The Water Institute Faculty Fellows award program recognizes the recent contributions of active Water Institute affiliate faculty and their outstanding interdisciplinary research, extension, and/or education in water programs. Faculty Fellows are selected based on the strength of their programs, alignment with the Water Institute mission, and ongoing commitment to contributing to Water Institute initiatives.
Recipients of the award serve as ambassadors for the Water Institute, both within and outside the University of Florida, for three years. Faculty Fellows are recognized at the annual Water Institute Awards Ceremony, are featured in a Water Institute Distinguished Scholar Seminar, and receive a stipend to assist with interdisciplinary proposals.
The Call for Nominations for Water Institute Faculty Fellows is issued in the Spring semester, with awards starting at the beginning of the following Fall semester.
Meet the Faculty Fellows
Fellowship Term: 2025-2028
Joseph Bisesi
Distinguished Faculty Fellow
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Amanda Subalusky
Early Career Faculty Fellow
Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fellowship Term: 2024-2027
Haimanote Bayabil
Early Career Faculty Fellow
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC), College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Katherine Serafin
Early Career Faculty Fellow
Department of Geography, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fellowship Term: 2023-2026
Mike Allen
Distinguished Faculty Fellow
School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences
Director of the Nature Coast Biological Station, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Vivek Sharma
Early Career Faculty Fellow
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Fellowship Term 2022-2025
- Christa Court; Food and Resource Economics, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Samuel Smidt; Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Fellowship Term 2021-2024
- Lisa Krimsky; Florida Sea Grant
- Jiangxiao Qiu; School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Science, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Fellowship Term 2020-2023
- Nancy Denslow; Aquatic Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine
- AJ Reisinger; Urban Soil and Water Quality, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Fellowship Term 2019-2022
- Christine Angelini; Environmental Engineering Sciences, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
- Davie Kadyampakeni; Associate Professor | Citrus Water and Nutrient Management, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Fellowship Term 2018-2021
- Mark Brenner; Geological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Todd Osborne; Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, Whitney Laboratory, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Fellowship Term 2017-2020
- David Kaplan; Environmental Engineering Sciences, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
- Sanjay Shukla; Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Fellowship Term 2016-2019
- Kati Migliaccio; Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Arnoldo Valle-Levinson; Civil and Coastal Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Fellowship Term 2015-2018
- Mark Clark; Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Michael Dukes; Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Fellowship Term 2014-2017
- James Jawitz; Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Jonathan Martin; Geological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Fellowship Term 2013-2016
- Matthew Cohen; School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Rafael Muñoz-Carpena; Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences