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Eberly College of Science non-tenure-line faculty promotions, effective July 1, 2023

13 June 2023

Twenty non-tenure-line faculty members in the Eberly College of Science have received academic promotions, effective July 1, 2023.

The College’s tenured and tenure-line faculty promotions have also been announced

The following individuals have been promoted to assistant teaching professor:

  • Michelle Paret, Department of Statistics

The following individuals have been promoted to associate teaching professor:

  • Fernanda Bonafini, Department of Mathematics
  • Matthew Endres, Department of Biology
  • Chang Liu, Department of Mathematics
  • Lisa Melanson, Department of Mathematics
  • Robert Morehead, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • John Neisser, Department of Biology
  • David Nieves, Department of Mathematics
  • Beatrice Sirakaya, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The following individuals have been promoted to teaching professor:

  • Ana Matkovic, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Joseph Roberts, Department of Mathematics
  • Leana Topper, Department of Biology
  • Andrew Wiesner, Department of Statistics
  • Matthew Willyard, Department of Mathematics

The following individuals have been promoted to associate research professor:

  • Sarah Craig, Department of Biology
  • Olga Esakova, Department of Chemistry
  • Prabhani Kuruppumullage Don, Department of Statistics
  • Tapas Mal, Department of Chemistry
  • Michelle Spiering, Department of Chemistry
  • Douglas Warui, Department of Chemistry

See the full list of Penn State’s academic promotions for nontenure-line faculty members here