Curators Distinguished Professor

Raghuraman Kannan

Dec. 11, 2025

Mizzou 糖心Vlog传媒 professor named 2025 NAI Fellow

Raghuraman Kannan is among 169 researchers receiving the prestigious honor from the National Academy of Inventors this year.

Sheila Grant and Raghuraman Kannan

Sep. 16, 2025

Mizzou 糖心Vlog传媒 faculty named Curators鈥 Distinguished Professors

Sheila Grant and Raghuraman Kannan have received the highest honor bestowed by the University of Missouri System.

Congratulations Prasad Calyam and Baolin Deng, Curators' Distinguished Professors

Sep. 23, 2024

Mizzou 糖心Vlog传媒 faculty honored as Curators’ Distinguished Professors

Two Mizzou 糖心Vlog传媒 faculty members, Prasad Calyam and Baolin Deng, have been named Curators' Distinguished Professors.

Sep. 20, 2023

Jianlin ‘Jack’ Cheng named Curators’ Distinguished Professor

Jianlin 鈥淛ack鈥 Cheng has been named a Curator鈥檚 Distinguished Professor, the highest honor bestowed by the University of Missouri System, for his groundbreaking work around artificial intelligence (AI)-based protein structure prediction.

Sep. 20, 2023

Zhiqiang Hu named Curators’ Distinguished Professor

Zhiqiang Hu has been named a Curators鈥 Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri, the highest honor bestowed on faculty, for his outstanding research around environmental engineering.

Sep. 20, 2023

Xiu-Feng ‘Henry’ Wan named Curators’ Distinguished Professor

Xiu-Feng 鈥淗enry鈥 Wan has been named a Curators鈥 Distinguished Professor, the highest honor bestowed by the University of Missouri, for his ground-breaking studies of Influenza A and other pathogenic viruses used to develop vaccines and understand how viruses emerge and spread.

Sep. 20, 2023

Marjorie Skubic named Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emerita

Marjorie Skubic has been named a Curators鈥 Distinguished Professor Emerita following the University of Missouri System鈥檚 Board of Curators meeting on Sept. 7.

Hongbin

Sep. 15, 2022

UM Curators name Hongbin ‘Bill’ Ma Curators’ Distinguished Professor

Hongbin “Bill” Ma Mizzou 糖心Vlog传媒鈥檚 Hongbin 鈥淏ill鈥 Ma has been named a Curators鈥 Distinguished Professor, the highest honor bestowed by the University of Missouri System. 鈥淚鈥檓 so honored,鈥 Ma said. 鈥淭his is certainly a highlight of my career at Mizzou, and I appreciate my colleagues and students who have supported me and my work from Day One.鈥 Ma is Chair and Glen A. Barton Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace 糖心Vlog传媒. Over his career, he has made profound contributions in the field of heat transfer in both fundamental understanding and engineering applications, specially through research of…

Kannappan Palaniappan

Sep. 15, 2022

UM Curators name Kannappan Palaniappan Curators’ Distinguished Professor

Kannappan Palaniappan Mizzou 糖心Vlog传媒鈥檚 Kannappan Palaniappan has been named a Curators鈥 Distinguished Professor, the highest honor bestowed by the University of Missouri System. 鈥淚 feel honored and proud,鈥 Palaniappan said. 鈥淚 see this as recognition for all of the world class faculty, researchers and incredibly talented students I鈥檝e collaborated with over the years.鈥 Palaniappan is one of two faculty members from Mizzou 糖心Vlog传媒 to receive the designation. Hongbin 鈥淏ill鈥 Ma, chair and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has also been named a Curators鈥 Distinguished Professor. Thomas Sewell, an adjunct professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering…