Distinguished Professor Award

UL Lafayette recognizes faculty each year with the Distinguished Professor Award. Established in 1965, the Distinguished Professor Award recognizes faculty for their research activities, teaching effectiveness, and contributions to their profession and campus life. A listing of Distinguished Professor Award recipients from the College of Sciences is provided below. A listing of all recipients of the Distinguished Professor Award Award is available from Academic Programs and Faculty Affairs.

Distinguished Professor Award Recipients from the College of Sciences

• 2026
  • Chistoph Borst, Professor, Computing & Informatics
  • Wu Xu, Professor, Chemistry Department
• 2023 Visit this University honors excellence with Eminent Faculty Awards page for more details.
  • Kalimuthu Krishnamoorthy, Professor of Statistics [View at video interview with Kalimuthu Krishnamoorthy at this link (YouTube)]
• 2021 Visit this Eminent Faculty Awards 2021 Facebook page for more details
  • Radhey Srivastava, Professor of Chemistry [View at video interview with Radhey Srivastava at this link (YouTube)]
• 2020 Visit this Eminent Faculty Awards 2020 Facebook page for more details
  • Salah Massoud, Professor of Chemistry [View at video interview with Salah Massoud at this link (Facebook)]
• 2018
  • James Albert, Professor of Biology [View at video interview with James Albert at this link (YouTube)]
• 2015
  • Paul L. Klerks, Professor of Biology [View at video interview with Paul L. Klerks at this link (YouTube)]
• 2014
  • Aghalaya Vatsala, Professor of Mathematics [View at video interview with Aghalaya Vatsala at this link (YouTube)]
• 2013
  • Keng Deng, Professor of Mathematics [View at video interview with Keng Deng at this link (YouTube)]
• 2011
  • Hongyi Wu, Associate Professor in the Center for Advanced Computer Studies [View at video interview with Hongyi Wu at this link (YouTube)]
• 2010
  • Suzanne Fredericq, Professor of Biology [View at video interview with Suzanne Fredericq at this link (YouTube)]
• 2007
  • Azmy Ackleh, Professor of Mathematics
  • Paul Leberg, Professor of Biology
• 2006
  • Raymond Bauer, Professor of Biology
• 2004
  • Joseph Neigel, Professor of Biology
• 2003
  • Gui-Liang Feng, Associate Professor in the Center for Advanced Computer Studies
  • Susan Mopper, Associate Professor of Biology
• 2001
  • Vijay Raghavan, Professor in the Center for Advanced Computer Studies
• 2000
  • Robert Twilley, Professor of Biology
  • Chee-Hung Henry Chu, Associate Professor in the Center for Advanced Computer Studies
• 1999
  • Karl Hasenstein, Professor of Biology
  • Baker Kearfott, Associate Professor of Mathematics
• 1997
  • Nian-Feng Tzeng, Associate Professor in the Center for Advanced Computer Studies
• 1996
  • Glen Watson, Associate Professor of Biology
• 1995
  • Gary Birkenmeier, Professor of Mathematics
  • Dean Keeley, Professor of Chemistry
• 1994
  • Bruce E. Felgenhauer, Associate Professor of Biology
• 1993
  • Magdy Bayoumi, Professor of Computer Engineering in the Center for Advanced Computer Studies
• 1990
  • Robert Jaeger, Professor of Biology
• 1988
  • Lora Lana Goodreaux, Associate Professor of Animal Science
  • C. Y. Chan, Professor of Mathematics
• 1987
  • Roy Brown, Associate Professor of Biology
  • Brian Lock, Professor of Geology
  • Joseph Urban, Associate Professor of Computer Science
• 1986
  • Robert D. Braun, Associate Professor of Chemistry
• 1984
  • Thomas Boullion, Professor of Statistics
  • T. R. N. Rao, Professor of Computer Science
• 1983
  • Robert Sidman, Associate Professor of Mathematics
• 1982
  • Darryl Felder, Associate Professor of Biology
• 1980
  • Victor P. Schneider, Associate Professor of Mathematics
• 1979
  • Richard Perkins, Associate Professor of Chemistry
• 1978
  • John J. Matese, Associate Professor of Physics
  • Bruce Shriver, Professor of Computer Science
  • Ronald J. White, Professor of Mathematics and Director of University Honors
• 1977
  • Matt Dakin, Professor of Biology
• 1976
  • Carroll L. Cordes, Assistant Professor of Biology
  • Henry E. Heatherly, Associate Professor of Mathematics
• 1975
  • J. Robert Barry, Professor of Plant Industry & General Agriculture
  • H. Dickson Hoese, Associate Professor of Biology
• 1973
  • Edmund D. Keiser, Jr., Assistant Professor of Biology
• 1972
  • W. E. Fletcher, Associate Professor of Horticulture
• 1971
  • John R. Meriwether, Associate Professor of Physics
  • William Dean Reese, Professor of Biology
• 1965
  • Cora Seguar Savoy, Professor of Chemistry
  • Ray Paul Authement, Professor of Mathematics
  • Richard W. Traxler, Associate Professor of Microbiology