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Report of the president: Academic Council Professoriate appointments

The following Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments were reviewed by the Advisory Board of the Academic Council in April and May 2026 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.

Reviewed by provost:

Appointments without limit of time:

Ashley, Euan, Professor of Medicine, effective June 1, 2026

Gordon, Brett, Professor of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business, effective July 1, 2026

Niederer, Steven, Professor of Medicine, effective July 1, 2026

Promotions without limit of time:

Cardenas, Andres, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, effective June 1, 2026

Howitt, Michael, Associate Professor of Pathology, effective June 1, 2026

Lapôtre, Mathieu, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, effective September 1, 2026

Leslie, Andrew, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, effective September 1, 2026

Pao, Lea, Associate Professor of German Studies/DLCL, effective September 1, 2026

Tarpeh, William, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, effective June 1, 2026

Reviewed by school deans:

The following Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments were reviewed by the school deans in April and May 2026 and were approved by the president.

Appointments for a term of years:

Choi, Eun Young, Assistant Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and of Neurosurgery, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030, coterminous with continued salary and research funding from sponsored projects

Farace, Giorgio, Assistant Professor (subject to PhD) of Political Economy in the Graduate School of Business, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030

Heffner, Joseph, Assistant Professor of Psychology, for the period September 1, 2027, through August 31, 2031

Khan, Shariq, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature/DLCL, for the period September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2030

Korganbekova, Malika, Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030

Kotia, Ananya,  Assistant Professor (subject to PhD) of Finance in the Graduate School of Business, for the period July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2031

Manole, Tudor,  Assistant Professor of Statistics, for the period September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2030

Reynolds, Celene, Assistant Professor of Education, for the period September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2030

Wu, Nicholas, Assistant Professor (subject to PhD) of Economics in the Graduate School of Business, for the period July 15, 2027, through July 14, 2031

Zaharieva, Dessislava, Assistant Professor (Research) of Pediatrics, for the period June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2030, coterminous with continued salary and research funding from sponsored projects

Zhang, Zisheng, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, for the period September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2030

Promotions (previously tenured):

Ardoin, Nicole, Professor of Environmental Social Sciences, effective September 1, 2026

Assimes, Themistocles “Tim,” Professor of Medicine, effective May 1, 2026

Iancu, Dan, Professor of Operations, Information and Technology in the Graduate School of Business, effective September 1, 2026

Thiranagama, Sharika,  Professor of Anthropology, effective September 1, 2026

Promotions for a term of years:

Lei, Lihua, Associate Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029

Lorch, Yahli, Professor (Research) of Structural Biology, for the period June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031, coterminous with continued salary and research funding from sponsored projects

Reappointments for a term of years:

Begenau, Juliane, Associate Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business and Center Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027

Bouland, Adam, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, for the period July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026

Daru, Barnabus,  Assistant Professor of Biology, for the period January 1, 2027, through December 31, 2029

Edwards, Matthew, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, for the period May 15, 2026, through May 14, 2029

Ermakov, Anton, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, for the period January 1, 2028, through December 31, 2028

Flewellen, Ayana, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029

Gawad, Charles, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, for the period April 1, 2026, through March 4, 2027

Hack, Laura, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for the period May 1, 2026, through July 31, 2026

Karaduman, Ömer, Assistant Professor of Operations, Information and Technology in the Graduate School of Business, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029

Kasowski, Maya, Assistant Professor of Pathology and of Medicine, and by courtesy, of Genetics, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029

Lawton, Dominick, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures/DLCL, for the period December 16, 2026, through December 15, 2029

Nayak, Jayakar, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery, for the period October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027

Rivas, Manuel, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science, for the period May 1, 2027, through April 30, 2028

Sakovsky, Maria, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, for the period January 1, 2029, through December 31, 2029

Shinozaki, Gen, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for the period June 1, 2026, through August 31, 2026

Starck, Jordan, Assistant Professor of Psychology, for the period July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2028

Tamang, Suzanne, Assistant Professor of Medicine, for the period November 1, 2026, through October 31, 2029

University Medical Line Professoriate appointments:

The following University Medical Line Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments for April and May 2026 were recommended by the provost to the president of the university and were approved by the president.

