Dear Colleagues,
It’s a great honor for me to congratulate this year’s class of promoted and tenured faculty, who have worked hard to meet rigorous standards in teaching, research and service. Their commitment to excellence in all that they do has helped them establish national and international reputations in their respective fields.
Please join me in congratulating these faculty for their professional achievements. I am grateful for them and their ongoing contributions to the success of Rice, as well as the Houston community and the world.
Promotions and tenure are effective July 1, 2023.
Promotion to full professor with tenure
Karthik Balakrishnan, Jones Graduate School of Business
Martin Blumenthal-Barby, Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures
Philip Kortum, Psychological Sciences
Wei Li, Physics and Astronomy
Milivoje Lukić, Mathematics
Andriy Nevidomskyy, Physics and Astronomy
Brian Ogren, Religion
Jacob Robinson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chelsea Walton, Mathematics
Promotion to associate professor with tenure
Damian Blättler, Shepherd School of Music
Ang Chen, Computer Science
Bryan Denny, Psychological Sciences
Pedram Hassanzadeh, Mechanical Engineering
Emily Houlik-Ritchey, English
Shengxi Huang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Lan Luan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tomás Morín, English
Mary Prendergast, Anthropology
Todd Treangen, Computer Science
Omid Veiseh, Bioengineering
Haotian Wang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Han Xiao, Chemistry
Kaiyuan Yang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Promotion to associate research professor
Paul Cherukuri, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Evgeni Penev, Materials Science and Nanoengineering
Promotion to associate teaching professor
Robert Beaird, Physics and Astronomy
Josh Bernstein, Visual and Dramatic Arts
Jamie Catanese, BioSciences
Elizabeth McGuffey, Statistics
David Messmer, Program in Writing and Communication
Betul Orcan-Ekmekci, Mathematics
Warm Regards,
Provost Amy Dittmar