McKnight Land-Grant Professorship

The goal of the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Program is to advance the careers of assistant professors at a crucial point in their professional lives. The designation of “McKnight Land-Grant Professor” is held by recipients for a two-year period. Nomination instructions are available on the Faculty & Academic Affairs website.

Current Award Recipients

Joan Beckman

Joan D. Beckman

Medicine (Hematology, Oncology & Transplantation)
Medical School
Emily Fairfax

Emily Fairfax

Geography, Environment & Society
College of Liberal Arts
Megan Finch

Megan Finch

English
College of Liberal Arts
Aaron Hall

Aaron Hall

History
College of Liberal Arts
Jessica Lamb

Jessica Lamb

Chemistry
College of Science & Engineering
Jessica Lopez Lyman

Jessica Lopez Lyman

Chicano & Latino Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Daniel E. Stanton

Daniel E. Stanton

Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
College of Biological Sciences
Ju Sun

Ju Sun

Computer Science & Engineering
College of Science & Engineering
Honghong Tinn

Honghong Tinn

Electrical & Computer Engineering
College of Science & Engineering
Natasha C. Wright

Natasha C. Wright

Mechanical Engineering
College of Science & Engineering
Boya Xiong

Boya Xiong

Civil, Environmental & Geo- Engineering
College of Science & Engineering
Dingliang Yang

