At Duke University, the title of James B. Duke Professor is given to a small number of the faculty with extraordinary records of achievement. At some universities, titles like "distinguished professor", "institute professor", or "regents professor" are counterparts of this title. Two Nobel laureates currently serve as James B. Duke Professors.
Current James B. Duke Professors
David Aers — English and historical theology
Hashim M. Al-Hashimi — biochemistry
Dan Ariely — behavioral economics
Vann Bennett — cell biology, biochemistry, neurobiology
Lorena Beese — biochemistry
Richard Brennan — biochemistry
Allen Buchanan — public policy
Linda Burton — sociology
Blanche Capel — cell biology
Marc Caron — cell biology
Patrick J. Casey — pharmacology and cancer biology
Bryan Cullen — virology
Bruce Donald — Computer Science and Biochemistry
Rick Durrett — mathematics
Victor Dzau — medicine
Harold P. Erickson — cell biology
Owen Flanagan — philosophy
Alan Enoch Gelfand — statistics and decision sciences
Joseph C. Greenfield — medicine
—literature, art, art history and visual studies
Joseph Heitman — molecular genetics, microbiology, microbial pathogenesis, and mycology Homme Hellinga — biochemistry Karla Holloway — English, law and African American Studies Donald L. Horowitz — law and political science Jerry Hough — political science Jack D. Keene - RNA biology Garnett H. Kelsoe — immunology Robert Keohane — political science Sally Kornbluth — pharmacology Rachel Kranton — Economics Robert Lefkowitz — biochemistry Kam W. Leong — biomedical engineering Daniel J. Lew — pharmacology and cancer biology Douglas Marchuk — genetics and microbiology Paul L. Modrich — biochemistry Toril Moi — literature Berndt Mueller — physics John R. Perfect — medicine Kenneth D. Poss — cell biology Anne E. Pusey — evolutionary anthropology Jane S. Richardson — biochemistry Guillermo Sapiro - Electrical Engineering David G Schaeffer - mathematics David Smith, Electrical Engineering Ralph Snyderman — medicine J. E. R. Staddon — psychology Steven Vogel — biology Warren S. Warren — chemistry Robert Winkler — decision sciences Ingrid Daubechies — mathematics