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The title of University Professor is the highest designation a faculty member can receive at Carnegie Mellon. University Professors are distinguished by international recognition and for their contributions to education, artistic creativity and/or research. Founded in 1968 with the installation of Clarence Zener directly by University President Guyford Stever, each class of new University Professors exemplifies this high level of achievement and commitment to both the university and the broader academic communities.

*Indicates a University Professor is Emeritus

Burcu Akinci
Paul Christiano Professor and Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering

John R. Anderson
R.K. Mellon University Professor of Psychology and Computer Science

Linda Babcock
James M. Walton University Professor of Economics

Leonardo Balada*
University Professor Emeritus of Composition

Marlene Behrmann*
Thomas S. Baker University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience Institute, Emeritus

Guy C. Berry*
University Professor of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Emeritus

Lorenz T. Biegler
Covestro University Professor of Chemical Engineering
 

Jacobo Bielak*
Hamerschlag University Professor, Emeritus

Guy Blelloch
University Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs

Manuel Blum*
Bruce Nelson Professor of Computer Science

Alfred Blumstein*
J. Erik Jonsson University Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research, Emeritus

Randal E. Bryant*
University Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus

Andres Cardenes
Dorothy Richard Starling & Alexander Speyer Jr. University Professor of Violin Music

Jonathan Caulkins
H. Guyford Stever University Professor of Operations Research and Public Policy

Sheldon A. Cohen*
Robert E. Doherty University Professor Emeritus of Psychology

Peter Cooke*
University Professor Emeritus, School of Drama

Gerard P. Cornuejols*
IBM University Professor of Operations Research, Emeritus

Lorrie Cranor
Professor Of Computer Science, Engineering and Public Policy; Director, CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory

James Daniels*
Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing

Neil Donahue
Thomas Lord University Professor in Chemistry and Professor, Chemical Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy

David A. Dzombak*
Hamerschlag University Professor, Emeritus

Dennis N. Epple
Thomas Lord University Professor of Economics

Christos Faloutsos
Fredkin University Professor of Computer Science

Gary Fedder
Howard M. Wilkoff University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Faculty Director, Manufacturing Futures Institute

Steven J. Fenves*
University Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Baruch Fischhoff
Howard Heinz University Professor of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Security and Technology

Irene Fonseca
Kavčić-Moura University Professor of Mathematics

Alan Frieze
University Professor of Mathematical Sciences

Martin Gaynor
E.J. Barone University Professor of Economics and Public Policy

Clark Glymour*
Alumni University Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus

Robert Griffiths*
Otto Stern University Professor, Emeritus

Ignacio E. Grossmann
Rudolf and Florence Dean University Professor of Chemical Engineering

Martial Hebert
Dean of the School of Computer Science and University Professor of Robotics

Chris T. Hendrickson*
Hamerschlag University Professor, Emeritus

Jessica Hodgins
University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics

John Hooker*
T. Jerome Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility and University Professor of Operations Research, Emeritus

Marcel Adam Just
D. O. Hebb University Professor of Psychology

Joseph B. Kadane*
Leonard J. Savage Professor of Statistics and Social Sciences, Emeritus

Mark Kamlet
University Professor of Economics and Public Policy

Takeo Kanade
U. A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor of Computer Science and the Robotics Institute
 

Rob Kass
Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Computational Neuroscience

Sara Kiesler*
Hillman University Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Human Computer Interaction

Roberta Klatzky
Charles J. Queenan Jr. Professor of Psychology and Human Computer Interaction

Kenneth Koedinger
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Psychology

Robert E. Kraut*
Hebert A. Simon Professor of Human-Computer Interaction(HCII), Emeritus

Mark H. Kryder*
Steven Jatras University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Emeritus

Kristen Kurland
Professor of Architecture, Information Systems and Public Policy, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and School of Architecture

Finn E. Kydland*
Richard P. Simmons Distinguished University Professor of Economics, Emeritus

John P. Lehoczky*
Thomas Lord University Professor of Statistics and Mathematical Sciences, Emeritus

Cindy Limauro
Professor of Lighting, School of Drama & School of Architecture

George Loewenstein
Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Economics and Psychology

Vivian Loftness
University Professor of Architecture

Greg Lowry
Walter J. Blenko, Sr. Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Barbara Mackenzie- Wood
Raymond W. Smith University Professor of Drama

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
J.C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences, Chemistry

Tom M. Mitchell
Founders University Professor of Machine Learning and Computer Science

M. Granger Morgan
Hamerschlag University Professor of Engineering

José M.F. Moura
Philip L. and Marsha Dowd University Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Daniel Nagin
H. John Heinz III University Professor of Public Policy and Statistics

D. Raj Reddy
Moza Bint Nasser University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics

Allen L. Robinson
Director, CMU Africa, Raymond J. Lane Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Kathryn Roeder
UPMC University Professor of Statistics and Life Sciences

Gregory Rohrer
W.W. Mullins Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Anthony Rollett
U.S. Steel University Professor of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science

Denise M. Rousseau
H. John Heinz II University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public Policy

Tuomas Sandholm
Angel Jordan University Professor of Computer Science

Mahadev Satyanarayanan
Jaime Carbonell University Professor of Computer Science

Dana S. Scott*
Hillman University Professor of Computer Science, and Human Computer Interacction, Emeritus

Teddy Seidenfeld
Herbert A. Simon University Professor of Philosophy and Statistics

Robert F. Sekerka*
University Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Emeritus

Mary Shaw
Alan J. Perlis University Professor of Computer Science
 

Steven E. Shreve*
University Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Emeritus

Daniel P. Siewiorek*
Buhl University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Emeritus

Susanne Slavick*
University Professor of Art

Mark Stehlik
University Professor of Computer Science, Inaugural Computer Science Undergraduate Program Director

Joel A. Tarr*
Richard S. Caliguiri University Professor of History and Policy, Emeritus

Michael Tarr
Kavčić-Moura Professor of Cognitive and Brain Science, Head, Department of Psychology

Lowell Taylor
H. John Heinz III University Professor of Economics

Sridhar Tayur
Ford Distinguished Research Chair; University Professor of Operations Management

Luc Tartar*
University Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Elias Towe
Albert and Ethel Grobstein University Professor of Materials Science Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering

Joe William Trotter, Jr.
Giant Eagle University Professor of History and Social Justice

Susan Tsu
Bessie F. Anathan University Professor of Costume Design

G. Richard Tucker*
Paul Mellon University Professor of History

Manuela M. Veloso*
Herbert Simon University Professor of Computer Science

Larry Wasserman
UPMC Professor of Statistics and Data Science

Arthur W. Westerberg*
Swearingen University Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus

Robert M. White*
University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Emeritus

William Red L. Whittaker
Founders University Research Professor

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