Dingliang Yang

Architecture
College of Design

1987-2013 Award Recipients

Jake Bailey
Earth Sciences
Twin Cities
Jasmine Foo
School of Mathematics
Twin Cities
Anika Maria Sophie Hartz
Pharmacy Practice & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Twin Cities
Mo Li
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Twin Cities
Alice Lovejoy
Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature
Twin Cities
Rusen Yang
Mechanical Engineering
Twin Cities
Yingling Fan
Public Affairs
Twin Cities
Joshua Feinberg
Earth Sciences
Twin Cities
Melissa Gardner
Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
Twin Cities
Jason Hill
Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering
Twin Cities
Daniel Keefe
Computer Science & Engineering
Dominique Tobbell
Surgery
Twin Cities
Brian Aukema
Entomology
Twin Cities
Aditya Bhan
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Christopher Hogan
Mechanical Engineering
Twin Cities
Chad Myers
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Chengyan Yue
Horticulture Science & Applied Economics
Twin Cities
Vladas Griskevicius
Marketing & Logistics
Twin Cities
Ibrahim Volkan Isler
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Alex P. Jassen
Classical & Near Eastern Studies
Twin Cities
Daniel H. Kaplan
Dermatology
Twin Cities
Kenneth H. Kozak
Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation
Twin Cities
Vuk Mandic
Physics & Astronomy
Jennifer Jane Marshall
Art History
Twin Cities
Dylan B. Millet
Soil, Water & Climate
Twin Cities
Yoichiro Mori
Mathematics
Twin Cities
John Ohlfest
Pediatrics & Neurosurgery
Twin Cities
Arindam Banerjee
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Giancarlo Casale
History
Twin Cities
Ryan Elliott
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Twin Cities
Tian He
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Alan C. Love
Philosophy
Julian Marshall
Civil Engineering
Twin Cities
Steven P. Matthews
History
Duluth
Kieran McNulty
Anthropology
Twin Cities
Jennifer Powers
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Twin Cities
Martin O. Saar
Geology & Geophysics
Twin Cities
Sangwon Suh
Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering
Twin Cities
Taner Akkin
Biomedical Engineering
Twin Cities
Alptekin Aksan
Mechanical Engineering
Twin Cities
Elizabeth Beaumont
Political Science
Mark A. Bee
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Twin Cities
Nicholas Hopper
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Chris H. Kim
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Kirill A. Martemyanov
Pharmacology
Twin Cities
Katsumi Matsumoto
Geology & Geophysics
Twin Cities
Jason McGrath
Asian Languages & Literatures
Twin Cities
Elizabeth J. Wilson
Public Affairs
Twin Cities
Michael L. Wilson
Anthropology
Twin Cities
Hui Zou
Statistics
Twin Cities
Daniel R. Bond
Microbiology & BioTechnology Institute
Twin Cities
Kathleen A. Collins
Political Science
Twin Cities
Christy L. Haynes
Chemistry
Karen Ho
Anthropology
Twin Cities
Nihar Jindal
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Twin Cities
Marta Lewicka
Mathematics
Twin Cities
William Schuler
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Kathleen D. Vohs
Marketing
Twin Cities
Christophe M. Wall-Romana
French & Italian
Twin Cities
Chun Wang
Biomedical Engineering
Twin Cities
Demoz Gebre-Egziabher
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Twin Cities
Yongdae Kim
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Efie Kokkoli
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Twin Cities
Ronald R. Krebs
Political Science
Twin Cities
Angus W. MacDonald, III
Psychology
Steven M. Manson
Geography
Twin Cities
Stergios I. Roumeliotis
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Mark J. Thomas
Neuroscience
Reuben S. Harris
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
Alex Kamenev
Physics & Astronomy
Twin Cities
Dan S. Kaufman
Medicine
Twin Cities
Michelle N. Mason
Philosophy
Twin Cities
Stuart McLean
Anthropology
Twin Cities
Ezra Miller
Mathematics
Twin Cities
Randall S. Singer
Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences
Twin Cities
T. Andrew Taton
Chemistry
Twin Cities
Eric Van Wyk
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
George D. Weiblen
Plant Biology
Twin Cities
Alec T. Habig
Physics
Duluth
Heiko O. Jacobs
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Twin Cities
Jonathan S. Marchant
Pharmacology
Twin Cities
Joachim Mueller
Physics & Astronomy
Twin Cities
Aaron David Redish
Neuroscience
Twin Cities
J. B. Shank
History
Kathleen M. Thomas
Child Development
Vinay K. Gidwani
Geography
Twin Cities
William M. Gray
Plant Biology
Twin Cities
Kathryn J. Kohnert
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Twin Cities
Erika Lee
History
Tian-Jun Li
Mathematics
Twin Cities
Krishnan Mahesh
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Twin Cities
Paul G. Mermelstein
Neuroscience
Twin Cities
Fernando Porté-Agel
Civil Engineering
Twin Cities
Natalia Y. Tretyakova
Medicinal Chemistry
Paul D. Cannan
English
Duluth
Markus Keel
Mathematics
Twin Cities
David J. Odde
Biomedical Engineering
Twin Cities
Frank J. Symons
Educational Psychology
Valerie Tiberius
Philosophy
Twin Cities
David Treuer
English
Twin Cities
Kevin D. Wickman
Pharmacology
Bruce P. Braun
Geography
Twin Cities
Shaul Hanany
Physics & Astronomy
George E. Heimpel
Entomology
Victoria L. Interrante
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Canan Karatekin
Child Development
Twin Cities
Monica Luciana
Psychology
Gary J. Muehlbauer
Agronomy & Plant Genetics
Twin Cities
Claudia Schmidt-Dannert
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
Twin Cities
Yoav Segal
Medicine
Twin Cities
Jiaping Wang
Mathematics
Twin Cities
Barbara Y. Welke
History
Twin Cities
Sheng He
Psychology
Twin Cities
Marc A. Hillmyer
Chemistry
Twin Cities
Sarah E. Hobbie
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Dihua Jiang
Mathematics
Twin Cities
David Largaespada
Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
Twin Cities
Richa Nagar
Women's Studies
Twin Cities
David J. Samuels
Political Science
Twin Cities
Ajay Skaria
History
Twin Cities
Zhi-Li Zhang
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Paul A. Crowell
Physics & Astronomy
Twin Cities
Ray Gonzalez
English
Twin Cities
Mats Per Erik Heimdahl
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Marc Hirschmann
Geology & Geophysics
C. Daniel Frisbie
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Twin Cities
Martha Tappen
Anthropology
Twin Cities
Donna Whitney
Geology & Geophysics
Twin Cities
John Bischof
Mechanical Engineering
Twin Cities
Kristin Hogquist
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Twin Cities
Andreas Stein
Chemistry
Twin Cities
Victor Reiner
Mathematics
Twin Cities
J. Ilja Siepmann
Chemistry
Twin Cities
Prodromos Daoutidis
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Twin Cities
Susan Mantell
Mechanical Engineering
Twin Cities
Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos
Computer Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Carol Shield
Civil Engineering
Twin Cities
Marla Spivak
Entomology
Twin Cities
John Watkins
English
Twin Cities
Christopher Cramer
Chemistry
Twin Cities
David Lilja
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Twin Cities
Ellen Longmire
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Twin Cities
Ann Rougvie
Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
Twin Cities
Gary Balas
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Twin Cities
Andrew Elfenbein
English
Twin Cities
Lorraine Francis
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Twin Cities
Lisa Norling
History
Twin Cities
Jeffrey Simon
Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
Twin Cities
Patricia Frazier
Psychology
Twin Cities
Lawrence Jacobs
Political Science
Twin Cities
Jean O’Brien-Kehoe
History
Twin Cities
Keshab Parhi
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Twin Cities
Maria Sera
Child Development
Twin Cities
Thomas Shield
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Twin Cities
William Tolman
Chemistry
Twin Cities
Jeffrey Derby
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Twin Cities
Michal Kobialka
Theatre Arts & Dance
Twin Cities
Kathryn Sikkink
Political Science
Twin Cities
Stanley Thayer
Pharmacology
Twin Cities
R. Lawrence Edwards
Geology & Geophysics
Twin Cities
Yuichi Kubota
Physics & Astronomy
Twin Cities
Karen Mesce
Entomology
Twin Cities
Mary Porter
Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
Twin Cities
Gloria Goodwin Raheja
Anthropology
Twin Cities
Linda Brady
Food Science & Nutrition
Twin Cities
James Kakalios
Physics & Astronomy
Twin Cities
Nita Krevans
Classical & Near Eastern Studies
Twin Cities
Kenneth Leopold
Chemistry
Twin Cities
Ellen Messer-Davidow
English
Twin Cities
Christian Teyssier
Geology & Geophysics
Twin Cities
Robert Tranquillo
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Twin Cities
Anath Das
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
Twin Cities
Charles Fletcher
Psychology
Twin Cities
William Grove
Psychology
Twin Cities
Steven Kass
Chemistry
Twin Cities
Ann Masten
Child Development
Twin Cities
Ann Waltner
History
David Bernlohr
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
Twin Cities
Doreen Leopold
Chemistry
Twin Cities
David Lipset
Anthropology
Twin Cities
Steven Ruggles
History
Twin Cities