Reviewed by provost:

Appointment for continuing term:

Munster, Pamela, Professor of Medicine, effective August 1, 2026

Promotion for continuing term:

Rodriguez, Fatima, Professor of Medicine, effective June 1, 2026

Reappointment for continuing term:

Rosen, Michael, Professor of Pediatrics, effective June 1, 2026

Reviewed by school deans:

Appointments for a term of years:

Ansari, Jessica,   Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, for the period April 16, 2026, through April 15, 2030

Avesta, Arman, Assistant Professor of Radiology, for the period September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2030

Gomes, Bruna, Assistant Professor of Medicine, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030

Grajewski, Alana, Professor of Ophthalmology, for the period June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031

Iwamoto, Fabio, Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and of Neurosurgery, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031

Promotions for a term of years:

Lui, Natalie, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2033

Tan, Serena, Associate Professor of Pathology, for the period June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2033

Weng, Wen-Kai, Professor of Medicine, for the period June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031

Reappointments for a term of years:

Amanatullah, Derek, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, for the period July 16, 2026, through July 15, 2033

Salmasi, Vafi, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, for the period August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2032

Report items:

Allcott, Hunt, Professor of Environmental Social Sciences, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics, also appointed Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy, for the period February 1, 2026, through February 28, 2029

Attardi, Laura, Catharine and Howard Avery Professor of the School of Medicine, and Professor of Biochemistry, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 3031

Costello, Steven, Assistant Professor of Medicine, also reappointed Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology, for the period April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2028

Davis, Ronald, Professor of Biochemistry, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 3031

DeSimone, Joseph, Sanjiv Sam Gambhir Professor of Translational Medicine, Professor of Chemical Engineering, and by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering, and of Operations, Information and Technology in the Graduate School of Business, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Chemistry, for the period April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031

Eule, Stephanie, Associate Professor of Surgery, also appointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Pediatrics, for the period March 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028

Evans, Alice, Center Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, change of appointment dates from June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031, to July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031

Fan, Jonathan, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, also appointed Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy, for the period February 1, 2026, through February 28, 2029

Fire, Andrew, George D. Smith Professor of Molecular and Genetic Medicine and Professor of Pathology, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031

Ford, James, Professor of Medicine and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031

Frieman, Joshua, Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, also appointed Professor, by courtesy, of Physics, for the period April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031

Fuller, Margaret, Reed-Hodgson Professor of Human Biology, Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 3031

Gloyn, Anna, Professor of Pediatrics, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031

Greely, Henry, Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031

Jaramillo, Thomas, Professor of Chemical Engineering, of Energy Science Engineering, and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy, also reappointed Professor of Photon Science at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, for the period January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030

Kapetanovic, Zerina, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and by courtesy, of Geophysics, also reappointed Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science, for the period April 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027

Kay, Mark, Dennis Farrey Family Professor of Pediatrics, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031

Kim, David, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, also appointed Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Biomedical Data Science, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2029

Leidwanger, Justin, Associate Professor of Classics, also reappointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Oceans, for the period February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2029

Leonard, Stephanie, Assistant Professor (Research) of Obstetrics and Gynecology and, by courtesy, of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, also appointed Assistant Professor (Research), by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health, for the period April 1, 2026, through November 30, 2026

Lin, Michael, Professor of Neurobiology and of Bioengineering, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2028

Lin, Song, Professor of Chemistry, change of appointment start date from September 1, 2026, to July 1, 2026

Lipsick, Joseph, Professor of Pathology, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031

Looser, Diana, Associate Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, also appointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Oceans, for the period April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029

Shaw, Gary, Rosemarie Hess Professor and Professor (Research), also reappointed Professor (Research) by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health, for the period October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2030

Sidow, Arend, Professor of Pathology, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031

Villeneuve, Anna, Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Professor and Professor of Developmental Biology, also reappointed Professor of Genetics, for the period May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2031

Zrnic, Tijuana, Assistant Professor of Statistics and of Management Science and Engineering, also appointed Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Computer Science, for the period March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2029

Faculty emeriti titles:

Damon, William, Professor of Education, Emeritus, effective August 31, 2026

Dauber, Michele, Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law, Emerita, effective April 3, 2026

Duffie, James D., Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus, effective May 22, 2026

