Endowed Chairs

Endowed chairholders in the School of Biological Sciences at UC San Diego.

Amylin Endowed Chair in Lifesciences Education and Research

James Kadonaga

Distinguished Professor

Previous Chair Holders

Therese Markow (Inaugural)
Atkinson Family Chair

Nicholas Spitzer

Distinguished Professor
Chancellor's Associates Chair (III) in Molecular Biology

Susan Golden

Distinguished Professor
Chancellor's Associates Endowed Chair VII

Stephen M. Hedrick

Distinguished Professor

Inaugural Chair Holder
Herbert Stern Chair in Biology

Deborah Yelon

Professor

Previous Chair Holders

Jean Y. J. Wang (Inaugural), William McGinnis
Junior Seau Foundation Endowed Chair in Traumatic Brain Injury

Yishi Jin

Professor and Chair, Section of Neurobiology

Inaugural Chair Holder
Paul D. Saltman Chair in Science Education

Martin Yanofsky

Distinguished Professor

Previous Chair Holders

Immo Scheffler (Inaugural), Randolph Hampton, Robert Schmidt
Richard C. Atkinson Endowed Chair in the Biological Sciences

Kit Pogliano

Professor and Dean

Previous Chair Holders

William McGinnis, Eduardo R. Macagno (Inaugural), Steve A. Kay
Shiley Endowed Chair in Alzheimer's Disease Research in Honor of Dr. Leon Thal

Roberto Malinow

Professor

Inaugural Chair Holder
Stephen W. Kuffler Chair in Biology

Susan Ackerman

Professor, CMM

Previous Chair Holders

Mu-Ming Poo (Inaugural), Anirvan Ghosh
Tata Chancellor's Endowed Professorship in Cell & Developmental Biology

Ethan Bier

Professor

Inaugural Chair Holder
Tata Chancellor's Endowed Professorship in Cell & Developmental Biology (VI)

Mark Estelle

Distinguished Professor

Inaugural Chair Holder
Tata Chancellor's Endowed Professorship in Cell & Developmental Biology (V)

Ananda Goldrath

Professor

Inaugural Chair Holder
Tata Chancellor's Endowed Professorship in Molecular Biology

Suresh Subramani

Distinguished Professor

Inaugural Chair Holder
Torrey Mesa Institute Chair in Plant Science (formerly known as Novartis)

Julian I. Schroeder

Distinguished Professor

Inaugural Chair Holder
Walter F. Heiligenberg Professorship in Neuroethology

Jill Leutgeb

Associate Professor

Previous Chair Holders

James Nieh (Inaugural), Daniel Feldman