Faculty Excellence

Leaders in Their Fields
The following faculty members of the College of Science have distinguished themselves as leaders in their fields of study. They have been honored nationally and internationally through prestigious fellowships and recognized internally through endowed and named professorships.
Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
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- Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics
Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
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- Ken Marcus — University Professor of Chemistry
- Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics
American Philosophical Society
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- Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics
Fellow of the Royal Society of London
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- Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics
Fellow of the Materials Research Society
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- Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics
Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors
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- Jeff Anker — Wallace R. Roy Distinguished Associate Professor in Analytical Chemistry
Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
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- Robert Anholt — Provost’s Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Biochemistry/Director of Faculty Excellence Initiatives
- Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics
- Ken Marcus — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Chemistry
- Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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- Murray Daw — Science Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Physics
- Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
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- Carlos Garcia — Professor of Chemistry
- Ken Marcus — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Chemistry
Fellow of the American Physical Society
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- Murray Daw — Science Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Physics
- Bradley Meyer — Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Dvora Perahia — Professor of Chemistry
- Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics
- Terry Tritt — Department Chair of Physics and Astronomy
Fellow of the American Statistical Association
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- William “Billy” Bridges — Professor of Mathematical Sciences
- Robert Lund — Professor of Mathematical Sciences
- Chris McMahon — Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
- Robert “Bob” Taylor — Professor of Mathematical Sciences (emeritus)
Fellow of the American Chemical Society
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- Julia Brumaghim — Professor of Chemistry
- Darryl DesMarteau — Professor of Chemistry (emeritus)
- Joseph “Joe” Thrasher — Professor of Chemistry
Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy
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- Ken Marcus — University Professor of Chemistry
Fellow of the American Society
of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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- Wilbur “Wil” Milhous — Instructor in Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
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- Wilbur “Wil” Milhous — Instructor in Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Dawson Prize recipient (2018)
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- Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics
Wolf Prize Laureate (2016)
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- Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics
International Society on Multiple Criteria
Decision Making Gold Medal Recipient
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- Margaret Wiecek — Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
South Carolina Governor’s Awards
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- Marco Ajello — Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Darryl DesMarteau — Professor of Chemistry (emeritus)
- Ken Marcus — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Chemistry
- William Pennington — Department Chair of Chemistry
- Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics
- Ya-Ping Sun — Frank Henry Leslie Chair of Natural and Physical Sciences
- Terry Tritt — Department Chair of Physics and Astronomy
Endowed Professorships
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- Emil Alexov — Wallace R. Roy Distinguished Associate Professor of Physics
- Dev Arya — Wallace R. Roy Distinguished Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Joe Kolis — Tobey-Beaudrot Professor of Chemistry
- Ken Marcus — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Chemistry
- Apparao Rao — Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Physics
Endowed Chairs
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- Trudy Mackay — Self Family Endowed Chair in Human Genetics
- Ya-Ping Sun — Frank Henry Leslie Chair of Natural and Physical Sciences
Alumni Distinguished Professors
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- Richard W. Blob — Professor of Biological Sciences
- Joel Brawley — Professor of Mathematical Sciences (emeritus)
- William “Billy” Bridges — Professor of Mathematical Sciences
- Julia Frugoli — Professor of Genetics
- William F. Moss — Professor of Mathematical Sciences (emeritus)
- William Pennington — Department Chair of Chemistry
- William Surver — Professor of Biological Sciences
- Lesly Temesvari — Professor of Biological Sciences
- Terry Tritt — Department Chair of Physics and Astronomy
Provost Distinguished Professors
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- Robert Anholt — Provost’s Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Biochemistry/Director of Faculty Excellence Initiatives
Science Dean’s Distinguished Professors
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- Murray Daw — Science Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Physics