Matt McGue, Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, is internationally renowned in the fields of behavioral and epidemiological genetics and is considered to be the world leader in the application of sophisticated behavior genetic methods to address critical questions about why humans differ in significant psychological characteristics such as personality, intelligence, and psychopathology.
Elaine Tyler May, Professor, American Studies and History and Director of Graduate Studies, American Studies Department, College of Liberal Arts, is described as an internationally renowned scholar of 20th century United States History and American Studies.
Ann S. Masten, Irving B. Harris Professor in Child Development, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Institute of Child Development, College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), is a world-renowned scholar in the study of resilience in children facing trauma and adversity. Masten received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1982.
Regents Professor Horace H. Loh, Frederick and Alice Stark Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, is regarded as an outstanding scholar who has attained national and international prominence for his research on the scientific basis of addiction to morphine and related substances and for the treatment of opiate addiction. For more than 30 years, his research has had a major impact on the understanding of how opioid drugs work on a cellular and molecular level.
Regents Professor Timothy P. Lodge, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, College of Science and Engineering (CSE), is a world-renowned polymer scientist. He has served the University with distinction for over 30 years. His record in research, teaching, and service is outstanding. Lodge’s research focuses on the structure and dynamics of polymeric systems.
Richard Leppert, Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, College of Liberal Arts, has engaged in interdisciplinary teaching and research on the history of modernity in Europe and North America with a focus on the study of music, visual culture, and aesthetics.
Vipin Kumar, William Norris Professor and head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, is described as a world-renowned computer scientist and an extraordinary mentor and educator, with an outstanding record of service to his profession and to the University of Minnesota.
Regents Professor William G. Iacono, Distinguished McKnight Professor, Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Law, and Adjunct Professor of Child Development, is a pioneer in the neurobiological approach to the study of mental disorders and one of the world's leading clinical psychologists/experimental psychopathologists.
Robert P. Hebbel graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1973, and joined the faculty in 1979 after post-graduate work. He is considered the world's pre-eminent scientist studying the vascular pathobiology of sickle cell disease. His contributions caused a fundamental paradigm shift in the understanding and in the strategies developed for treatment of the disease.
Megan R. Gunnar, Distinguished McKnight Professor (1996), Institute of Child Development, is considered one of the leading international scientists focused on understanding how social experiences in early life shape brain and behavioral development.