The Office of the Provost recently announced the award of promotion and/or tenure to 69 faculty across the Storrs and regional campuses. Seven IMS faculty members were among them.
Evaluations for promotion, tenure, and reappointment apply the highest standards of professional achievement in scholarship, teaching, and service for each faculty member evaluated. Applications for promotion and tenure are reviewed at the department level, school or college level, and finally at the Office of the Provost before recommendations are forwarded to the Board of Trustees.
Newly promoted IMS faculty members include:
From the School of Engineering
Promotion to Associate Professor and Tenure
- Ying Li, Mechanical Engineering
- Thanh Nguyen, Mechanical Engineering
Promotion to Professor
- Arash Esmaili Zaghi, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Ali Gokirmak, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Tenure as Associate Professor
- Yupeng Chen, Biomedical Engineering
From the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Promotion to Professor
- Elena Dormidontova, Physics
From the School of Pharmacy
Promotion to Professor
- Xiuling Lu, Pharmaceutical Sciences
IMS congratulates each of these faculty members for their excellence and dedication.