Eberly College of Science promotions in academic rank, effective July 1, 2022

Fifteen tenured and tenure-line faculty members in the Eberly College of science have received academic promotions, effective July 1, 2022.
 
The College’s nontenure-line faculty promotions have also been announced.

The following individuals have been promoted to professor: 

• Sarah Ades, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Amie Boal, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and molecular biology, Department of Chemistry
• Tomas Carlo-Joglar, professor of biology, Department of Biology
• Isabella Cattadori, professor of biology, Department of Biology
• Ramesh Giri, professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry
• Ying Gu, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Chad Hanna, professor of physics, Department of Physics
• Chaoxing Liu, professor of physics, Department of Physics
• Toan Nguyen, professor of mathematics, Department of Mathematics
• Edward O’Brien, professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry

The following individuals have been promoted to associate professor:

• Cui-Zu Chang, associate professor of physics, Department of Physics
• Jessica Conway, associate professor of mathematics, Department of Mathematics
• Joseph Cotruvo, associate professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry
• Wenrui Hao, associate professor of biology, Department of Biology
• Gerald Knizia, associate professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry
• Lauren Zarzar, associate professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry

See the full list of Penn State’s academic promotions for fixed-term faculty members here.