor in Agricultural, Food, And Resource Economics
Web site: http://www.aec.msu.edu/faculty/peterson.htm
Thomas J. Pinnavaia
Title: University Distinguished Professor
Web site: http://www.cem.msu.edu/~pinnweb/
Phil Robertson
Title: University Distinguished Professor
Web site: http://www.kbs.msu.edu/research/faculty/robertson
Joan B. Rose
Title: Homer E. Nowlin Chair in Water Research
Web site: http://www.fw.msu.edu/~rosejo
Douglas W. Schemske
Title: John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor
Web site: http://www.plantbiology.msu.edu/faculty/faculty-research/doug-schemske/
A. Allan Schmid
Title: University Distinguished Professor
Web site: http://www.msu.edu/user/schmid/schmid2.htm
Paul B. Thompson
Title: W.K. Kellogg Chair in Food, Agricultural and Community Ethics
Web site: http://www.aec.msu.edu/faculty/thompson.htm
James Tiedje
Title: University Distinguished Professor
Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Web site: http://www.cme.msu.edu/tiedjelab/jtiedje.shtml
Thomas A. Vogel
Title: Distinguished Professor
Web site: http://www.msu.edu/~vogel/