UCF Trustee Chairs
The UCF Trustee Chair Professorships were established to both retain outstanding UCF faculty and attract exceptional faculty to UCF.
Name | College |
---|---|
Kareem Ahmed | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Mohamed Abdel-Aty | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Sudipta Seal | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Stella Sung | College of Arts and Humanities |
Mubarak Shah | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Subith Vasu | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Aristide Dogariu | College of Optics and Photonics |
Alain Kassab | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Jayanta Kaypat | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Deborah Beidel | College of Sciences |
Peter Delfyett | College of Optics and Photonics |
Peter Hancock | College of Sciences |
Talat Rahman | College of Sciences |
Jeff Rupert | College of Arts and Humanities |
Kathleen A. Richardson | College of Optics and Photonics |
Shin-Tson Wu | College of Optics and Photonics |
Ayman Abouraddy | College of Optics and Photonics |

UCF Pegasus Professors
The Pegasus Professor award recognizes excellence in the three primary areas of academic endeavor: teaching, research and service.
Name | College | Year |
---|---|---|
Roger Azevedo | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2025 |
Fevzi Okumus | Rosen College of Hospitality Management | 2025 |
Yan Solihin | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2025 |
Thomas Bryer | College of Community Innovation and Education | 2024 |
Debopam Chakrabarti | College of Medicine | 2024 |
Damla Turgut | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2024 |
Stephen Fiore | College of Arts and Humanities | 2023 |
Jane Gibson | College of Medicine | 2023 |
Jennifer Kent-Walsh | College of Health Professions and Sciences | 2023 |
Marianna Pensky | College of Sciences | 2023 |
Enrique Del Barco | College of Sciences | 2022 |
Timothy Sellnow | College of Sciences | 2022 |
Issa Batarseh | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2021 |
Cristina Fernandez-Valle | College of Medicine | 2021 |
Luis Martinez-Fernandez | College of Arts and Humanities | 2021 |
Marshall Schminke | College of Business Administration | 2021 |
Jeffrey Stout | College of Health Professions and Sciences | 2021 |
Ronald DeMara | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2020 |
Joseph Harrington | College of Sciences | 2020 |
Julia Listengarten | College of Arts and Humanities | 2020 |
Gregory Welch | College of Nursing | 2020 |
Joshua Colwell | College of Sciences | 2019 |
Naim Kapucu | College of Community Innovation and Education | 2019 |
Tison Pugh | College of Arts and Humanities | 2019 |
Martine Vanryckeghem | College of Health Professions and Sciences | 2019 |
Maureen Ambrose | College of Business Administration | 2018 |
Clint Bowers | College of Sciences | 2018 |
Daniel Britt | College of Sciences | 2018 |
Kathleen Richardson | College of Optics and Photonics | 2018 |
Cherie Yestrebsky | College of Sciences | 2018 |
Robert Folger | College of Business Administration | 2017 |
David Hagan | College of Optics and Photonics | 2017 |
Jana Jasinski | College of Sciences | 2017 |
Jayanta Kapat | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2017 |
Alain Kassab | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2017 |
Zenghu Chang | College of Sciences | 2016 |
Waldemar Karwowski | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2016 |
Yongho Sohn | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2016 |
Graham Worthy | College of Sciences | 2016 |
Jiann-Shiun Yuan | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2016 |
Mohamed Abdel-Aty | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2015 |
Humberto López Cruz | College of Arts and Humanities | 2015 |
Avelino J. Gonzalez | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2015 |
Kerstin Hamann | College of Sciences | 2015 |
Cynthia Young | College of Sciences | 2015 |
Aristide Dogariu | College of Optics and Photonics | 2014 |
Reed Noss | College of Sciences | 2014 |
Jeff Rupert | College of Arts and Humanities | 2014 |
Zhihua Qu | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2014 |
Deborah Beidel | College of Sciences | 2013 |
Humberto Campins | College of Sciences | 2013 |
Demetrios Christodoulides | College of Optics and Photonics | 2013 |
Lisa Dieker | College of Education and Human Performance | 2013 |
Kien Hua | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2013 |
Robin W. Roberts | College of Business Administration | 2013 |
James Wright | College of Sciences | 2013 |
Donald Malocha | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2012 |
Talat Shahnaz Rahman | College of Sciences | 2012 |
Martin Richardson | College of Optics and Photonics | 2012 |
