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Report of the president: Academic Council Professoriate appointments

The following Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments for the periods indicated were reviewed by the Advisory Board of the Academic Council on Jan. 18, Feb. 1, Feb. 8, Feb. 22, and March 1, 2022, and were approved by the president. Please note that while all appointments below have been approved by the president, some candidates may not have accepted offers.

Appointments without limit of time:

Bendall, Sean, Associate Professor of Pathology, effective March 1, 2022

Fajgelbaum, Pablo, Professor of Economics, effective July 1, 2022

Moore, Mignon, Professor of Sociology, effective September 1, 2022

Mourrain, Philippe, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, effective May 1, 2022

Promotions without limit of time:

Cabrita, Joel, Associate Professor of History, effective September 1, 2022

Dubra, Alfredo, Professor of Ophthalmology, effective April 1, 2022

Gevaert, Olivier, Associate Professor of Medicine, effective April 1, 2022, and of Biomedical Data Science, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2027

Gienapp, Jonathan, Associate Professor of History, effective September 1, 2022

Goldin, Jacob, Professor of Law, effective February 15, 2022

Huang, Ngan, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, effective April 1, 2022

Martin, Gregory, Associate Professor of Political Economy in the Graduate School of Business, effective July 1, 2022

Qi, Stanley, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, effective April 1, 2022

Schroeder, Dustin, Associate Professor of Geophysics, effective March 1, 2022

Reappointments without limit of time:

Akbarpour, Mohammad, Associate Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business, effective February 1, 2022

Xu, Kuang, Associate Professor of Operations, Information and Technology in the Graduate School of Business, effective July 1, 2022

Promotion for a continuing term:

Sainani, Kristin, Professor (Teaching) of Epidemiology and Population Health, effective April 1, 2022

Other appointments:

Falasinnu, Titilola, Assistant Professor of Medicine, for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2026

Flewellen, Ayana, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, for the period September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2026

Kachuri, Linda, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, for the period April 16, 2022, through April 15, 2026

Karunakaran, Arvind, Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering, for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2026

Langston, Marvin, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2026

Miller, Conrad, Assistant Professor of Economics, for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2026

Rogala, Kacper, Assistant Professor of Structural Biology and of Chemical and Systems Biology, for the period June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2026

Other promotions:

Aghaeepour, Nima, Associate Professor (Research) of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, of Pediatrics, and, by courtesy, of Biomedical Data Science, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2027, coterminous with continued salary and research funding from sponsored projects

Fraser, Hunter, Professor of Biology, effective April 1, 2022

Other reappointments:

Clair, Matthew, Assistant Professor of Sociology, for the period September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2027

Fisher, Elaine, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, for the period September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2025

Gerstenberg, Tobias, Assistant Professor of Psychology, for the period September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2026

Huber, Marie, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, for the period September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2025

Kaltschmidt, Julia, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2025

University Medical Line Professoriate appointments:

The following University Medical Line Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments for January and February 2022 were recommended by the provost to the president of the university and were approved by the president.

Appointment for a continuing term:

Grantcharov, Teodor, Professor of Surgery, effective May 1, 2022

Promotions for a continuing term:

Agarwal-Hashmi, Ranji, Professor of Pediatrics, effective March 1, 2022

Capasso, Robson, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, effective March 1, 2022

Hayden Gephart, Melanie, Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, effective March 1, 2022

Horst, Kathleen, Professor of Radiation Oncology, effective March 1, 2022

Nieman, Koen, Professor of Medicine and of Radiology effective March 1, 2022

Reappointments for a continuing term:

Do, Diana, Professor of Ophthalmology, effective March 1, 2022

McGovern, Mark, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, effective January 1, 2022

Palaniappan, Latha, Professor of Medicine and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health, effective March 1, 2022

Other appointments:

Hack, Laura, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 30, 2026

Liu, Wendy, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, for the period December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2025

Mahoney, Megan, Professor of Medicine, for the period February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2027

Newberry, Jennifer, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, for the period February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2027

Rose, Christian, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2026

Rose-Nussbaumer, Jennifer, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2027

Saab, Raya, Professor of Pediatrics, for the period June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2027

Shaw, Kate, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2027

Tong, Elizabeth, Assistant Professor of Radiology, for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2026

Yoon, Byung Chul, Assistant Professor of Radiology, for the period February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2026

Other promotions:     

Mudumba, Sheshadri, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, for the period December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2026

Profit, Jochen, Professor of Pediatrics, for the period March 1, 2022, through February 28, 2027

