IonE Fellows are the bedrock of IonE. They enrich IonE and all its members intellectually, and they attract visibility and external investment. They are a primary path toward achieving the sustainable future, one enriched by knowledge and innovation that IonE envisions. They, together with IonE scientific staff and students, are the community that IonE seeks to serve, promote, and advance.

IonE Fellows are generally quite established in their career, having demonstrated excellence in one or more disciplines related to environmental protection or sustainability. IonE Fellows will have a significant publication record or equivalent demonstration of topical competency and recognition by national and international colleagues. Importantly, they also will have a track record of applying their research to real-world situations, helping partners outside the university understand and solve environmental problems. They are highly creative and innovative thought-leaders.

IonE Fellows will often be tenured faculty at the University of Minnesota, but membership is open to outstanding members of other organizations provided they meet a similar standard of excellence. Pre-tenured faculty may be nominated as IonE Fellows when they have served previously as an IonE Associates. Non-tenure-track faculty, including scientific staff with their primary appointment at IonE, may be nominated and elected when they have a stature similar to tenure, as demonstrated through years of service and rigorous external review. IonE Fellows are generally researchers pursuing environmental innovation, but nominations from educators with a publication or other demonstrated record in environmental pedagogy are also welcome.

Download the IonE Affiliates Program PDF to learn more.

Applications are invited from individuals from all University of Minnesota campuses and, in the Fellows category, non-University organizations. Applications, including nomination letter from a current Affiliate, are due on April 15, 2022.

More information on the Affiliates Program, with detailed application instructions and a full list of benefits and community participation responsibilities, can be found here.

IonE Fellows

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  A. Hope Jahren
  Fellow since 2019
  CLIPT Lab
  University of Oslo
  
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  Abimbola Asojo
  Fellow since 2021
  College of Design
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Adam Heathcote
  Fellow since 2022
  Director, Department of Water and Climate Change
  Science Museum of Minnesota
  
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  Alexandra Klass
  Fellow since 2011
  Law School
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Alfred Marcus
  Fellow since 2017
  Carlson School of Management
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Amy Myrbo
  Fellow since 2018
  Science Museum of Minnesota
  Science Museum
  
• 
  Anna Henderson
  Fellow since 2018
  Humphrey School of Public Affairs
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Arindam Banerjee
  Fellow since 2011
  Computer Science & Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Arne Kildegaard
  Fellow since 2016
  Division of Social Science
  University of Minnesota Morris
  
• 
  Bonnie Keeler
  Fellow since 2018
  Humphrey School of Public Affairs
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Brett McDonnell
  Fellow since 2017
  Law School
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Briana Gross
  Fellow since 2018
  Swenson College of Science and Engineering
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  C. Ford Runge
  Fellow since 2011
  Applied Economics
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Carissa Schively Slotterback
  Fellow since 2010
  Urban & Regional Planning
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Carl Rosen
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Cathy Jordan
  Fellow since 2018
  Pediatrics
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Chris Lenhart
  Fellow since 2020
  Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Chris Wright
  Fellow since 2022
  Natural Resources Research Institute
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  Christine Baeumler
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Christy Haynes
  Fellow since 2017
  Department of Chemistry
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Clarence Lehman
  Fellow since 2010
  Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Craig Packer
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Biological Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Daniel Forbes
  Fellow since 2020
  Carlson School of Management
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Daniel Philippon
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Dave Wilsey
  Fellow since 2020
  Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  David Beard
  Fellow since 2022
  College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  David Lipset
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Deepak Ray
  Fellow since 2022
  Institute on the Environment
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Denise Young
  Fellow since 2016
  Bell Museum
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Derric Pennington
  Fellow since 2017
  WWF Lead Scientist
  
  
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  Diana Dalbotten
  Fellow since 2019
  St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Diane Willow
  Fellow since 2017
  Department of Art
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Dominic Travis
  Fellow since 2012
  Epidemiology
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Dylan Millet
  Fellow since 2012
  Soil, Water & Climate
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Elizabeth Borer
  Fellow since 2016
  Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Ellen Anderson
  Fellow since 2017
  Institute on the Environment
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Emilie Snell-Rood
  Fellow since 2018
  Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Emily Kalnicky
  Fellow since 2018
  Minnesota Zoo
  State of Minnesota
  
• 
  Eray Aydil
  Fellow since 2016
  Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  Tandon School of Engineering (NYU)
  
