The title Regents Professor is the highest faculty honor awarded at Arizona State University. It is conferred on 每日大赛faculty who have made pioneering contributions in their areas of expertise, achieved a sustained level of distinction and enjoy national and international recognition for these accomplishments. Please click on the year(s) below to read about the accomplishments of these honorees.
2025 Regents Professors

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Bell is a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, director of ASU鈥檚 NewSpace Initiative, and chief scientist of MILO Space Science Institute. He has played key roles in such NASA missions as Mars Pathfinder, NEAR, Mars Odyssey and the Mars Science Laboratory. Bell led the development of the Panoramic camera (Pancam) on the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and he鈥檚 a co-investigator on Psyche, the first ASU-led deep-space NASA mission. Bell has been a key communicator in bridging the gap between space exploration and public understanding.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Wutich, a world-renowned expert on water insecurity, directs the Global Ethnohydrology Study, a cross-cultural study of water knowledge and management in more than 20 countries. She leads Action for Water Equity, which develops water solutions with water-insecure communities in the United States. She is also the director of the Center for Global Health, a President鈥檚 Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, and a 2023 MacArthur Fellow. Her work in socio-hydrology and household water insecurity literally defined those fields.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Yan is the director of the Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics and the Milton D. Glick Distinguished Professor in the School of Molecular Sciences. He is a leading figure in the fields of DNA nanotechnology, biomimetics and DNA origami engineering. For more than two decades, he has created novel DNA-based structures and devices that have advanced understanding and application of molecular assembly for diagnosing diseases, enhancing computing and innovating materials science and established 每日大赛as a global leader in molecular design and biomimetics.
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Inducted: 2012 |
Inducted: 2014
Alcock first came to 每日大赛in 1972. He was a scholar of evolutionary biology in the School of Life Sciences and devoted his more than 40-year career to studying how animals adapted to living in the natural world and then teaching others the wonders he discovered. Early in his 每日大赛career, he authored a widely used and engaging textbook: "Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach."
Inducted: 1988
Altheide was on the faculty of justice and social inquiry in the School of Social Transformation, where he taught for 37 years. His work has focused on the role of mass media and information technology in social control.
Inducted: 1990
Charles Austen Angell
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 1998
Luc Anselin
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 2011 |
Arntzen is a pioneer in the development of plant-based vaccines for human disease prevention. His research interests are in plant molecular biology and protein engineering, and in using plant biotechnology to enhance food quality and value and to overcome health and agricultural constraints in the developing world.
Inducted: 2004 |
Blake Ashforth
W. P. Carey School of BusinessInducted: 2020
Inducted: 1991
Bate is a Foundation Professor of Environmental Humanities and an expert in sustainability as well as in Shakespeare and Renaissance literature, Romanticism, biography and life-writing, contemporary poetry, visual culture and theater history. He is a Distinguished Global Futures Scholar. He has written 20 books, including 鈥淢ad about Shakespeare: Life Lessons from the Bard鈥 in 2022. He was knighted for services to literary scholarship in 2015.
Inducted: 2024
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Bell is a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, director of ASU鈥檚 NewSpace Initiative, and chief scientist of MILO Space Science Institute. He has played key roles in such NASA missions as Mars Pathfinder, NEAR, Mars Odyssey and the Mars Science Laboratory. Bell led the development of the Panoramic camera (Pancam) on the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and he鈥檚 a co-investigator on Psyche, the first ASU-led deep-space NASA mission. Bell has been a key communicator in bridging the gap between space exploration and public understanding.
Inducted: 2025
Inducted: 1996
Inducted: 2018 |
Inducted: 2016
Inducted: 2018 |
Brewis is a cultural and medical anthropologist and President鈥檚 Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change. She researches the intersections of culture, health, environment and well-being. She focuses on how low social position and resource insecurity interact with daily experiences and emotions to exacerbate the stresses that worsen physical and mental health. She is currently focusing on the topics of obesity, water security and climate change.
Inducted: 2024
Inducted: 2008 |
Peter R. Buseck
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesFor nearly 60 years, Buseck and his research group have been recognized for their pioneering work in the nanomineralogy of meteorites and interplanetary dust particles. The Center for Meteorite Studies, founded in 1961, was recently named in Buseck's honor, now known as the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies.
Inducted: 1989
Carlos Castillo-Chavez
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 2005 |
Inducted: 2007 |
Inducted: 2014
Inducted: 2005
Inducted: 2019
Choi is a supply-chain management expert, the AT&T Professor and co-director of the Complex Adaptive Supply Networks Research Accelerator, an international research group of scholars. He researches the upstream side of supply chains, in which a buying company interacts with many suppliers that are organized in various networks, and his publication record makes him among the most prolific scholars in supply chain management in the world.
