Kavli Professors

The Kavli Foundation has supported professorships over the years with select academic partners. The professorships were initially established with an endowment gift from our founder, Fred Kavli, and remain an enduring commitment of the foundation.

George A. Alvarez
Fred Kavli Professor of Neuroscience
HARVARD UNIVERSITY

John E. Bowers
Fred Kavli Chair in Nanotechnology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

David Charbonneau
Fred Kavli Professor of Astrophysics
HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Larry Coldren
Fred Kavli Chair in Optoelectronics and Sensors
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

Ellen Druffel
Fred Kavli Chair in Earth System Science
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

Jeff F. Miller
Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Sciences
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

Hirosi Ooguri
Fred Kavli Professor in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
CALTECH

Gentry Patrick
Kavli and Dr. William and Marisa Rastetter Chancellor's Endowed Chair in Neurobiology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Daphna Shohamy
Kavli Professor of Brain Science
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Elsie M. Sunderland
Fred Kavli Professor of Environmental Chemistry
HARVARD UNIVERSITY