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

Tim Brown
Kavli and Sandstrom - Timmons Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Human Brain Development
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

David Charbonneau
Fred Kavli Professor of Astrophysics
HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Seana Coulson
Jeff Elman Chancellor's Endowed Chair in Cognitive Science
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Adam Martiny
Fred Kavli Chair in Earth System Science
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

Ester J. Kwon
Joan and Irwin Jacobs-Kavli Foundation Chancellor’s Endowed Faculty Fellowships in Brain and Mind I
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

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