Trustees approve faculty promotions, tenured faculty transferring from IUPUI to Purdue West Lafayette

Purdue University’s Board of Trustees on Friday (April 5) approved faculty promotions and tenured faculty transferring from IUPUI to Purdue West Lafayette. The following promotions and transfers are effective with the 2024-25 academic year. Exact dates are noted by campus or individual.

WEST LAFAYETTE CAMPUS

Effective Aug. 12, 2024, except as noted

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

To Associate Professor 

Somali Chaterji, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering

Christian D. Cruz, associate professor of botany and plant pathology

Brock A. Harpur, associate professor of entomology

Sarah E. LaRose, associate professor of agricultural sciences education and communication

Xing Liu, associate professor of biochemistry

Meilin Ma, associate professor of agricultural economics

Stephen L. Meyers, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture

Christopher Oakley, associate professor of botany and plant pathology

To Full Professor 

Scott D. Briggs, professor of biochemistry

Shaun N. Casteel, professor of agronomy

Brenna Ellison, professor of agricultural economics

Mark C. Hall, professor of biochemistry

Andrea M. Liceaga, professor of food science

Dharmendra Saraswat, professor of agricultural and biological engineering

Steven Yu-Ping Wu, professor of agricultural economics

MITCHELL E. DANIELS, JR. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

To Associate Professor 

Farid Farrokhi, associate professor of economics

Guofang Huang, associate professor of management

Jordan D. Nielsen, associate professor of management

Ben Zou, associate professor of economics

To Clinical Associate Professor

John F. Burr, clinical associate professor of management

Matthew A. Lanham, clinical associate professor of management

Cara C. Putman, clinical associate professor of management

Yang Wang, clinical associate professor of management

To Clinical Professor

Roy M. Dejoie, clinical professor of management

To Full Professor 

Timothy J. Moore, professor of economics

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

To Associate Professor 

Xiang Zhou, associate professor of educational studies

To Full Professor 

Laura C. Bofferding, professor of curriculum and instruction

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

To Associate Professor 

Xiaoping Bao, associate professor of chemical engineering

Christopher G. Brinton, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering

Aaron B. Morris, associate professor of mechanical engineering

Vivek Narsimhan, associate professor of chemical engineering

Elsje Pienaar, associate professor of biomedical engineering

Brandon J. Pitts, associate professor of industrial engineering

Qiang Qiu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering

Pramey Upadhyaya, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering

Davide Ziviani, associate professor of mechanical engineering

To Research Associate Professor 

Brandon C. Chynoweth, research associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics engineering

To Clinical Professor

Aaron E. Lottes, clinical professor of biomedical engineering

To Full Professor 

Ilias Bilionis, professor of mechanical engineering

Stanley H. Chan, professor of electrical and computer engineering

Kendra A. Erk, professor of materials engineering

Tamara L. Kinzer-Ursem, professor of biomedical engineering

Chi Hwan Lee, professor of biomedical engineering

Hyowon Lee, professor of biomedical engineering

Joyce B. Main, professor of engineering education

Amy M. Marconnet, professor of mechanical engineering

Liang Pan, professor of mechanical engineering

Cary D. Troy, professor of civil engineering

Wenzhuo Wu, professor of industrial engineering

Chongli Yuan, professor of chemical engineering

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES

To Associate Professor 

Yu-Chin Chiu, associate professor of psychological sciences

Robert J. Duncan, associate professor of human development and family science

Uzay E. Emir, associate professor of health sciences

Zachary J. Hass, associate professor of nursing

Monica L. Kasting-Prentice, associate professor of public health

Teri A. Kirby, associate professor of psychological sciences

Franki Y. H. Kung, associate professor of psychological sciences

Sa Liu, associate professor of health sciences

Natalia M. Rodriguez, associate professor of public health

To Clinical Associate Professor 

Cezanne M. Elias, clinical associate professor of human development and family science

Anne M. Gritt, clinical associate professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences, July 1, 2024

Amy M. Nagle, clinical associate professor of nursing

To Clinical Professor 

Cody J. Mullen, clinical professor of public health, July 1, 2024

Megan L. Purcell, clinical professor of human development and family science

To Full Professor

Azza H. Ahmed, professor of nursing

Arielle Borovsky, professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences

Daniel J. Foti, professor of psychological sciences

Jason T. Harris, professor of health sciences

Randolph D. Hubach, professor of public health, July 1, 2024

Thomas S. Redick, professor of psychological sciences

Elizabeth A. Richards, professor of nursing

JOHN MARTINSON HONORS COLLEGE

To Clinical Associate Professor

Katherine M. Jarriel, clinical associate professor

Dwaine H. Jengelley, clinical associate professor

Jonathan P. Moore, clinical associate professor

Zahra Tehrani, clinical associate professor

Lindsay A. Weinberg, clinical associate professor

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

To Associate Professor 

Risa Cromer, associate professor of anthropology

James P. Messina, associate professor of philosophy

Brett I. Sherrick, associate professor of communication

Evan E. Westra, associate professor of philosophy

Diana G. Zulli, associate professor of communication

To Clinical Associate Professor

Lynn Parrish, clinical associate professor of philosophy, July 1, 2024

To Full Professor 

Jamin F. Asay, professor of philosophy

Shawn G. Bauldry, professor of sociology

Kathryn C. Brownell, professor of history

Matthew R. Conaway, professor of bands & orchestras, July 1, 2024

William G. Gray, professor of history

Michael R. Johnston, professor of English

LIBRARIES AND SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES

To Associate Professor

Chao Cai, associate professor of libraries

Gang Shao, associate professor of libraries

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

To Associate Professor 

Seung-Oe Lim, associate professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology

To Clinical Associate Professor

Chelsea M. Baker, clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice, July 1, 2024

Jamie L. S. Woodyard, clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice, July 1, 2024

To Clinical Professor

Cynthia P. Koh-Knox Sharp, clinical professor of pharmacy practice, July 1, 2024

To Full Professor 

Gregory T. Knipp, professor of industrial and molecular pharmaceutics

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

To Associate Professor 

Xiaonan Lu, associate professor of engineering technology

To Clinical Associate Professor

April Cheung, clinical associate professor of engineering technology

Abrar Hammoud, clinical associate professor of technology leadership & innovation

Robert T. Howard, clinical associate professor of computer graphics technology

Milan Rakita, clinical associate professor of engineering technology

Nancy J. Rasche, clinical associate professor of computer graphics technology

To Full Professor 

Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar, professor of computer and information technology

Xiaoming Wang, professor of engineering technology

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

To Associate Professor 

Sam Nariman, associate professor of mathematics

Matthew R. Olson, associate professor of biological sciences

Manuel L. Rivera, associate professor of mathematics

Margaret Thomas, associate professor of mathematics

Oleksandr Tsymbaliuk, associate professor of mathematics

Paul Valiant, associate professor of computer science

Jing Wang, associate professor of mathematics

To Clinical Professor

Gudrun Schmidt, clinical professor of chemistry

To Full Professor 

Qing Deng, professor of biological sciences

Brandon C. Johnson, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences

T. Matthew Jones, professor of physics and astronomy

Kyoung-Soo Lee, professor of physics and astronomy

Nathaniel A. Lifton, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences

Jonathon R. Peterson, professor of mathematics

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

To Associate Professor 

Kari J. Ekenstedt, associate professor of basic medical sciences

Sun Young Kim, associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences, July 1, 2024

Shin Ae Park, associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences, July 1, 2024

To Clinical Associate Professor 

Melinda J. Anderson, clinical associate professor of basic medical sciences, July 1, 2024

To Clinical Professor

Elizabeth J. Thomovsky, clinical professor of veterinary clinical sciences, July 1, 2024

Stephanie A. Thomovsky, clinical professor of veterinary clinical sciences, July 1, 2024

Nobuko Wakamatsu-Utsuki, clinical professor of comparative pathobiology, July 1, 2024

To Full Professor 

Sandra D. Taylor, professor of veterinary clinical sciences, July 1, 2024

GuangJun Zhang, professor of comparative pathobiology

PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST

Effective Aug. 12, 2024

Amanda L. Kratovil-Mailhiot, associate professor of nursing

Julia L. Rogers, associate professor of nursing

Ricardo A. Calix, professor of computer information technology

Mohammed Errihani, professor of English

Meden F. Isaac-Lam, professor of chemistry

PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE

Effective Aug. 19, 2024

Promothes Saha, associate professor of civil engineering 

Teresa Hogg, clinical associate professor of early childhood education

Chao Chen, professor of computer engineering

Andres Montenegro, professor of computer animation

Lucas Rodesiler, professor of secondary education

Jody Ross, professor of psychology

INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS

Effective Aug. 1, 2024, except as noted

Katrenia Reed Hughes, associate professor of organizational leadership

Teresa Mastracci, associate professor of biology

Kevin Rose, associate professor of organizational leadership

Ian Kilby Webb, associate professor of chemistry

Julia Arciero, professor of mathematical sciences

Teri Belecky-Adams, professor of biology

Ruihua Cheng, professor of physics

Hamid Dalir, professor of motorsports engineering

Huidan (Whitney) Yu, professor of mechanical engineering

Forrest Michael Robert Brem, senior lecturer

Barbara L. Johnson, senior lecturer

Keith Anliker, teaching professor, July 1, 2024

Patricia Bohnke Clark, teaching professor

Shamima Mithun, teaching professor of computer and information technology, July 1, 2024

Veto Matthew Ray, teaching professor of facilities and construction management, July 1, 2024

Seemein Shayesteh, teaching professor of electrical and computer engineering

TENURED FACULTY TRANSFERRING FROM IUPUI TO PURDUE WEST LAFAYETTE

Effective Aug. 12, 2024, except as noted

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

As Professor

Yaobin Chen, professor of electrical and computer engineering

Xiaoping Du, professor of mechanical engineering

Lingxi Li, professor of electrical and computer engineering

Chien-Chi Lin, professor of biomedical engineering

Joseph M. Wallace, professor of biomedical engineering, July 1, 2024

As Associate Professor

Carlos Larriba-Andaluz, associate professor of mechanical engineering

PURDUE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

As Professor

Feng Li, professor of computer and information technology

As Associate Professor

Afshin Izadian, associate professor of engineering technology