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This is the title given to, or position held by, an academic for positions that fall outside of ordinary employment, such as appointments, fellowships, visiting professorships, etc. For example, a professor's job at a university would fall under "employment history", and the job title entered there...
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| x US-Canada Fulbright Visiting Research Chair | Cory Doctorow | USC Center on Public Diplomacy | 2007 | ||
| x Sterling Professor | Harold Bloom | Yale University | 1983 |
A Sterling Professorship is the highest academic rank at Yale University, awarded to a tenured faculty member considered one of the best in his or her field. Traditionally, there are only 27 at any one time, though there are currently 40.
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| x Lecturer | Frank Newby | Architectural Association School of Architecture | 1962 |
Lecturer is a term of academic rank. In the United Kingdom lecturer is the name given to those who teach in their first permanent university position. That is, lecturers are academics early in their careers, who lead research groups and supervise...
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| Janet L. Nelson | King's College London | 1970 | |||
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Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft | 2002 |
Doctor, as a title, originates from the Latin word (gen.: doctoris) which means teacher. The word is originally an agentive noun of the verb docēre ('to teach'). It has been used as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it...
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| Henning Nuissl | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ | 2002 | |||
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Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft | 2004 |
The meaning of the word professor (Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science, teacher of highest rank) varies. In some English-speaking countries, it refers to a senior academic who holds a departmental chair,...
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| Dieter Rink | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ | 2004 | |||
| Nigel Shadbolt | University of Southampton | ||||
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| Bjorn Poonen | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2008 | |||
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| x Distinguished Professor | Marshall Hall | Emory University | 1981 |
Distinguished Professor is an honorary title at many universities for faculty who are recognized by colleagues throughout the world as leaders in their fields. At some universities governed by a board of regents, the title Regents Professor is...
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| x Assistant Professor | Mor Naaman | Rutgers University | Sep 1998 | ||
| x Research Scientist | Zoltán Gyöngyi | ||||
| x Associate Professor | Robert C. Miller | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |||
| x Emeritus | George Pólya | Stanford University | 1953 |
Emeritus (pronounced /ɨˈmɛrɨtəs/) (plural Emeriti, abbreviation emer.) is an adjective that is used in the title of a retired professor, bishop, or other professional. Emerita (/ɨˈmɛrɨtə/) is often used as the female equivalent, although avoided by...
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| x Research Fellow | Johanna Drucker | Stanford University | |||
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Roger Van Overstraeten | Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble | 1987 |
An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa (Latin: 'for the sake of the honour') is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements (such as matriculation, residence, study and the...
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| x NSF-GRF | Nils Nilsson | National Science Foundation | 1955 |
The National Science Foundation- Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP) is a grant provided by the National Science Foundation to fund graduate research in certain areas of science, social science and engineering. The grant covers the cost...
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Nils Nilsson | Stanford University |
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States. The program was originally created as part of the National Defense Act of 1916 and later...
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| x Kumagai Professor of Engineering | Nils Nilsson | Stanford University | 1990 | ||
| x Fellow | Nils Nilsson | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an...
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| Nils Nilsson | American Association for Artificial Intelligence | 1980 | |||
| x Professor of Biology, by courtesy | Irving Weissman | Stanford University | 1990 | ||
| x Professor of Neurosurgery, by courtesy | Irving Weissman | Stanford University | 1990 | ||
| x Honorary Professor of Bioinformatics | Douglas L. Brutlag | Keio University | Sep 2001 | ||
| x Professor of Medicine, by courtesy | Douglas L. Brutlag | Stanford University | Sep 1996 | ||
| x Scholarship Recipient | Frank Schlöffel | Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes | Nov 2008 | ||
| x Director | Amos Morris-Reich | 2008 |
A director is the chief executive officer of a university or other educational institution. Equivalent names in different countries are Vice-Chancellor (many Commonwealth countries), Chancellor (United States), principal (Scotland and Canada), and...
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| x Reader | Janet L. Nelson | King's College London | 1987 |
The title of Reader in the United Kingdom and for universities in the Commonwealth nations like some in Australia and New Zealand, denotes an appointment for a senior academic with a distinguished international reputation in research or scholarship....
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| x Professor of Anatomy, Cambridge University |
The chair of the Professor of Anatomy at the University of Cambridge was founded by the university in 1707. In 1924, the scope of the professorship was extended from purely human anatomy to cover the anatomy of all vertebrates, as well as embryology....
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| x Professor of Botany, Cambridge University |
The chair of the Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge was founded by the university in 1724.
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| x Professor of Music, Cambridge University |
The Professorship of Music was founded in 1684, one of the oldest professorships at the University of Cambridge.
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| x Professor of Engineering, Cambridge University |
The Professorship of Engineering is a professorship at the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1875 as a chair in 'Mechanism and Applied Mechanics', it was renamed to 'Mechanical Sciences' in 1934, and to 'Engineering' in 1966.
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| x Professor of Mineralogy, Cambridge University |
The Professorship of Mineralogy was a professorship at the University_of_Cambridge. It was founded in 1808 and discontinued when its final holder retired in 1931.
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| x Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University |
The Professorship of Political Economy is a professorship at the University of Cambridge, founded in 1828.
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| x Professor of Zoology, Cambridge University |
The Professorship of Zoology is a professorship at the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1866 it was originally the 'Professorship of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy', but was renamed in 1934.
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Robert Andrews Millikan | Columbia University | 1893 |
Physics covers the AB portion of the Advanced Placement exam. It contains animations, text review and problem sets.
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