John, Esther, Professor (Research) of Epidemiology and Population Health, Emerita, effective June 30, 2026

Louie, Alan K., Professor (Teaching) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Administrative and Academic Special Programs), Emeritus, effective May 4, 2026

Moerner, William E., Harry S. Mosher Professor, Emeritus, effective September 30, 2026

Pegram, Mark D., Susy Yuan-Huey Hung Professor, Emeritus, effective July 31, 2026

Schindler, Rafe H., Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Emeritus, effective April 17, 2026

Shaw, Kathryn, Ernest C. Arbuckle Professor in the Graduate School of Business, Emerita, effective March 31, 2026

Faculty emeriti recalls:

Bergman, David A., Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Emeritus, for the period September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027

Duffie, James D., Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus, for the period May 23, 2026, through May 22, 2027

Eckert, Penelope D., Albert Ray Lang Professor, Emerita, for the period June 1, 2026, through July 31, 2026

Gutierrez, M. Kathleen, Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Emerita, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027

Hristov, Dimitre H., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics), Emeritus, for the period May 6, 2026, through May 5, 2027

John, Esther, Professor (Research) of Epidemiology and Population Health, Emerita, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027

Knuth, Donald E., Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027

Levinson, Douglas F., Walter E. Nichols, M.D. Professor in the School of Medicine, Emeritus, for the period June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027

Louie, Alan K., Professor (Teaching) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Administrative and Academic Special Programs), Emeritus, for the period May 5, 2026, through May 4, 2027

Moss, Richard B., Professor of Pediatrics at the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, Emeritus, for the period August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2027

Mudd, Deborah S., Judy Koch Professor of Education, Emerita, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027

Rehm, Maurice P., Professor of Theater and Performance Studies and of Classics, Emeritus, for the period August 31, 2026, through September 18, 2026

Shaw, Kathryn, Ernest C. Arbuckle Professor in the Graduate School of Business, Emerita, for the period April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027

Shaw, Richard J., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry), Emeritus, for the period July 2, 2026, through July 1, 2027

Sommer, Barbara R., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emerita, for the period May 2, 2026, through May 1, 2027

Endowed professorships:

Aye, Tandy, Professor of Pediatrics, as Stanford Pediatric Endocrinology Endowed Professor, effective June 11, 2026

Blish, Catherine, Professor of Medicine, as Frances Krauskopf Conley Professor, effective June 11, 2026

Chu, Constance, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, as Elsbach-Richards Professor of Surgery, effective June 11, 2026

Conrad, Brian, Professor of Mathematics, as TG Wijaya Professor of Mathematics, effective June 11, 2026

Gordon, Brett, Professor of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business, as Robert A. Magowan Professor of Marketing, effective July 1, 2026

Ioannidis, John, Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Population Health, as George E. and Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine, effective June 11, 2026

Kurian, Allison, Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Population Health, as Colleen Haas Chair in the School of Medicine, effective June 11, 2026

Lee, Victor R., Associate Professor of Education, as Khosla Family Professor, effective June 11, 2026

Leskovec, Jure, Professor of Computer Science, as Alfred and Rebecca Lin Professor, effective June 11, 2026

Lev, Benjamin, Professor of Applied Physics and of Physics, as Stanford Fortitude Professor, effective June 11, 2026

Levinson, Meira, Professor of Education, as Chen Family Educational Foundations Professor, effective June 11, 2026

Loeb, Susanna, Professor of Education and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, as Kissick Family Professor, effective June 11, 2026

Mau, Ted, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, as Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor V in the School of Medicine, effective June 11, 2026

Rodriguez, Fatima, Professor of Medicine, as Robert and Shirley Raymer Professor, effective June 11, 2026

Rose-Nussbaumer, Jennifer, Professor of Ophthalmology, as Alan Adler Global Ophthalmology Professor, effective June 11, 2026

Rossin-Slater, Maya, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, as Josephine Knotts Knowles Professor of Human Biology, for the period June 11, 2026, through June 10, 2029

Swetter, Susan, Professor of Dermatology, as Mosbacher Professor of Dermatology, effective June 11, 2026

Directorship:

Kameny, Rebecca, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, as James Baxter Wood and Yvonne Craig Wood Endowed Director of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, effective February 1, 2026

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