2014-2016 Award Recipients

David J. Flannigan
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Sarah E. Gollust
Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health
Twin Cities
Christophe Lenglet
Radiology
Medical School
Twin Cities
Pamela Lutsey
Epidemiology & Community Health
School of Public Health
Twin Cities
Francis X. Shen
Law School
Twin Cities
James D. Van de Ven
Mechanical Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Shannon Drysdale Walsh
Political Science
Duluth
Travis Workman
Asian Languages and Literatures
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities

2015-2017 Award Recipients

Kate Derickson
Geography, Environment & Society
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Rafael Fernandes
Physics & Astronomy
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Matthew Johnson
Biomedical Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Dan Knights
Computer Science & Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Will Northrop
Mechanical Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Erik Redix
American Indian Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Duluth
Emilie C. Snell-Rood
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
College of Biological Sciences
Twin Cities
Kechun Zhang
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities

2016-2018 Award Recipients

Xiang Cheng
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Meggan Craft
Veterinary Population Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine
Twin Cities
Jed T. Elison
Institute of Child Development
College of Education and Human Development
Twin Cities
Emma Goldberg
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
College of Biological Sciences
Twin Cities
Jiarong Hong
Mechanical Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Neha Jain
Law School
Twin Cities
Barry Kudrowitz
Design, Housing, and Apparel
College of Design
Twin Cities
William C. K. Pomerantz
Chemistry
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities

2017-2019 Award Recipients

Yaniv Brandvain
Plant & Microbial Biology
College of Biological Sciences
Twin Cities
Sairaj V. Dhople
Electrical & Computer Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Cari Dutcher
Mechanical Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Vivian E. Ferry
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Renee R. Frontiera
Chemistry
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Bernadette T. Gillick
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Medical School
Twin Cities
Candice N. Hirsch
Agronomy & Plant Genetics
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Sciences
Twin Cities
Robert B. Nichols
Political Science
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Lana Yarosh
Computer Science & Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities

