MSI PIs Named 2024-26 McKnight Land-Grant Professors

Several MSI PIs have been named McKnight Land-Grant Professors for 2024-26. These awards recognize promising junior faculty members.

• Ryan Caverly (Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics)
  • Professor Caverly’s group uses MSI for numerical simulations used in developing novel control and estimation methods for aerospace and robotic systems.
• Michael Coughlin (Physics and Astronomy)
  • Professor Coughlin uses MSI to run algorithms that can search data from wide-field telescopes to find variable sources.
• Courtney Roberts (Chemistry)
  • Professor Roberts uses MSI to support research into early and late transition metal catalysis.
• Heidi Roop (Soil, Water, and Climate)
  • Professor Roop uses MSI for research undertaken by the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership, including generating and providing climate project data to many stakeholder groups in Minnesota.
• Judy Yang (Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering)
  • Professor Yang use MSI to process imaging data as part of research into how flow affects sediment, transport, and coastal erosion.

The entire list of awardees can be found on the U of M Scholars Walk website: McKnight Land-Grant Professorship – Congratulations to the 2024 Award Recipients.