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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
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
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
Zenghu Chang 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
Pegasus Professor of Physics Enrique Del Barco (left) and Pegasus Professor of Communication Timothy Sellnow (right) are the latest individuals to receive UCF’s highest faculty honor.

UCF Pegasus Professors

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

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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.

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UCF’s 2022 Reach for the Stars Professors (left to right): Yue “Gurt” Ge, Salvador Amagro-Moreno, Yeongwoong “Eric” Jung, Chrissy Koyala and Zhishan Guo.