2018-2020 Award Recipients

Mehmet Akçakaya
Electrical & Computer Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Elaine Auyoung
English
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Ran Blekhman
Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
College of Biological Sciences
Twin Cities
Filippo Coletti
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Katharine Gerbner
History
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Esther Krook-Magnuson
Neuroscience
Medical School
Twin Cities
G.-H. Crystal Ng
Earth Sciences
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Byron A. Steinman
Earth & Environmental Sciences and Large Lakes Observatory
Swenson College of Science and Engineering
Duluth
Ian A. Tonks
Chemistry
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities

2019-2021 Award Recipients

Emilyn Uy Alejandro
Integrative Biology & Physiology
Medical School
Twin Cities
Gabriel Au-Chan
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Twin Cities
Nicole E. Basta
Epidemiology & Community Health
School of Public Health
Twin Cities
Gabriel Chan
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Lorenzo Fabbri
French & Italian
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Jessica Gordon-Roth
Philosophy
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Soheil Mohajer
Electrical & Computer Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Juliana Hu Pegues
American Indian Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Vlad S. Pribiag
Physics & Astronomy
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Michael J. Smanski
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
College of Biological Sciences
Twin Cities
Scott Vrieze
Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities

2020-2022 Award Recipients

Erin L. Durban
Anthropology
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Joseph R. Farag
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Samuel C. Fletcher
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Lindsay Glesener
School of Physics & Astronomy
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Sarah M. Greising
School of Kinesiology
College of Education and Human Development
Twin Cities
Branden Moriarity
Pediatrics
Medical School
Twin Cities
Christopher Pexa
American Indian Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Anthony Schroeder
Math, Science & Technology
Crookston
Andrew D. Wickert
Earth & Environmental Sciences
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Alik S. Widge
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical School
Twin Cities
Sylia Wilson
Institute of Child Development
College of Education and Human Development
Twin Cities

2021- 2023 Award Recipients

Julianna Abel
Mechanical Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Kate Adamala
Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
College of Biological Sciences and Medical School
Twin Cities
Turan Birol
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Sarah Heilbronner
Neuroscience
Medical School
Twin Cities
Peter K. Kang
Earth and Environmental Sciences
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Suhasa B. Kodandaramaiah
Mechanical Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Zozan Pehlivan
History
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Jennifer Eun-Jung Row
French and Italian
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Ying Song
Geography, Environment and Society
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Gabriela Spears-Rico
Chicano and Latino Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities

2022-2024 Award Recipients

Adam Bledsoe
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Martina Cardone
Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Xue Feng
Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Jacob Jungers
Agronomy and Plant Genetics
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
Twin Cities
Patrick Kelly
Physics and Astronomy
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Jason Kerwin
Applied Economics
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
Twin Cities
M. Bennett McNulty
Philosophy
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Noelle Noyes
Veterinary Population Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine
Twin Cities
David L. Poerschke
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Xavier Revelo
Integrative Biology and Physiology
Medical School
Twin Cities

2023-2025 Award Recipients

Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran
Chemistry
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Christina Camell
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Medical School and College of Biological Sciences
Twin Cities
Jonathan H. Choi
Law School
Twin Cities
Megan Giddings
English
College of Liberal Arts
Twin Cities
Rachel L. Hawe
Kinesiology
College of Education and Human Development
Twin Cities
Ognjen Ilic
Mechanical Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Carrie Oelberger
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Twin Cities
Sandra E. Safo
School of Public Health
Twin Cities
Tiffany Wolf
College of Veterinary Medicine
Twin Cities
Qi Zhang
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities

2024-2026 Award Recipients

Shir Alon
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Madelaine C. Cahuas
Geography, Environment & Society
College of Liberal Arts
Michelle A. Calabrese
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
College of Science & Engineering
Ryan J. Caverly
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
College of Science & Engineering
Michelle Chu
Mathematics
College of Science & Engineering
Michael Coughlin
Physics & Astronomy
College of Science & Engineering
Serra M. Hakyemez
Anthropology
College of Liberal Arts
Carlye Lauff
Product Design
College of Design
Courtney C. Roberts
Chemistry
College of Science & Engineering
Heidi Roop
Soil, Water & Climate
College of Food, Agricultural & Natural Resources Sciences
Josef Woldense
African American & African Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Judy Q. Yang
Civil, Environmental & Geo- Engineering
College of Science & Engineering