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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’s 2023 Pegasus Professors (left to right): Stephen Fiore, Jane Gibson, Jennifer Kent-Walsh and Marianna Pensky.

UCF Pegasus Professors

The Pegasus Professor award recognizes excellence in the three primary areas of academic endeavor: teaching, research and service.

Meet UCF’s 2025 Pegasus Professors

NameCollegeYear
Roger AzevedoCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2025
Fevzi OkumusRosen College of Hospitality Management2025
Yan SolihinCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2025
Thomas BryerCollege of Community Innovation and Education2024
Debopam ChakrabartiCollege of Medicine2024
Damla TurgutCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2024
Stephen FioreCollege of Arts and Humanities2023
Jane GibsonCollege of Medicine2023
Jennifer Kent-WalshCollege of Health Professions and Sciences2023
Marianna PenskyCollege of Sciences2023
Enrique Del BarcoCollege of Sciences2022
Timothy SellnowCollege of Sciences2022
Issa BatarsehCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2021
Cristina Fernandez-ValleCollege of Medicine2021
Luis Martinez-FernandezCollege of Arts and Humanities2021
Marshall SchminkeCollege of Business Administration2021
Jeffrey StoutCollege of Health Professions and Sciences2021
Ronald DeMaraCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2020
Joseph HarringtonCollege of Sciences2020
Julia ListengartenCollege of Arts and Humanities2020
Gregory WelchCollege of Nursing2020
Joshua ColwellCollege of Sciences2019
Naim KapucuCollege of Community Innovation and Education2019
Tison PughCollege of Arts and Humanities2019
Martine VanryckeghemCollege of Health Professions and Sciences2019
Maureen AmbroseCollege of Business Administration2018
Clint BowersCollege of Sciences2018
Daniel BrittCollege of Sciences2018
Kathleen RichardsonCollege of Optics and Photonics2018
Cherie YestrebskyCollege of Sciences2018
Robert FolgerCollege of Business Administration2017
David HaganCollege of Optics and Photonics2017
Jana JasinskiCollege of Sciences2017
Jayanta KapatCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2017
Alain KassabCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2017
Zenghu ChangCollege of Sciences2016
Waldemar KarwowskiCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2016
Yongho SohnCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2016
Graham WorthyCollege of Sciences2016
Jiann-Shiun YuanCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2016
Mohamed Abdel-AtyCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2015
Humberto López CruzCollege of Arts and Humanities2015
Avelino J. GonzalezCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2015
Kerstin HamannCollege of Sciences2015
Cynthia YoungCollege of Sciences2015
Aristide DogariuCollege of Optics and Photonics2014
Reed NossCollege of Sciences2014
Jeff RupertCollege of Arts and Humanities2014
Zhihua QuCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2014
Deborah BeidelCollege of Sciences2013
Humberto CampinsCollege of Sciences2013
Demetrios ChristodoulidesCollege of Optics and Photonics2013
Lisa DiekerCollege of Education and Human Performance2013
Kien HuaCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2013
Robin W. RobertsCollege of Business Administration2013
James WrightCollege of Sciences2013
Donald MalochaCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2012
Talat Shahnaz RahmanCollege of Sciences2012
Martin RichardsonCollege of Optics and Photonics2012
Sudipta SealNanoScience Technology Center2012
Stella SungCollege of Arts and Humanities2012
Linda WaltersCollege of Sciences2012
Kevin BelfieldCollege of Sciences2011
Ranganathan KumarCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2011
Michael GeorgiopoulosCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2010
Jennifer PlattCollege of Education2010
Shin-Tson WuCollege of Optics and Photonics2010
Peter HancockCollege of Sciences2009
Debra R. ReinhartCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2009
Eduardo SalasCollege of Sciences/Research & Commercialization2008
Mary Lou SoleCollege of Nursing2008
Arlen ChaseCollege of Sciences2007
Charles E. HughesCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2007
Marty WanielistaCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2007
Karen Dow MenesesCollege of Nursing2006
Mubarak ShahCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2006
Michael C. HynesCollege of Education and Human Performance2005
Henry DaniellCollege of Medicine2004
Diane ChaseDivision of Academic Affairs and College of Sciences2003
Eric Van StrylandCollege of Optics and Photonics2003
Llewellyn M. EhrhartCollege of Sciences2002
Peter DelfyettCollege of Optics and Photonics2001
José B. FernándezCollege of Arts and Humanities2001
Charles D. DziubanCollege of Education and Human Performance2000

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.

UCF’s 2023 Reach for the Stars Professors (left to right): Bethany Backes, Kerri Donaldson Hanna, Yanjie Fu, Haidar Khezri and Lindsay Taliaferro.

NameCollegeYear
Amrita GhoshCollege of Arts and Humanities2025
Leland NordinCollege of Engineering and Computer Science/College of Optics and Photonics2025
Yogesh RawatCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2025
Kelly StevensCollege of Community Innovation and Education2025
Vasileios AnagnostopoulosCollege of Sciences2024
Lauren Bislick WilsonCollege of Health Professions and Sciences2024
Chloë Rae SpencerCollege of Arts and Humanities2024
Hung NguyenCollege of Medicine2024
Dazhong WuCollege of Engineering and Computer Sciences2024
Bethany BackesCollege of Health Professions and Sciences2023
Kerri Donaldson HannaCollege of Sciences2023
Yanjie FuCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2023
Haidar KhezriCollege of Arts and Humanities2023
Lindsay TaliaferroCollege of Medicine2023
Salvador Amagro-MorenoCollege of Medicine2022
Yue “Gurt” GeCollege of Community Innovation and Education2022
Zhishan GuoCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2022
Yeongwoong “Eric” JungCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2022
Chrissy KoyalaCollege of Arts and Humanities2022
Adrienne DoveCollege of Sciences2021
Helen HuangCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2021
Amber SouthwellCollege of Medicine2021
Mel StanfillCollege of Arts and Humanities2021
Thomas WahlCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2021
Kareem AhmedCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2020
Luca ArgentiCollege of Sciences and College of Optics and Photonics2020
Jacquelyn ChiniCollege of Sciences2020
Kelly KiblerCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2020
Timothy HawthorneCollege of Sciences2019
Megan NicklesCollege of Community Innovation and Education2019
Pamela WisniewskiCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2019
Rodrigo Amezcua-CorreaCollege of Optics and Photonics2018
George AtiaCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2018
Debashis ChandaCollege of Optics and Photonics2018
Dana JosephCollege of Business Administration2018
Kyle RohdeCollege of Medicine2018
Sejal BardenCollege of Education and Human Performance2017
Mercedeh KhajavikhanCollege of Optics and Photonics2017
Mingjie LinCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2017
Katherine MansfieldCollege of Sciences2017
Shadab SiddiqiCollege of Medicine2017
Xun GongCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2016
Annette KhaledCollege of Medicine2016
Seetha RaghavanCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2016
Swadeshmukul SantraNanoScience Technology Center2016
Jayan ThomasNanoScience Technology Center2016
Subith Vasu SumathiCollege of Engineering and Computer Science2016