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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.
“Thank you, University of Maryland, for being my home institution for the past twenty-five years and providing me with fantastic opportunities for research, education, innovation, and outreach,” Dr. Ghodssi said. “I proudly share this significant honor with my current and former undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral associates, and excellent collaborators.”
Dr. Ghodssi is the Director of the MEMS Sensors and Actuators Lab (MSAL) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the Institute for Systems Research (ISR) at UMD. He is an Institute Fellow of the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices (Fischell Institute), and is affiliated with the Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BIOE), the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), the Maryland NanoCenter, the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEII) at UMD.
Dr. Ghodssi's research interests are in the design and development of micro/nano/bio devices and systems for chemical and biological sensing, small-scale energy conversion, and harvesting for healthcare applications. He holds nine U.S. patents, with nine applications published and nine pending, and has authored over 175 peer-reviewed journal articles and more than 370 conference papers. He is a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He is a recipient of professional awards including the 2024 Gaede-Langmuir Award from the American Vacuum Society for his pioneering MEMS research.
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 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the UMD Memorial Chapel (7744 Regents Drive, College Park, MD 20742). Find more information and the full list of honorees here.
See the full list of Distinguished University Professors here.
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August 14, 2025
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