Our faculty are essential to excellence across the University, and we take full advantage of every opportunity to sustain and strengthen a diverse group of dynamic, collaborative scholars. Endowed chairs are one of our most powerful tools for attracting faculty like Karen Goldberg. The inaugural Vagelos Professor of Energy Research and director of the School’s newly established Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, Goldberg brings to Penn extensive expertise in managing complex, multi-institution collaborations in energy research.