• 
  Eric Holthaus
  Fellow since 2018
  Meteorology
  Grist Magazine
  
• 
  Eric Lonsdorf
  Fellow since 2020
  The Institute on the Environment
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Erik T. Brown
  Fellow since 2014
  Large Lakes Observatory
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  Forest Isbell
  Fellow since 2021
  Department of Biological Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  G. David Tilman
  Fellow since 2010
  Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Gaston E. Small
  Fellow since 2019
  Biology Department and Environmental Science Program
  University of St. Thomas
  
• 
  George Heimpel
  Fellow since 2011
  Entomology
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  George Weiblen
  Fellow since 2011
  Plant Biology
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Gerard Reid
  Fellow since 2019
  Co-founder
  Alexa Capital
  
• 
  Gillian Roehrig
  Fellow since 2012
  STEM Education Center
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Grant Domke
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Hikaru Peterson
  Fellow since 2017
  Department of Applied Economics
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Holly Menninger
  Fellow since 2018
  Bell Museum
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Ibrahim Volkan Isler
  Fellow since 2010
  Computer Science
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Jacques C. Finlay
  Fellow since 2012
  Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  James Forester
  Fellow since 2012
  Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  James Gerber
  Fellow since 2018
  Global Landscapes Initiative (GLI)
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Jason Hill
  Fellow since 2010
  Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Jay Coggins
  Fellow since 2019
  College of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Jeannine Cavender-Bares
  Fellow since 2010
  Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Jeffrey Broadbent
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Jennifer Powers
  Fellow since 2010
  Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Jennifer Schmitt
  Fellow since 2017
  Institute on the Environment
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Jerry Lynch
  Fellow since 2016
  General Mills
  General Mills
  
• 
  Jessica Gutknecht
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  John Downing
  Fellow since 2016
  Sea Grant
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  John Linc Stine
  Fellow since 2019
  Executive Director
  Freshwater Society
  
• 
  John Nieber
  Fellow since 2017
  Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  John S. Gulliver
  Fellow since 2012
  Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Jonathan Schilling
  Fellow since 2011
  Plant and Microbial Biology
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Jonee Kulman Brigham
  Fellow since 2014
  College of Design
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Joseph Bump
  Fellow since 2018
  Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Joshua Feinberg
  Fellow since 2018
  Earth Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Julie Etterson
  Fellow since 2016
  Swenson College of Science and Engineering
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  Julie Grossman
  Fellow since 2018
  Horticultural Science
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Karen Gran
  Fellow since 2017
  Earth and Environmental Sciences Department
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
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  Kate Brauman
  Fellow since 2018
  Global Water Initiative
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• Kate Knuth
  Fellow since 2017
  Democracy and Climate
  City of Minneapolis
  
• 
  Katey Pelican
  Fellow since 2010
  Veterinary Population Medicine
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Kathryn Milun
  Fellow since 2014
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  Kathy Draeger
  Fellow since 2018
  Argonomy and Plant Genetics
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Ken Smith
  Fellow since 2016
  Ever-Green Energy
  Ever-Green Energy
  
• 
  Kimberley Todd
  Fellow since 2018
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Kimberly Hill
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Science and Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Kurt F. Kipfmueller
  Fellow since 2019
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Laura Gagliardi
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Science and Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Laura Musacchio
  Fellow since 2012
  Landscape Architecture
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Laurie Fink
  Fellow since 2018
  Science Museum of Minnesota
  Science Museum of Minnesota
  
• 
  Lawrence Wackett
  Fellow since 2012
  Biotechnology
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Lee Frelich
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  LeRoy Paddock
  Fellow since 2018
  Environmental Law
  George Washington University
  
• 
  Lian Shen
  Fellow since 2018
  Mechanical Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Lissa Pawlisch
  Fellow since 2018
  Extension - Regional Sustainable Partnerships
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Lucinda Johnson
  Fellow since 2016
  Natural Resources Research Institute
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  Marc Hillmyer
  Fellow since 2011
  Chemistry
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Marek Oziewicz
  Fellow since 2019
  College of Education and Human Development
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Mark Pedelty
  Fellow since 2010
  Communication Studies
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Marla Spivak
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Martin Saar
  Fellow since 2012
  Earth Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Meggan Craft
  Fellow since 2011
  Veterinary Population Medicine
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Melinda Erickson
  Fellow since 2020
  Department of Soil, Water, and Climate
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Melissa A. Kenney
  Fellow since 2019
  The Institute on the Environment
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Michael Pluimer
  Fellow since 2021
  Swenson College of Science and Engineering
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  Michael Sadowsky
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Biological Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Michael Wilson
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Mike Dockry
  Fellow since 2020
  Department of Forest Resources
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Ned Mohan
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Science and Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Nick Jordan
  Fellow since 2011
  Agronomy & Plant Genomics
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Olivia LeDee
  Fellow since 2022
  Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
  USGS
  