Inducted: 2024
Inducted: 2004 |
Cialdini, thought leader in the field of Influence, has spent his entire career conducting, testing, analyzing and publishing peer-reviewed scientific research on what causes people to say 鈥淵es鈥 to requests. The results of his research, his ensuing articles, and his New York Times bestselling books have earned him an acclaimed reputation as a respected scientist and engaging storyteller.
Inducted: 1988
Inducted: 2002
Jeffrey Cook
Herberger Institute for Design and the ArtsCook dedicated more than 40 years (1959-2003) of his life to architecture and education. Coming to Arizona from northeastern Canada, he brought a passion for bioclimatic design to the Southwest. His work at 每日大赛took him all over the globe, sharing his insight and expertise with students, scholars, scientists, artists and community leaders.
Inducted: 1988
John M. Cowley
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesIn 1970, the same year that atoms were first observed directly by electron microscope, Cowley joined ASU鈥檚 Department of Physics. An internationally recognized authority in electron microscopy, Cowley established a world-leading school of EM and it鈥檚 been said that his scientific leadership had a significant impact on establishing 每日大赛as a Research I university.
Inducted: 1988
Inducted: 2011 |
Inducted: 1991 |
Thomas Dishion
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 2018 |
Inducted: 1991
Eisenberg鈥檚 research interests include emotion-related regulation, moral and emotional development, empathy, altruism and developmental psychopathology. Many undergraduate students work in the Eisenberg laboratory on longitudinal studies of social, emotional, psychological and moral development in children, including children at risk for problems.
Inducted: 1991
Inducted: 2022 |
Inducted: 2008 |
LeRoy Eyring
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesEyring was recruited to 每日大赛in 1961 as the chairman of the then Chemistry Department, where he founded the LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science. Eyring is recognized as the authority on rare earth oxides, a collection of chemical elements, including scandium, yttrium and lanthanide series, materials now used in metallurgy, electronics, ceramics, lasers and more.
Inducted: 1988
Martin T. Farris
W. P. Carey School of BusinessWhen Farris joined 每日大赛in 1958, the then College of Business Administration had only recently been formed. An economist, Farris was interested in transportation, distribution and logistics. His first textbook 鈥淒omestic Transportation: Practice, Theory and Policy鈥 expanded the scope of transportation to include planning, labor relations, management and marketing as well as traditional economics.
Inducted: 1988
Ferry served 35 years in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering. He authored or co-authored more than 950 research papers, wrote or co-wrote 20 textbooks, 34 chapters in science books and edited eight other books. Collectively those writings have spanned a broad range of the many facets of electrical engineering, electronics and related physics and mathematics.
Inducted: 1988
Inducted: 2019
David William Foster
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesFoster joined 每日大赛in 1966. He helped build the Spanish and Portuguese programs in the School of International Letters and Cultures. He was a trailblazer who published groundbreaking research in the larger fields of Latin American studies and LGBTQ studies. Among his publications are more than 50 book-length, single-authored critical studies, bibliographies and anthologies.
Inducted: 1990
Inducted: 2019
Janet Franklin
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 2016
Inducted: 2016 |
Rachel G. Fuchs
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 2010 |
Inducted: 2021
Gee is a linguist who has worked on syntactic theory, the philosophy of language, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, language learning, education, literacy and video games and learning. He joined 每日大赛in 2007. His current work focuses on how sense-making is founded in sensation and how this can inform design and media for deep learning.
Inducted: 2014
Inducted: 2004 |
Inducted: 2004 |
Mary Beth Gorman Stearns
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesStearns joined 每日大赛in 1981 as a professor of physics, coming from Ford Motor Company, where she served as principal scientist for more than 20 years. Stearns' work on gamma-ray scattering led her to study the energy levels of iron atoms, and this in turn led her to nuclear magnetic resonance studies of magnetic ions, and to theoretical work on the quantum structure of these materials.
Inducted: 1988
William L. Graf
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 1994
Inducted: 2021
Ronald Greeley
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 1994
Grimm is a scientist who has had an international impact in the environmental sciences and is a pioneer in desert stream ecosystems. Her collaborations across the disciplines of earth, life and social sciences, as well as engineering, helped create the subdiscipline of urban ecology.
