UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

GRADUATE SCHOOL - OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH

McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Winners for 2003-05

The University of Minnesota Graduate School is pleased to announce the Year 2003 recipients of the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship. The goal of this program is to advance the careers of our most promising junior faculty at a crucial period in their professional lives. Recipients are honored with the title McKnight Land-Grant Professor, a special award which they will hold for two years. The award consists of a $25,000 research grant in each of two years, summer support, and a research leave in the second year.

The winners were chosen for their potential for important contribution to their field; the degree to which their past achievements and current ideas demonstrate originality, imagination, and innovation; the potential for attracting outstanding students; and the significance of the research and the clarify with which it is conveyed to the non-specialist.
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Vinay K. Gidwani, Geography
Mapping the links between globalization, labor circulation & national & subnational politics in India

William M. Gray, Plant Biology
The molecular mechanisms of the plant hormone auxin

Kathryn J. Kohnert, Communication Disorders
Primary language disorders and second language learning by children

Erika Lee, History
Asian immigration history in the Americas, 1880-1940

Tian-Jun Li, Mathematics
Manifold topology

Krishnan Mahesh, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Computational fluid mechanics


Paul G. Mermelstein, Neuroscience
How neurons integrate and respond to the stimuli that trigger long-term changes in brain function

Fernando Porté-Agel, Civil Engineering
Environmental fluid dynamics: land-atmosphere interactions

Natalia Y. Tretyakova, Medicinal Chemistry
Mapping carcinogen-induced DNA damage within critical genes by mass spectrometry

Byeong-Uk Yi, Philosophy
Plurals: their logic and semantics

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Current McKnight Land-Grant Professors:

2002-04 - Paul D. Cannan, English/UMD; James N. Druckmanm, Political Science; Markus Keel, Mathematics; Robert F. Krueger, Psychology; David J. Odde, Biomedical Engineering; Frank J. Symons, Educational Psychology; Valerie Tiberius, Philosophy; David Treuer, English; Haidee Wasson, Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature; Kevin D. Wickman, Pharmacology.

2001-03 - Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Bruce P. Braun, Geography; Patricia Crain, English; Shaul Hanany, Physics & Astronomy; George E. Heimpel, Entomology; Richard P. Hsung, Chemistry; Victoria L. Interrante, Computer Science & Engineering; Canan Karatekin, Child Development; Monica Luciana, Psychology; Gary J. Muehlbauer, Agronomy & Plant Genetics; Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics; Yoav Segal, Medicine; Jiaping Wang, Mathematics; Barbara Y. Welke, History.

Past McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Recipients:

2000 - Thomas Augst, English; Sheng He, Psychology; Marc A. Hillmyer, Chemistry; Sarah E. Hobbie, Ecology, Evolution & Behavior; Pradeep Jeganathan, Anthropology; Dihua Jiang, Mathematics; David Largaespada, Genetics, Cell Biology & Development; Ivan Marusic, Aerospace Engineering; Richa Nagar, Women's Studies; David J. Samuels, Political Science; Ajay Skaria, History; Zhi-Li Zhang, Computer Science & Engineering.

1999 - Daphne Berdahl, Anthropology; Paul A. Crowell, Physics and Astronomy; Ray Gonzalez, English; Mats Per Erik Heimdahl, Computer Science & Engineering; Marc Hirschmann, Geology & Geophysics; Bradley J. Nelson, Mechanical Engineering; Elise A. Ralph, Physics/UMD.

1998 - C. Daniel Frisbie, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science; Rachel Kuske, Mathematics; Martha Tappen, Anthropology; Donna Whitney, Geology & Geophysics.

1997 - John Bischof, Mechanical Engineering; Linda Boland, Neuroscience; Kristin Hogquist, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology; Catherine Liu, Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature; Andreas Stein, Chemistry.

1996 - Pamela Ruth Erickson, Dentistry; Victor Reiner, Mathematics; J. Ilja Siepmann, Chemistry.

1995 - Prodromos Daoutidis, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science; Craig Forsyth, Chemistry; Susan Mantell, Mechanical Engineering; Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, Computer Science & Engineering; Diana Richards, Political Science; Carol Shield, Civil Engineering; Marla Spivak, Entomology; John Watkins, English.

1994 - Christopher Cramer, Chemistry; David Lilja, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Ellen Longmire, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics; John Lowengrub, Mathematics; Jay Moon, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Daniel Mooradian, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology; Ann Rougvie, Genetics, Cell Biology & Development.

1993 - Gary Balas, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics; Andrew Elfenbein, English; Lorraine Francis, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science; Karin Musier-Forsyth, Chemistry; Lisa Norling, History; Jeffrey Simon, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics.

1992 - Patricia Frazier, Psychology; Lawrence Jacobs, Political Science; Lawrence Knopp, Geography/UMD; Jean O'Brien-Kehoe, History; Keshab Parhi, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Michael Paulsen, Law; Maria Sera, Child Development; Thomas Shield, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics; William Tolman, Chemistry.

1991 - Patricia Bauer, Child Development; Jeffrey Derby, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science; Michal Kobialka, Theatre Arts & Dance; Jeffrey Roberts, Chemistry; Kathryn Sikkink, Political Science; Stanley Thayer, Pharmacology.

1990 - Bridgette Barry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics; R. Lawrence Edwards, Geology & Geophysics; Yuichi Kubota, Physics & Astronomy; Karen Mesce, Entomology; Mary Porter, Genetics, Cell Biology & Development; Gloria Goodwin Raheja, Anthropology.

1989 - Linda Brady, Food Science & Nutrition; James Kakalios, Physics & Astronomy; Nita Krevans, Classical & Near Eastern Studies; Kenneth Leopold, Chemistry; Ellen Messer-Davidow, English; Christian Teyssier, Geology & Geophysics; Robert Tranquillo, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science.

1988 - Anath Das, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics; Charles Fletcher, Psychology; William Grove, Psychology; Steven Kass, Chemistry; Stefanie Lenway, Strategic Management; Ann Masten, Child Development; Ann Waltner, History.

1987 - David Bernlohr, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics; Yutaka Hosotani, Physics & Astronomy; Doreen Leopold, Chemistry; David Lipset, Anthropology; Charles Nelson, Child Development; Steven Ruggles, History.