UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST

The Graduate School and the Office of the Provost are pleased to announce the 2008 recipients of the McKNIGHT LAND-GRANT PROFESSORSHIPS.  The goal of the program is to advance the careers of our most promising junior faculty at a critical point in their professional lives. Recipients are honored with the title McKnight Land-Grant Professor, a special award they will hold for two years. The award consists of a 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 achievements and ideas demonstrate originality, imagination, and innovation; the significance of their research; and the potential for attracting outstanding students.

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2008-10 McKnight Land-Grant Professors

	Taner Akkin, Biomedical Engineering Ph.D., University of Texas Non-invasive optical imaging of tissue microstructure and function
	Alptekin Aksan, Mechanical Engineering Ph.D., Michigan StateUniversity Biopreservation by confinement
	Elizabeth Beaumont, Political Science Ph.D., Stanford University Exploring democratic citizenship: bridging the theory and practice of democracy and constitutional rule
	Mark A. Bee, Ecology, Evolution & Behavior Ph.D., University of Missouri Studying non-traditional animal models to discover the behavioral and neural mechanisms for separating continuous streams of sensory input
	Nicholas Hopper, Computer Science & Engineering Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University Provable security analysis of privacy-related technologies
	Chris H. Kim, Electrical & Computer Engineering Ph.D., Purdue University Design for reliability:  making future generation chips resilient to aging
	Kirill A. Martemyanov, Pharmacology Ph.D., Russian Academy of Sciences Regulation of cellular signaling in health and disease
	Katsumi Matsumoto, Geology & Geophysics Ph.D., Columbia University Climate change and carbon cycling in oceans and lakes
	Jason McGrath, Asian Languages & Literatures Ph.D., University of Chicago Inscribing the real:  Chinese cinema from the silent era to the twenty-first century
	Shana J. Sturla, Medicinal Chemistry Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chemistry in cancer research:  understanding how cancers are initiated, and advancing treatment using chemical tools
	Elizabeth J. Wilson, Public Affairs Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University Responding to climate change: energy within a carbon managed world
	Michael L. Wilson, Anthropology Ph.D., Harvard University Using 40 years of data to better understand intergroup aggression and vocal communication in chimpanzees
	Hui Zou, Statistics Ph.D., Stanford University Statistical methods for knowledge discovery in the information age

Current McKnight Land-Grant Professors

2007-09 — Daniel R. Bond, Microbiology & BioTechnology Institute; Kathleen A. Collins, Political Science; Christy L. Haynes, Chemistry; Karen Ho, Anthropology; Nihar Jindal, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Marta Lewicka, Mathematics; Helene C. Muller-Landau, Ecology, Evolution & Behavior; William Schuler, Computer Science & Engineering; Kathleen D. Vohs, Carlson School of Management; Christophe M. Wall-Romana, French & Italian; Chun Wang, Biomedical Engineering

2006-08 —Demoz Gebre-Egziabher, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics; Yongdae Kim, Computer Science & Engineering; Efie Kokkoli, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science; Ronald R. Krebs, Political Science; Angus W. MacDonald, III, Psychology; Steven M. Manson, Geography; Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Computer Science & Engineering; Mark J. Thomas, Neuroscience

Past McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Recipients at the University of Minnesota

2005 — Reuben S. Harris, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics;  Alex Kamenev, Physics & Astronomy;  Dan S. Kaufman, Medicine; Michelle N. Mason, Philosophy; Stuart McLean, Anthropology; Ezra Miller, Mathematics; Randall S. Singer, Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences; T. Andrew Taton, Chemistry; Eric Van Wyk, Computer Science & Engineering; George D. Weiblen, Plant Biology

2004 — Alec T. Habig, Physics/UMD; Heiko O. Jacobs, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Jonathan S. Marchant, Pharmacology; Kristopher McNeill, Chemistry; Joachim Mueller, Physics & Astronomy; Aaron David Redish, Neuroscience; J. B. Shank, History; Kathleen M. Thomas, Child Development.

2003 — Vinay K. Gidwani, Geography; William M. Gray, Plant Biology; Kathryn J. Kohnert, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences; Erika Lee, History; Tian-Jun Li, Mathematics; Krishnan Mahesh, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics; Paul G. Mermelstein, Neuroscience; Fernando Porté-Agel, Civil Engineering; Natalia Y. Tretyakova, Medicinal Chemistry

2002 — Paul D. Cannan, English/UMD;  Markus Keel, Mathematics; Robert F. Krueger, Psychology; David J. Odde, Biomedical Engineering; Frank J. Symons, Educational Psychology; Valerie Tiberius, Philosophy; David Treuer, English; Kevin D. Wickman, Pharmacology

2001 — Bruce P. Braun, Geography; Shaul Hanany, Physics & Astronomy; George E. Heimpel, Entomology; 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

2000 — Sheng He, Psychology; Marc A. Hillmyer, Chemistry; Sarah E. Hobbie, Ecology, Evolution & Behavior; Dihua Jiang, Mathematics; David Largaespada, Genetics, Cell Biology & Development; 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

1998 — C. Daniel Frisbie, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science; Martha Tappen, Anthropology; Donna Whitney, Geology & Geophysics

1997 — John Bischof, Mechanical Engineering; Kristin Hogquist, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology; Andreas Stein, Chemistry
           
1996 — Victor Reiner, Mathematics; J. Ilja Siepmann, Chemistry

1995 — Prodromos Daoutidis, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science; Susan Mantell, Mechanical Engineering; Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, Computer Science & Engineering; Carol Shield, Civil Engineering; Marla Spivak, Entomology; John Watkins, English                 

1994 — Christopher Cramer, Chemistry; David Lilja, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Ellen Longmire, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics; Jay Moon, Electrical & Computer Engineering; 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, Genetics, Cell Biology & Development

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

1991 — Jeffrey Derby, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science; Michal Kobialka, Theatre Arts & Dance; Jeffrey Roberts, Chemistry; Kathryn Sikkink, Political Science; Stanley Thayer, Pharmacology

1990 —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; Ann Masten, Child Development; Ann Waltner, History

1987 —David Bernlohr, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics; Doreen Leopold, Chemistry; David Lipset, Anthropology; Steven Ruggles, History