Inducted: 2020
Inducted: 2010 |
Inducted: 2022 |
Inducted: 2002
Hickman is considered one of the world鈥檚 pre-eminent trumpet virtuosos and has performed more than 2,000 solo appearances around the world as a recitalist or guest soloist with more than 500 different orchestras. He has released 19 solo albums encompassing a wide variety of repertoire. Hickman is founder and president of the acclaimed Summit Brass.
Inducted: 1989
Inducted: 2014
Inducted: 2000 |
Inducted: 2016
Kaye鈥檚 research focuses on the law of evidence, on the use of science and statistics in litigation, and on genetics and the law. In 1985, he was appointed the first director of the 每日大赛Center for the Study of Law, Science and Technology. He has served on committees or advisory panels for the National Academy of Sciences and the National Commission on Forensic Science, among others.
Inducted: 1990
Inducted: 2011 |
Gary D. Keller
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesIn his 34-year-career at ASU, Keller taught Spanish and Chicano studies, led the Hispanic Research Center and served as founder and editor of ASU鈥檚 Bilingual Press. His many roles and projects at the university captured his passion and driving force: to champion minority voices and culture and help students reach their full academic potential.
Inducted: 1988
Susan W. Kieffer
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesKieffer was with 每日大赛from 1990 to 1993. She studies geological fluid dynamics, including volcanoes and geysers on Earth and other planets, thermodynamics and shock waves in volcanic eruptions and meteorite impacts and hydraulic jumps in river flows.
Inducted: 1991
Inducted: 2010 |
Klett is a photographer whose background includes working as a geologist before turning to art practice. His interests include making new works that responds to historic images; creating projects that explore relationships between time, change and perception; and exploring the language of photographic media through technology.
Inducted: 2002
Raymond Kulhavy
Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning InnovationKulhavy was a professor in the Department of Psychology in Education for 33 years. His primary areas of study were cognitive psychology, mathematics education, levels-of-processing effect, programmed instruction and academic achievement, which was interdisciplinary in nature.
Inducted: 1989
Sudhir Kumar
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 2012 |
Inducted: 2022 |
Landers joined 每日大赛in 1981. His research in the Exercise and Health Psychology Laboratory is directed toward an analysis of exercise effects on selected mental health variables. His recent research emphases include examination of the effects of exercise on mood, including anxiety and depression, coping abilities, sleep and cognitive functioning.
Inducted: 1990
A Foundation Professor of Law and Leadership, Leeds is considered one of the most important figures in the world of Indian law and policy and has served on the judiciaries of 10 tribal nations. Leeds' accomplishments include publication of books and articles, development of new courses, connections to the Native American community, grants and mentoring of Indigenous students.
Inducted: 2023 |
Inducted: 2011 |
Sheng Hsien Lin
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesLin was a world-renowned theoretical chemist. He joined 每日大赛in 1965 and his research over a long and productive career created impacts over a broad range of subjects, including transition state theory, radiationless transitions, multiphoton transitions, vibrational energy relaxation and transfer and femtosecond chemistry.
Inducted: 1988
Inducted: 2007 |
Liu is widely regarded as a pioneer in AI research. He focuses on developing computational methods for data mining, machine learning and social computing. His contributions in big data include development of AI models that can impact health care, social media and mis/disinformation, algorithmic solutions for socially responsible AI and, in collaboration with the Army Corps of Engineers, improving our nation's water sustainability.
Inducted: 2023 |
Inducted: 2021
Lynch is the director of the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution. He has been hailed as the world's leading quantitative geneticist with research that focuses on uncovering the mechanisms driving evolution at the genomic, cellular and organismic levels. His impactful work in the field of evolutionary biology has been funded from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of the Army.
Inducted: 2023 |
Inducted: 2022 |
Inducted: 2006 |
Inducted: 2011 |
Theresa Markow
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 1994
Inducted: 2016
James W. Mayer
Ira A. Fulton Schools of EngineeringInducted: 1994
Darryl E. Metzger
Ira A. Fulton Schools of EngineeringInducted: 1992
Lee Meyerson
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesMeyerson came to 每日大赛in 1961 in the Department of Psychology. He was an early pioneer in the field of rehabilitation psychology and dedicated to improving the lives of children with disabilities. He was recognized for his scholarly excellence and dedicated mentoring of students.
Inducted: 1988
Warren E. Miller
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesMiller was one of the foremost authorities on American voting behavior. He joined ASU鈥檚 then Political Science Department in 1982. His research focused on individual voter behavior and participation in national politics, reception of and reaction to communications concerning political events, and the representation process linking constituents and their elected officials.
