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.
FELLOWSHIP TERM: 2024-2027
Haimanote Bayabil
Associate Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC)
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View Seminar – February 27, 2025
Katherine Serafin
Assistant Professor
Geography
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View Seminar: April 3, 2025
FELLOWSHIP TERM: 2023-2026
Mike Allen
Professor
School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences
Director of the Nature Coast Biological Station
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View Seminar – October 5, 2023
Vivek Sharma
Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
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View Seminar – April 4, 2024
FELLOWSHIP TERM: 2022-2025
Samuel Smidt
Former Assistant Professor
Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
View Seminar – October 19, 2022
Fellowship Term: 2021-2024
Jiangxiao Qiu
Associate Professor
School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Science
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Fellowship Term: 2020-2023
Nancy Denslow
Professor and Director
Aquatic Toxicology, Veterinary Medicine
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View Seminar – February 23, 2021
AJ Reisinger
Associate Professor
Urban Soil and Water Quality, IFAS
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View Seminar – March 31, 2021
Fellowship Term: 2019-2022
Christine Angelini
Professor
Environmental Engineering Sciences, ESSIE
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View Seminar – January 30, 2020
Davie Kadyampakeni
Associate Professor
Citrus Water and Nutrient Management, IFAS
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View Seminar – September 16, 2020
Fellowship Term: 2018-2021
Mark Brenner
Professor
Geological Sciences, CLAS
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View seminar—December 4, 2018
Todd Osborne
Associate Professor
Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, Whitney Laboratory, IFAS
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View Seminar—May 2, 2019
Fellowship Term: 2017 - 2020
David Kaplan
Associate Professor
Environmental Engineering Sciences, ESSIE
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View seminar—March 21, 2018
Sanjay Shukla
Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS
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View seminar—January 11, 2018
Fellowship Term: 2016 - 2019
Kati Migliaccio
Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS
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View seminar—November 14, 2016
Arnoldo Valle-Levinson
Professor
Civil and Coastal Engineering, ESSIE
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View seminar—December 5, 2016
Fellowship Term: 2015 - 2018
Mark Clark
Associate Professor
Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, IFAS
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View seminar—December 7, 2015
Michael Dukes
Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS
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View seminar—January 14, 2016
Fellowship Term: 2014 - 2017
James Jawitz
Professor and Associate Chair
Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, IFAS
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View seminar—January 14, 2015
Jonathan Martin
Professor
Geological Sciences, CLAS
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View seminar—January 14, 2015
Fellowship Term: 2013 - 2016
Matthew Cohen
Associate Professor
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, IFAS
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View seminar—November 15, 2013
Rafael Muñoz-Carpena
Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS
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View seminar—January 16, 2014