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
Fellowship Term: 2024-2027
Haimanote Bayabil
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC)
Fellowship Term: 2023-2026
Fellowship Term 2022-2025
- Christa Court; Food and Resource Economics
- Samuel Smidt; Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences
Fellowship Term 2021-2024
- Lisa Krimsky; Florida Sea Grant
- Jiangxiao Qiu; School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Science
Fellowship Term 2020-2023
- Nancy Denslow; Aquatic Toxicology, Veterinary Medicine
- AJ Reisinger; Urban Soil and Water Quality, IFAS
Fellowship Term 2019-2022
- Christine Angelini; Environmental Engineering Sciences, ESSIE
- Davie Kadyampakeni; Associate Professor | Citrus Water and Nutrient Management, IFAS
Fellowship Term 2018-2021
- Mark Brenner; Geological Sciences
- Todd Osborne; Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, Whitney Laboratory, IFAS
Fellowship Term 2017-2020
- David Kaplan; Environmental Engineering Sciences, ESSIE
- Sanjay Shukla; Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS
Fellowship Term 2016-2019
- Kati Migliaccio; Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS
- Arnoldo Valle-Levinson; Civil and Coastal Engineering, ESSIE
Fellowship Term 2015-2018
- Mark Clark; Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, IFAS
- Michael Dukes; Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS
Fellowship Term 2014-2017
- James Jawitz; Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, IFAS
- Jonathan Martin; Geological Sciences, CLAS
Fellowship Term 2013-2016
- Matthew Cohen; School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, IFAS
- Rafael Muñoz-Carpena; Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS