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 |