Recipients of these college-level awards are honored annually at an investiture ceremony, a significant, formal ceremony that honors faculty who have been appointed to named professorships and recognizes the generous donors who made the appointments possible. This tradition began in 2023.
CALS professorship guidelines can be found online at: https://kb.wisc.edu/cals/deansoffice/107844.
A five-year award for a faculty member in CALS who has established and maintained outstanding research, teaching, and service in the area of natural and environmental resources conservation and management.
Recipients:
- Anna Pidgeon, Forest and Wildlife Ecology – 2020-2025
- Timothy Van Deelen, Forest and Wildlife Ecology – 2015-2020
- Ken F. Raffa, Entomology – 2010-2015
- David J. Mladenoff, Forest and Wildlife Ecology – 2005-2010
- Stanley A. Temple, Forest and Wildlife Ecology – 1980-2005
A three-year award that supports and encourages early-stage, high-risk/high-reward research at UW–Madison. Interested faculty submit research proposals, and the faculty member with the winning proposal receives the professorship. Selection is done by a subcommittee of the CALS Research Advisory Committee and preference is given to interdisciplinary projects, particularly out-of-the-box research that could have the potential to significantly change the world.
Recipients:
- Kaiping Chen, Life Sciences Communication – 2022-2025
A five-year award that recognizes faculty for outstanding contributions in the field of agriculture. This includes, but is not limited to, those working in the areas of food science, nutrition, horticulture, agronomy, plant pathology, biological systems engineering, bacteriology, biochemistry, and genetics. The requirement that the candidates come from agriculture or food-related departments does not exclude those from a non-agriculture or non-food-related department if they conduct research in those areas.
Recipients:
- Randall Jackson, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences – 2019-2024
- Shawn Kaeppler, Agronomy – 2014-2019
- Jiming Jiang, Horticulture – 2009-2014
- Marion L. Greaser, Animal Sciences – 2004-2009
- Jiwan P. Palta, Horticulture – 1999-2004
A five-year award that supports the advancement of organic agriculture through dedicated research and outreach programs.
Recipients:
- Erin Silva, Plant Pathology – 2022-2027
A five-year award for a faculty member who demonstrates outstanding research and service in vegetable production.
Recipients:
- Amanda Jane Gevens, Plant Pathology – 2023-2028
- Jed B. Colquhoun, Horticulture – 2018-2023
- Amy Charkowski, Plant Pathology – 2015-2016
- William F. Tracy, Agronomy – 2008-2015
- Walter R. Stevenson, Plant Pathology – 2001-2006
- Larry K. Binning, Horticulture – 1992-2001
A five-year award that recognizes and rewards a faculty member who demonstrates exceptional cross-disciplinary scholarship and collaboration in the area of human or animal health, and who advances the impact of agriculture through the identification and development of novel bio-functional compounds.
Recipients:
- Michael Sussman, Biochemistry – 2022-2027
- Xuejun Pan, Biological Systems Engineering – 2021-2026
- Richard Lindroth, Entomology – 2016-2021
- Richard Eisenstein, Nutritional Sciences – 2016-2021
- Patricia S. McManus, Plant Pathology – 2016-2021
- Caitilyn Allen, Plant Pathology – 2016-2021
- Alfred Hartemink, Soil Science – 2016-2021
- Laura Kiessling, Biochemistry – 2015-2020
- Ken F. Raffa, Entomology – 2015-2020
A five-year award for a faculty member with an established research portfolio addressing the impact of potatoes and/or vegetables on water, economics, and the environment.
Recipients:
- Matthew Ruark, Soil Science – 2023-2028
A five-year award for a faculty member with an established research portfolio addressing the impact of potatoes and/or vegetables on water, economics, and the environment.