University Distinguished Professor
Appointment to the rank of University Distinguished Professor is the highest honor Northeastern can bestow upon a faculty member. Those named University Distinguished Professor have earned international recognition and distinction for educational, artistic, and/or scholarly contributions that have been transformative in their fields.
2025 Honorees
2023-24
Ali Abur
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jerome Hajjar
CDM Smith Professor and Chair,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
2019–20
Akram Alshawabkeh
George A. Snell Professor of Engineering and Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
Martha Davis
Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Experiential Education
2018–19
David Lazer
Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences
Dagmar Sternad
Professor of Biology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Physics
2017–18
Laura Lewis
Cabot Professor of Chemical Engineering
Daniel Medwed
Professor of Law and Criminal Justice
2016–17
Margaret Burnham
Professor of Law
Ravi Ramamurti
Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy and Director of the Center for Emerging Markets
2015–16
Mansoor M. Amiji
Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Daniel McCarthy
Alan S. McKim and Richard A. D’Amore Distinguished Professor of Global Management and Innovation
Srinivas Sridhar
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics
2014–15
Alexandros Makriyannis
Professor, George D. Behrakis Endowed Chair, and Director of the Center for Drug Discovery
Jonathan Tilly
Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology
2013–14
Nadine Aubry
Dean of the College of Engineering
Arun Bansil
Professor of Physics
Albert-László Barabási
Distinguished Professor of Physics and Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science
Ahmed Busnaina
William Lincoln Smith Chair and Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Arthur Coury
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Stephen W. Director
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Terry Fulmer
Dean of Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Vinod Sahney
Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2012–13
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Phil Brown
Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences
Andrei Zelevinsky
Professor of Mathematics (awarded posthumously)
2011–12
Richard Daynard
Professor of Law
Vladimir Torchilin
Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
2010–11
William Dickens
Professor of Economics
Judith Hall
Professor of Psychology
Sheila Puffer
Professor and Cherry Family Senior Fellow of International Business
Vincent Harris
William Lincoln Smith Chair and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kim Lewis
Professor of Biology