Dr. Ghodssi Awarded Distinguished University Professor Title

Dr. Reza Ghodssi, the Herbert Rabin Distinguished Chair in Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD) and Inaugural Executive Director of Research and Innovation at the UMD MATRIX Lab, has been named a University of Maryland Distinguished University Professor in 2025. The title of Distinguished University Professor is the highest appointment bestowed on a tenured faculty member. It recognizes excellence, impact, and significant contribution to the nominee’s field both nationally and internationally. The highly selective honor is given to just 7% of tenured faculty.

Dr. Ghodssi has held several leadership roles throughout his tenure at UMD, including directing the Institute for Systems Research (2009-2018), where he helped establish the Maryland Robotics Center and the Brain and Behavior Institute as founding co-director. Dr. Ghodssi is also president of the Transducer Research Foundation (TRF), an international body fostering innovation in sensors and microsystems. In addition to his organizational leadership roles, Dr. Ghodssi has mentored more than 130 students and postdocs, and has produced academic leaders and industry innovators now at institutions such as Georgia Tech, Meta and the Army Research Lab.

Dr. Ghodssi and other academic and service honorees will be recognized for their awards at the 2025 Faculty & Staff Convocation, to be held September 17, 2025 in the UMD Memorial Chapel.

Find more information and the full list of honorees here.

See the full list of Distinguished University Professors here.

More information can be found on the UMD ECE News (14 - August / 2025)