professor of the department vs professor at the department

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Professor of the department' implies that the professor is a member of the department, possibly in a leadership or senior role. On the other hand, 'Professor at the department' suggests that the professor works or teaches at the department without specifying their exact role within it.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"professor of the department"

This phrase implies that the professor is a member of the department, possibly in a leadership or senior role.

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In 1940, he was appointed professor of the department of canon law of the Franz Joseph University of Cluj.
After a welcome speech by Gaetano Domenici, director of the Department of Education Science of the University Roma Tre, Paolo Serrerri, professor of the department and member of the Italian team of the project, presented the conference and the Forward project.
George Seidel, Distinguished Professor of the Department of Biomedical Sciences Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory of the Colorado State University.
He received a doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in 1928 and worked as a professor of the Department of Romanic Languages of Northwestern University in which he became a full professor in 1936, (emeritus professor from 1948) until his retirement in 1966.
The Head of Department is elected by the Council amongst the full-time professors of the Department, except in exceptional cases as determined by the law.
They want to make me associate professor of the Spanish department?
A professor of the Management department said that she will begin a weekly group dedicated to the topic of administration in order to go deeper into the EoC.
Kwabena Boahen from Ghana was a professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
He became associate professor at the Department of Public Administration in 1995.
Their advisor was Pablo Armas, a professor in the Department of Engineering.
Pope.L is currently Professor at the department of visual arts at the University of Chicago.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seattle University. Specialized in sustainable energy systems.
Director and composer, professor at the Department of Science of Communication/ University of Siena.
Author Thomas Uebel is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK.
MD is associate professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Padova University.
1999-2002 - Associate Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Experimental, Environmental and Applied Biology, University of Genoa.
There is also the University of Perugia, through the intervention of Professor in the Department of Economics, Carlo Andrea Sticker and Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Perugia Paolo Belardi.
She was a university professor in the Department of Neuropsychiatry of UFPE and president of the Archaeological, History and Geography Institute of Pernambuco.
Before moving to Bologna in 1988, Babaoğlu was an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University.
He is currently Research Professor at the Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (MEAS) at North Carolina State University.

Alternatives:

head of the department
member of the department
senior professor in the department
professor in the department

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"professor at the department"

This phrase suggests that the professor works or teaches at the department without specifying their exact role within it.

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Physicist Flavio Romano, professor at the Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, will work on a new 'protein folding' model.
"Our Cluster will become obsolete in no more than 3 years" explains Flavio Sartoretto, professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics and member of the committee that manages the system.
Pope.L is currently Professor at the department of visual arts at the University of Chicago.
He is currently Research Professor at the Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (MEAS) at North Carolina State University.
The Federal Health Ministry of Switzerland asked Dr. Rudolf Brenneisen, a professor at the department for clinical research at the University of Bern, to review the data of this case.
Caruso has worked as a professor at the Department of Mental Health of the School of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires and the Music Therapy School in the Faculty of Psychology at the same university.
About the author Dr Manuel Guzman is professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Complutense University in Madrid, Spain.
Il bollettino via web The first person responsible for the site was the former member of the Board of Directors of the Bruno Barsella Association (a former student in the years 1953-1957, professor at the Department of Physics, University of Pisa).
They may matter more than facts - Paolo Pellizzari, mathematician, professor at the Department of Economics and coordinator of the project for Ca' Foscari, explains.
In 1992 they established the architecture firm Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos. They are professor at the department of Architectural Design, ETSAM and have been visiting professors at several universities: Princeton, Harvard and many others.
He became associate professor at the Department of Public Administration in 1995.
Director and composer, professor at the Department of Science of Communication/ University of Siena.
MD is associate professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Padova University.
Assistant Professor at the Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb.
Prof. Luigi Califano Associate Professor at the Department of Odontostomatologic Sciences and maxillo-facial, Università degli Studi of Napoli Federico II.
From 2006 to April 2015 he served as Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering and Management of the same University.
Currently associate professor at the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences of the University of Bologna (Italy).
Massimiliano Marianelli is a graduate professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Perugia, where he teaches History of Ancient Philosophy.
From 1988 to 1992, Dr Brosch worked as an assistant professor at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Vienna, where she was specialised in electrophysiology.
Giovanni Battista Cassano Tuesday, 02 February 2010 14:00 Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology University of Pisa and Director of Postgraduate Program in Psychiatry CURRICULUM VITAE OF PROF.

Alternatives:

professor working in the department
professor teaching at the department
professor located at the department
professor affiliated with the department

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