Rezvani, Andrew, Associate Professor of Medicine, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 30, 2027

Sonn, Geoffrey, Associate Professor of Urology, for the period March 1, 2022, through February 28, 2027

Other reappointments:

Bertaina, Alice, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, for the period September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023

Shah, Jay, Associate Professor of Urology, for the period April 1, 2022, through December 31, 2024

Shen, Jeanne, Assistant Professor of Pathology, for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2027

Report items:

Allende Santa Cruz, Claudia, Assistant Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business, also appointed Center Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, for the period January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025

Appel, Eric, Assistant Professor of Material Science and Engineering, by courtesy, of Pediatrics, and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment, also appointed Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Bioengineering, for the period December 15, 2021, through February 29, 2024

Ashlagi, Itai, Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering, also appointed Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2026

Bayati, Mohsen, Associate Professor of Operations, Information and Technology in the Graduate School of Business and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, also appointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Radiation Oncology, for the period March 1, 2022, through February 28, 2025

Buchak, Gregory, Assistant Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business, also appointed Center Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, for the period January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025

Caers, Jef, Professor of Geological Sciences, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of Geophysics, effective December 2, 2021

Chan, David, Associate Professor of Health Policy, also appointed Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, for the period December 15, 2022, through December 31, 2026

Daily, Gretchen, Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, also appointed Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Center for International Studies, for the period February 1, 2022, though January 31, 2025

Denson, Shane, Associate Professor of Art and Art History and, by courtesy, of German Studies, also appointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Communication, for the period February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2027

Donkor, Kwabena, Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business, also appointed Center Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, for the period January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023

Fisher, Ian, Director of Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Professor of Applied Physics, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering, for the period September 1, 2021, through August 30, 2023

Glenzer, Siegfried, Professor of Photon Science at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of Mechanical Engineering, for the period January 3, 2022, through January 2, 2025

Harrington, Robert, Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of Health Policy, for the period February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2027

Hoeksema, J. Todd, Professor (Research) of Physics, change in appointment start date from January 1, 2022, to February 1, 2022, and in appointment end date from December 31, 2027, to January 31, 2028

Howitt, Michael, Assistant Professor of Pathology, also reappointed Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, for the period December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2023

Icard, Thomas, Associate Professor of Philosophy, also reappointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2025

Lester, Rebecca, Associate Professor of Accounting in the Graduate School of Business, also appointed Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, for the period January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2022

Maggiori, Matteo, Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business, also appointed Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2026

Menon, Vinod, Rachael L. and Walter F. Nichols, M.D. Professor, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of Education, effective February 1, 2022

Naimark, Norman, Robert & Florence McDonnell Professor of Eastern European Studies, Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution, also appointed Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, for the period February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2025

Pavone, Marco, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and, by courtesy, of Computer Science, also reappointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, for the period February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2027

Piech, Christopher, Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Computer Science, also appointed Assistant Professor (Teaching), by courtesy, of Education, for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2026

Simon, Jonathan, Associate Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics, change in appointment start date from September 1, 2021, to April, 1, 2022

Skrzypacz, Andrzej, Theodore J. Kreps Professor in the Graduate School of Business, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Economics, effective January 1, 2022

Soh, Hyongsok, Professor of Radiology, of Electrical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Chemical Engineering, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Bioengineering, for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2024

Weingast, Barry, Ward C. Krebs Family Professor, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, also appointed Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Center for International Studies, for the period February 1, 2022, though January 31, 2025

Yang, Yunzhi Peter, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of Bioengineering, for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2024

Zhu, Xinwen, Professor of Mathematics, change in appointment start date from January 1, 2022, to September 1, 2022

Zou, James, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, also reappointed Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2024

Faculty emeriti titles:

Dahl, Gary V., Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology), Emeritus, effective June 30, 2022

Gerdes, J. Christian, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus, effective March 31, 2022

Gerritsen, Margot G., Professor of Energy Resources Engineering, Emerita, effective March 31, 2022

Kahn, Steven, Cassius Lamb Kirk Professor of Natural Sciences and Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Emeritus, effective May 1, 2022

Kramer, Roderick M., William R. Kimball Professor in the Graduate School of Business, Emeritus, effective March 31, 2022

Leifer, Larry J., Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus, effective June 15, 2022

MacIver, M. Bruce, Professor (Research) of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Emeritus, effective May 31, 2022

Rizk, Norman W., Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Professor, Emeritus, effective March 14, 2022

Sheehan, Thomas, Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus, effective August 31, 2022

Faculty emeriti recalls:

Berger, Karol, Osgood Hooker Professor in Fine Arts, Emeritus, for the period January 1, 2022, through March 31, 2022

Bienenstock, Arthur, Professor of Photon Science, Emeritus, for the period March 16, 2022, through March 15, 2023

Casper, Regina, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emerita, for the period January 1, 2022, through September 30, 2022

Friedman, Jerry H., Professor of Statistics, Emeritus, for the period April 1, 2022, through June 30, 2022

Gerdes, J. Christian, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus, for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023

Giaccia, Amato J., Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Emeritus, for the period April 1, 2022, through July 31, 2022

Gurtner, Geoffrey C., Johnson & Johnson Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, for the period February 2, 2022, through February 1, 2023

Kiparsky, Paul V., Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Emeritus, for the period March 16, 2022, through June 15, 2022

Kramer, Roderick M., William R. Kimball Professor in the Graduate School of Business, Emeritus, for the period March 2, 2022, through March 1, 2023

Levitt, Raymond E., Kumagai Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus, for the period March 28, 2022, through June 17, 2022

MacIver, M. Bruce, Professor (Research) of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Emeritus, for the period June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2024

Mindelzun, Robert E., Professor of Radiology at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus, for the period September 16, 2022, through September 15, 2023

Moss, Richard B., Professor of Pediatrics at the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, Emeritus, for the period August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023

Shoven, John B., Charles Schwab Professor of Economics, Emeritus, for the period April 1, 2022 through June 15, 2022

Spudich, James A., Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Disease, Emeritus, for the period February 1, 2022, through January 31, 2023

Stockdale, Frank, Maureen Lyles D’Ambrogio Professor in the School of Medicine, Emeritus, for the period March 15, 2022, through March 14, 2023

Staff emeriti titles:

Carpenter, Robert, Executive Director of Facilities Operations in Land, Buildings and Real Estate, Emeritus, effective February 1, 2022

Ng, Cynthia, Associate Dean of Students and Scott J. J. Hsu Director of the Asian American Activities Center (A3C), Emerita, in VP – Student Affairs, effective April 1, 2022

Stanfield, Ruby, Executive Assistant in Business Affairs, Emerita, effective March 1, 2022

Vilkins, Lydia, Accounting Manager in Land, Buildings and Real Estate, Emerita, effective March 1, 2022

Report matters:

Endowed professorships:

Armstrong, Christopher, Professor of Accounting in the Graduate School of Business, also appointed Joan E. Horngren Professor of Accounting, effective July 1, 2022

Beyer, Anne, Professor of Accounting in the Graduate School of Business, also appointed Staehelin Family Professor, effective April 12, 2022

DeMarzo, Peter M., Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business, also appointed John G. McDonald Professor, effective April 12, 2022

Lobell, David, Professor of Earth System Science, William Wrigley Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy, also appointed Benjamin M. Page Professor in the School of Earth Sciences, effective April 12, 2022

Maggiori, Matteo, Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, also appointed Moghadam Family Professor, effective April 12, 2022

Martinez, Olivia, Professor of Surgery, also appointed Johnson & Johnson Distinguished Professor of Surgery III, effective April 12, 2022

Monack, Denise M., Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, also appointed Martha Meier Weiland Professor in the School of Medicine, effective April 12, 2022

Wan, Derrick, Professor of Surgery and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery, also appointed Johnson & Johnson Distinguished Professor in Surgery II, effective April 12, 2022

Weintraub, Gabriel, Professor of Operations, Information and Technology at the Graduate School of Business, also appointed Amman Mineral Professor, effective April 12, 2022

Endowed directorships:

Dunn, Jeffrey, Clinical Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, also appointed Sarafan Endowed Director, effective April 12, 2022

Levi, Margaret, Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, also appointed Sara Miller McCune Director for CASBS, for the period January 21, 2015, through August 31, 2022

Newsome, William “Bill” T., Harman Family Provostial Professor, Professor of Neurobiology and, Professor, by courtesy, of Psychology, also appointed Vincent V. C. Woo Director of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, for the period August 31, 2018, through August 31, 2022

Shatz, Carla, Sapp Family Provostial Professor, Professor of Biology and of Neurobiology, also reappointed Catherine Holman Johnson Director of Stanford Bio-X, for the period June 16, 2022, through August 31, 2024

Administrative appointments:

Saller, Richard, Kleinheinz Family Professor of European Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of History, also reappointed Chair of Classics, for the period September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2024