Sudipta Seal | NanoScience Technology Center | 2012 |
Stella Sung | College of Arts and Humanities | 2012 |
Linda Walters | College of Sciences | 2012 |
Kevin Belfield | College of Sciences | 2011 |
Ranganathan Kumar | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2011 |
Michael Georgiopoulos | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2010 |
Jennifer Platt | College of Education | 2010 |
Shin-Tson Wu | College of Optics and Photonics | 2010 |
Peter Hancock | College of Sciences | 2009 |
Debra R. Reinhart | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2009 |
Eduardo Salas | College of Sciences/Research & Commercialization | 2008 |
Mary Lou Sole | College of Nursing | 2008 |
Arlen Chase | College of Sciences | 2007 |
Charles E. Hughes | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2007 |
Marty Wanielista | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2007 |
Karen Dow Meneses | College of Nursing | 2006 |
Mubarak Shah | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2006 |
Michael C. Hynes | College of Education and Human Performance | 2005 |
Henry Daniell | College of Medicine | 2004 |
Diane Chase | Division of Academic Affairs and College of Sciences | 2003 |
Eric Van Stryland | College of Optics and Photonics | 2003 |
Llewellyn M. Ehrhart | College of Sciences | 2002 |
Peter Delfyett | College of Optics and Photonics | 2001 |
José B. Fernández | College of Arts and Humanities | 2001 |
Charles D. Dziuban | College of Education and Human Performance | 2000 |
UCF Reach for the Star Awardees
The UCF Reach for the Stars Award honors and rewards highly successful research and creative activity accomplished by early-career university professionals.
Profound, Innovative, Analytical and Resilient: Meet UCF’s 2025 Reach for the Stars Honorees

Name | College | Year |
---|---|---|
Amrita Ghosh | College of Arts and Humanities | 2025 |
Leland Nordin | College of Engineering and Computer Science/College of Optics and Photonics | 2025 |
Yogesh Rawat | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2025 |
Kelly Stevens | College of Community Innovation and Education | 2025 |
Vasileios Anagnostopoulos | College of Sciences | 2024 |
Lauren Bislick Wilson | College of Health Professions and Sciences | 2024 |
Chloë Rae Spencer | College of Arts and Humanities | 2024 |
Hung Nguyen | College of Medicine | 2024 |
Dazhong Wu | College of Engineering and Computer Sciences | 2024 |
Bethany Backes | College of Health Professions and Sciences | 2023 |
Kerri Donaldson Hanna | College of Sciences | 2023 |
Yanjie Fu | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2023 |
Haidar Khezri | College of Arts and Humanities | 2023 |
Lindsay Taliaferro | College of Medicine | 2023 |
Salvador Amagro-Moreno | College of Medicine | 2022 |
Yue “Gurt” Ge | College of Community Innovation and Education | 2022 |
Zhishan Guo | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2022 |
Yeongwoong “Eric” Jung | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2022 |
Chrissy Koyala | College of Arts and Humanities | 2022 |
Adrienne Dove | College of Sciences | 2021 |
Helen Huang | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2021 |
Amber Southwell | College of Medicine | 2021 |
Mel Stanfill | College of Arts and Humanities | 2021 |
Thomas Wahl | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2021 |
Kareem Ahmed | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2020 |
Luca Argenti | College of Sciences and College of Optics and Photonics | 2020 |
Jacquelyn Chini | College of Sciences | 2020 |
Kelly Kibler | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2020 |
Timothy Hawthorne | College of Sciences | 2019 |
Megan Nickles | College of Community Innovation and Education | 2019 |
Pamela Wisniewski | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2019 |
Rodrigo Amezcua-Correa | College of Optics and Photonics | 2018 |
George Atia | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2018 |
Debashis Chanda | College of Optics and Photonics | 2018 |
Dana Joseph | College of Business Administration | 2018 |
Kyle Rohde | College of Medicine | 2018 |
Sejal Barden | College of Education and Human Performance | 2017 |
Mercedeh Khajavikhan | College of Optics and Photonics | 2017 |
Mingjie Lin | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2017 |
Katherine Mansfield | College of Sciences | 2017 |
Shadab Siddiqi | College of Medicine | 2017 |
Xun Gong | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2016 |
Annette Khaled | College of Medicine | 2016 |
Seetha Raghavan | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2016 |
Swadeshmukul Santra | NanoScience Technology Center | 2016 |
Jayan Thomas | NanoScience Technology Center | 2016 |
Subith Vasu Sumathi | College of Engineering and Computer Science | 2016 |