• 
  Paige Novak
  Fellow since 2011
  Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Patrick Hamilton
  Fellow since 2010
  Global Change Initiatives
  Science Museum of Minnesota
  
• 
  Patrick Nunnally
  Fellow since 2020
  Water Resources Science Graduate Program
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Paul Capel
  Fellow since 2017
  Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Paul West
  Fellow since 2017
  Institute on the Environment
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Peter Calow
  Fellow since 2016
  Humphrey School of Public Affairs
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Peter Reich
  Fellow since 2010
  Forest Ecology
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Peter Seiler
  Fellow since 2012
  Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Priya Shyamsundar
  Fellow since 2017
  Environmental Economist
  The Nature Conservancy
  
• 
  R. Lee Penn
  Fellow since 2012
  Chemistry
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Raj Rajan
  Fellow since 2016
  Ecolab
  Ecolab
  
• 
  Randel Hanson
  Fellow since 2012
  Environmental Studies & Geography
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  Randy Singer
  Fellow since 2010
  Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer
  Fellow since 2019
  The Institute on the Environment
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Rebecca Montgomery
  Fellow since 2012
  Forest Resources
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Rich Sharp
  Fellow since 2019
  Woods Institute for the Environment
  Stanford University
  
• 
  Richa Nagar
  Fellow since 2019
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Richard Graves
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Design
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Richard McGehee
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Science & Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Robert W. Sterner
  Fellow since 2014
  Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Biology
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  Rolf Weberg
  Fellow since 2016
  Natural Resources Research Institute
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  Russ Holmes
  Fellow since 2018
  Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Ryuta Nakajima
  Fellow since 2020
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• 
  Saif Benjaafar
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Science and Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Sam Grant
  Fellow since 2021
  MN350
  MN350
  
• 
  Sarah Hobbie
  Fellow since 2011
  Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Scott St. George
  Fellow since 2012
  Geography
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Shailey Prasad
  Fellow since 2021
  Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Shane Stennes
  Fellow since 2019
  University Services
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Shashi Shekhar
  Fellow since 2012
  Computer Science & Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Shirley Nordrum
  Fellow since 2022
  Grand Rapids Regional Office /Red Lake Nation College
  University of Minnesota Extension
  
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  Singdhansu Chatterjee
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Stephen Polasky
  Fellow since 2010
  Applied Economics
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Steve Kelley
  Fellow since 2018
  Humphrey School of Public Affairs
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Steven Manson
  Fellow since 2010
  Geography
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Susan Galatowitsch
  Fellow since 2017
  Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Susan Maher
  Fellow since 2020
  College of Liberal Arts
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Susanna Gibbons
  Fellow since 2019
  Carlson School of Management
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Sushma Reddy
  Fellow since 2021
  Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Teddie Potter
  Fellow since 2018
  School of Nursing
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Thomas Fisher
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Design
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Tian He
  Fellow since 2014
  College of Science & Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Tim Smith
  Fellow since 2010
  Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Tracy Twine
  Fellow since 2017
  Department of Soil, Water and Climate
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Troy J. Goodnough
  Fellow since 2019
  Office of Sustainability
  University of Minnesota Morris
  
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  Uwe Korsthagen
  Fellow since 2020
  Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Valentine Cadieux
  Fellow since 2014
  Formerly with the Departments of Sociology and Geography, Society and the Environment at UMN
  Hamline University
  
• 
  Valery Forbes
  Fellow since 2018
  College of Biological Sciences
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  Vipin Kumar
  Fellow since 2016
  College of Science and Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Virajita Singh
  Fellow since 2021
  College of Design, Office of Equity & Diversity
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
• 
  Vivian Ferry
  Fellow since 2021
  College of Science and Engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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  William Arnold
  Fellow since 2012
  Civil, Environmental, and Geo-engineering
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  

Emeritus

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  Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
  Fellow since 2010
  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

  University of California Irvine
  
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  Tom Johnson
  Fellow since 2011
  Large Lakes Observatory
  University of Minnesota Duluth