Inducted: 1988
Inducted: 2005 |
Moore was in the School of Molecular Sciences and the School of Earth and Space Exploration. He was a pioneering researcher in the field of meteorite studies, founding director of the 每日大赛Center for Meteorite Studies and credited with being the first scientist to detect the different types of carbon in lunar samples. A mineral, carletonmooreite was named for him in 2021.
Inducted: 1988
Inducted: 2010 |
Inducted: 2010 |
Jeffrie G. Murphy
Sandra Day O'Connor College of LawInducted: 1994
Navrotsky is the director of the Navrotsky Eyring Center for the Materials of the Universe. She has been described as the world's leading scientist in the field of thermochemistry of minerals and related solid-state materials. Her discoveries have been of fundamental importance in solid-state chemistry, geochemistry, materials science and engineering, exoplanetary chemistry and materials for space exploration.
Inducted: 2023 |
Inducted: 2017 |
Inducted: 1994
James Ohlson
W. P. Carey School of BusinessInducted: 2007 |
Inducted: 2011 |
Inducted: 1998
Inducted: 2016
Dennis James Palumbo
Watts College of Public Service and Community SolutionsPalumbo was a prominent political scientist and professor of justice studies. He was the director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy from 1983-1986 and became acting director for the then School of Justice Studies at 每日大赛from 1988 to 1989. Among his publications are "Statistics in Political and Behavioral Science" (1969) and "Public Policy in America: Government in Action" (1988).
Inducted: 1988
During his 55-year career at Arizona State University, Pettit founded and directed the Cancer Research Institute and was the Dalton Professor of Cancer Research and Medicinal Chemistry. He was a pioneer and a major presence in the field of natural products chemistry and was deeply involved and successful in the discovery and development of cancer chemotherapy agents.
Inducted: 1990
Inducted: 2005 |
Edward C. Prescott
W. P. Carey School of BusinessInducted: 2005 |
Inducted: 2004 |
Inducted: 1994
Inducted: 2008 |
Richard Rogerson
W. P. Carey School of BusinessInducted: 2006 |
Inducted: 1998
Saks' research interests focus on empirical studies of law and the legal system, especially decision-making in the legal process, evidence law, the law's use of science, the behavior of the litigation system and legal policy affecting medical patient safety.
Inducted: 2008 |
Inducted: 2019
Inducted: 2004 |
Otto F. Sankey
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 2007 |
Dieter Schroder
Ira A. Fulton Schools of EngineeringInducted: 2008 |
Inducted: 2020
Inducted: 2004 |
Inducted: 2000 |
Inducted: 2010 |
John C. H. Spence
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 1996 |
Inducted: 2020
Inducted: 2002
Inducted: 2017 |
Inducted: 2021
Inducted: 2018 |
William T. Trotter
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 1992
Rebecca Tsosie
Sandra Day O'Connor College of LawInducted: 2012 |
Inducted: 2016
Christy G. Turner II
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesInducted: 1992
Chinary Ung
Herberger Institute for Design and the ArtsInducted: 1989
Inducted: 2007 |
Inducted: 2011 |
Inducted: 2020
Wadhwa is a planetary scientist, Foundation Professor and director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration. She is also the principal scientist for the Mars Sample Return mission. Wadhwa researches the processes that form the planetary bodies in the solar system. Her group has developed novel approaches for using highly precise isotope analyses to measure the time scales involved in the formation of planetary bodies and study the origins of water in the solar system.
Inducted: 2024
J. Bruce Wagner
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesJ. Bruce Wagner, Jr. was a distinguished chemistry professor and researcher at Arizona State University鈥檚 School of Molecular Sciences. He published more than 100 technical papers and he was an active member of the Electrochemical Society for more than 40 years, and served as its president from 1983-1984.
Inducted: 1989
Inducted: 2000 |
Inducted: 2017 |
Inducted: 2005 |
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Wutich, a world-renowned expert on water insecurity, directs the Global Ethnohydrology Study, a cross-cultural study of water knowledge and management in more than 20 countries. She leads Action for Water Equity, which develops water solutions with water-insecure communities in the United States. She is also the director of the Center for Global Health, a President鈥檚 Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, and a 2023 MacArthur Fellow. Her work in socio-hydrology and household water insecurity literally defined those fields.
Inducted: 2025
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Yan is the director of the Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics and the Milton D. Glick Distinguished Professor in the School of Molecular Sciences. He is a leading figure in the fields of DNA nanotechnology, biomimetics and DNA origami engineering. For more than two decades, he has created novel DNA-based structures and devices that have advanced understanding and application of molecular assembly for diagnosing diseases, enhancing computing and innovating materials science and established 每日大赛as a global leader in molecular design and biomimetics.
Inducted: 2025