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Faculty Fellows

The UF Water Institute (WI) initiated a Faculty Fellow award program in 2013 to recognize University of Florida faculty who are making outstanding research, extension, or education contributions in water programs that further UF’s interdisciplinary communities of science in water. UF WI Faculty Fellows are selected based on the strength of their interdisciplinary research, education or extension program (with emphasis on the last three years), conducting a research program aligned with the mission of the WI and their on-going commitment to contribute to WI initiatives. Faculty Fellow awards are for three academic years during which time UF WI Faculty Fellows are recognized at an Awards Ceremony, featured in a UF-WI Seminar, active in coordinating interdisciplinary proposals, and serve as ambassadors for the Water Institute, both within and outside UF.

The Call for Nominations for WI Faculty Fellows is issued in the Spring semester, with awards starting at the beginning of the following Fall semester.

Download the 2024 Program Guidelines

FELLOWSHIP TERM: 2024-2027

Haimanote Bayabil
Associate Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC)
Website
Seminar: Spring 2024

Katherine Serafin
Assistant Professor
Geography
Website
Seminar: Spring 2024

FELLOWSHIP TERM: 2023-2026

Mike Allen 
Professor
School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences
Director of the Nature Coast Biological Station
Website
View Seminar – October 5, 2023

Vivek Sharma
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Website
View Seminar – April 4, 2024

FELLOWSHIP TERM: 2022-2025

Christa Court
Associate Professor
Food and Resource Economics
Website
View Seminar – April 12, 2023

 

 

Samuel Smidt
Former Assistant Professor
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
View Seminar – October 19, 2022

 

Fellowship Term: 2021-2024

Lisa Krimsky

Regional Specialized Agent
Florida Sea Grant
Website

View Seminar – January 25, 2022

 

 

Jiangxiao Qiu
Associate Professor
School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Science
Website

View Seminar – March 15, 2022

Fellowship Term: 2020-2023

Nancy Denslow
Professor and Director
Aquatic Toxicology, Veterinary Medicine
Website
View Seminar – February 23, 2021

AJ Reisinger
Associate Professor
Urban Soil and Water Quality, IFAS
Website
View Seminar – March 31, 2021

Fellowship Term: 2019-2022

Christine Angelini
Professor
Environmental Engineering Sciences, ESSIE
Website
View Seminar – January 30, 2020

Davie Kadyampakeni
Associate Professor
Citrus Water and Nutrient Management, IFAS
Website
View Seminar – September 16, 2020

Fellowship Term: 2018-2021

Mark Brenner
Professor
Geological Sciences, CLAS
Website
View seminar—December 4, 2018

Todd  Osborne
Associate Professor
Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, Whitney Laboratory, IFAS
Website
View Seminar—May 2, 2019

Fellowship Term: 2017 - 2020

David Kaplan
Associate Professor
Environmental Engineering Sciences, ESSIE
Website
View seminar—March 21, 2018

Sanjay Shukla
Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS
Website
View seminar—January 11, 2018

Fellowship Term: 2016 - 2019

Kati Migliaccio
Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS
Website
View seminar—November 14, 2016

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson
Professor
Civil and Coastal Engineering, ESSIE
Website
View seminar—December 5, 2016

Fellowship Term: 2015 - 2018

Mark Clark
Associate Professor
Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, IFAS
Website
View seminar—December 7, 2015

Michael Dukes
Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS
Website
View seminar—January 14, 2016

Fellowship Term: 2014 - 2017

James Jawitz
Professor and Associate Chair
Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, IFAS
Website
View seminar—January 14, 2015

Jonathan Martin
Professor
Geological Sciences, CLAS
Website
View seminar—January 14, 2015

Fellowship Term: 2013 - 2016

Matthew Cohen
Associate Professor
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, IFAS
Website
View seminar—November 15, 2013

Rafael Muñoz-Carpena
Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS
Website
View seminar—January 16, 2014