Faculty Excellence

The following faculty members of the College of Science have distinguished themselves as leaders in their fields of study. They have been honored nationally and internationally through prestigious fellowships and recognized internally through endowed and named professorships.

Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences

• Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics

American Philosophical Society

• Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Murray Daw — Science Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Physics
• Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics

Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science

• Robert Anholt — Provost’s Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Biochemistry/Director of Faculty Excellence Initiatives
• Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics
• Ken Marcus — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Chemistry
• Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics

Fellow of the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions

• Vincent Gallicchio — Professor of Biological Sciences

Fellow of the American Chemical Society

• Julia Brumaghim — Professor of Chemistry
• Darryl DesMarteau — Professor of Chemistry (emeritus)
• Joseph “Joe” Thrasher — Professor of Chemistry

Fellow of the American Physical Society

• Murray Daw — Science Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Physics
• Laura Finzi — Dr. Waenard L. Miller ’69 and Sheila M. Miller Endowed Chair in Medical Biophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Bradley Meyer — Professor of Physics and Astronomy
• Dvora Perahia — Professor of Chemistry
• Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics
• Terry Tritt — Department Chair of Physics and Astronomy (emeritus)

Fellow of the American Statistical Association

• William “Billy” Bridges — Professor of Mathematical Sciences
• Robert Lund — Professor of Mathematical Sciences
• Chris McMahon — Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
• Robert “Bob” Taylor — Professor of Mathematical Sciences (emeritus)

Fellow of the Materials Research Society

• Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics

Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

• Ken Marcus — University Professor of Chemistry
• Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics

Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy

• Ken Marcus — University Professor of Chemistry

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

• Vincent Gallicchio — Professor of Biological Sciences

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

• Carlos Garcia — Professor of Chemistry
• Ken Marcus — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Chemistry
• Ramakrishna Podila — Associate Professor, Physics And Astronomy

Fellow of the Royal Society of London

• Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics

Dawson Prize recipient (2018)

• Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics

International Society on Multiple Criteria
Decision Making Gold Medal Recipient

• Margaret Wiecek — Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors

• Jeff Anker — Professor of Chemistry

South Carolina Governor’s Awards

• Marco Ajello — Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
• Darryl DesMarteau — Professor of Chemistry (emeritus)
• Ken Marcus — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Chemistry
• William Pennington — Department Chair of Chemistry
• Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics
• Ya-Ping Sun — Frank Henry Leslie Chair of Natural and Physical Sciences
• Terry Tritt — Department Chair of Physics and Astronomy (emeritus)

Wolf Prize Laureate (2016)

• Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics

Endowed Chairs

• Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics
• Ya-Ping Sun — Frank Henry Leslie Chair of Natural and Physical Sciences
• Laura Finzi — Dr. Waenard L. Miller ’69 and Sheila M. Miller Endowed Chair in Medical Biophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Endowed Professorships

• Emil Alexov — Wallace R. Roy Distinguished Associate Professor (2021–2024)
• Dev Arya — Wallace R. Roy Distinguished Associate Professor (2021–2024)
• Feng Ding —Wallace R. Roy Distinguished Professor (2024–2027)
• Joe Kolis — Tobey-Beaudrot Professor of Chemistry
• Ken Marcus — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Chemistry
• Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics
• Hugo Sanabria — Wallace R. Roy Distinguished Associate Professor (2024–2027)

Alumni Distinguished Professors

• Richard W. Blob — Professor of Biological Sciences
• Joel Brawley — Professor of Mathematical Sciences (emeritus)
• William “Billy” Bridges — Professor of Mathematical Sciences
• Julia Frugoli — Professor of Genetics
• William F. Moss — Professor of Mathematical Sciences (emeritus)
• William Pennington — Department Chair of Chemistry
• William Surver — Professor of Biological Sciences
• Lesly Temesvari — Professor of Biological Sciences
• Terry Tritt — Department Chair of Physics and Astronomy (emeritus)

Provost Distinguished Professors

• Robert Anholt — Provost’s Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Biochemistry/Director of Faculty Excellence Initiatives

Science Dean’s Distinguished Professors

• Jeff Anker — Department of Chemistry
• Barbara Campbell — Department of Biological Sciences
• Murray Daw — Science Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Physics
• Leo Rebholz — School of Mathematical and Statistical Science
• Margaret Wiecek — School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Science Dean’s Professors

• Marco Ajello — Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Feng Ding — Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Matt Koski — Department of Biological Sciences
• Xian Lu — Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Chris McMahan — School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Science Dean’s Distinguished Lecturers

• Jason Brown — Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Meredith Burr — School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
• Mark Cawood — School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
• Christine Minor — Department of Biological Sciences
• Dennis Taylor — Department of Chemistry
• Amy Pope — Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Kristi Whitehead — Department of Biological Sciences

Class of ’39 Award for Excellence

• William “Billy” Bridges — Professor of Mathematical Sciences
• Terry Tritt — Department Chair of Physics and Astronomy (emeritus)
• William Pennington — Department Chair of Chemistry