John Mather, Professor of Physics
Nobel Prize Winner 2006
Presidential Rank Distinguished Performance Award, NASA 2008
Senior Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology Laboratory in NASA
PhD in Physics at University of California, Berkeley

Bill Phillips, Professor of Physics
Nobel Prize Winner 1997
Member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
PhD in Physics at MIT

Stanley Plumly, Professor of English
Poet laureate of Maryland
Authored and Co-Authored over 400 publications
Winner of the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships
PhD in English at Ohio State

Steven Salzberg, Professor of Biology and Molecular Genetics
Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Horvitz Professor of Computer Science
M.S. and M.Phill in Computer Science
PhD in Computer Science at Harvard University

Carol Y. Epsy Wilson, Professor of Engineering
Heads Speech Communication Lab at UMCP
Pioneering research in intergrating engineering, linguistics, and speech science
B.S. Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
M.S., PhD Electrical Engineering at MIT

Thomas C. Schelling, Professor of Economics
Nobel Prize Winner 2005
Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Political Economy
Elected to National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Recipient of National Academy of Sciences award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War

Michael A'Hearn, Professor of Astronomy
PI for Deep Impact mission in NASA’s Discovery Program and for the Small Body Nodes in NASA’s Planetary Data System