Charles V. Paganelli named SUNY Distinguished Professor

Charles V. Paganelli, professor of physiology, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor.

Paganelli's appointment was approved at the May meeting of the SUNY Board of Trustees. The rank of Distinguished Professor is the highest academic title in the SUNY system.

A member of the UB faculty since 1958, Paganelli is highly respected as a leader in departmental and university service. Since 1991, he has served as interim chair of physiology, a position he also held from 1980-82 and in 1986. In addition, he was associate chair of the department from 1976-80 and 1982-91.

Paganelli was a member of UB's Faculty Senate for more than a decade, including a one-year term on the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. He also was a member of the steering committee for the self-study that led to UB's 1982 Middle States accreditation.

From 1984-86 he served as chair of the President's Review Board on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure, the body that makes recommendations to the president on all tenure, promotion and permanent appointment cases.

Starting in 1970, Paganelli was named to several committees of UB's Faculty of Health Sciences, made up of all five of the university's medical and health professions schools, helping to shape the role of those schools in the university's mission.

An active researcher, throughout his career, Paganelli has brought more than $5.7 million in awards to the university. His research has taken him to locations that include the Marshall Islands, Midway Islands, Alaska and Hawaii.

Highly regarded throughout the world, he has presented lectures in Denmark, France, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, as well as throughout the United States.

Paganelli has published more than 70 articles in professional journals and is co-editor of the book "Physiology Function in Special Environments."

His professional memberships include the American Physiological Society and the Undersea Medical Society. In 1995 he received the dean's award of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Student National Medical Association Award.

Paganelli holds a bachelor's degree from Hamilton College and master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard.