Faculty support

Esther Ngumbi and Erinn Dady studying plants.

Fueling our faculty

Our outstanding faculty members are at the heart of all that we do and all that we aspire to achieve in the College of LAS. Their teaching inspires students to explore new ideas and opportunities. Through their research and scholarship, LAS faculty investigate virtually every aspect of our world and shed light on critical societal challenges. Their service drives new initiatives and creates positive change across our community. 

Endowed faculty positions

Faculty scholar, professor, and chair positions honor exceptional contributions to teaching, research, and service and are vital to the recruitment and retention of stellar faculty. These positions provide critical resources for innovative research and teaching.

Faculty Scholars

Named scholar positions typically recognize talented assistant professors and newly promoted full professors and help LAS retain these rising stars in the face of external recruitment.

Professorships

Named professorships are a prestigious honor, and, with those positions, full professors receive vital support to expand their careers at Illinois. 

Chairs

Endowed chairs are among the highest honors a faculty member can receive, and these positions provide flexibly, deeply impactful support for research and scholarship. 
Brendan Harley.

 

 

Brendan Harley: “Support from the Schaefer professorship is an investment in my lab’s future, and I’m immensely appreciative.”

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Hergenrother.

 

Paul Hergenrother: “Unrestricted funds – of the type provided by the Rinehart Chair – are indispensable for research, The way that most federal funding works, you are tied to what you proposed in your grant. But some of the most exciting discoveries are made unexpectedly, and funds from the Rinehart Endowed Chair enables us to rapidly move in new directions”

 

 

 

 

Carla Cáceres.

 

 

Carla Cáceres: “This named professorship will allow me to continue my research and invest in undergraduate and graduate students as we educa

LAS faculty by the numbers
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99.6%
of all Illinois students take an LAS class, which means our faculty have impact across campus
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1/3
of all University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty are in the College of LAS
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160
LAS faculty hold named positions
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$62 million
LAS faculty are backed by more than $62 million in external research funding in the last fiscal year

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