The Nelson Institute is fortunate to have a number of professorships, chairs, and faculty fellowships that have been established via generous philanthropic gifts.
Paul Block
Reid A. Bryson Distinguished Professor of Climate, People and Environment
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sissel Schroder
Bradshaw Knight Professor of the Environmental Humanities
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Director, Center for Culture, History and Environment
Andrea Hicks
Hanson Family Fellow in Sustainability
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director of Sustainability Education and Research, Office of Sustainability
Morgan Edwards
Inaugural Wes Foell Professor of Energy Analysis and Policy
Assistant Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Program Chair, Energy Analysis and Policy Program
Jonathan Patz
John P. Holton Chair in Health and the Environment
Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and School of Medicine and Public Health
Paul Robbins
Nelson-Hanson Chair in Environmental Studies
Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Geography
Dean, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Ken Genskow
Ken Potter Professor of Water Resources
Professor, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture
Program Chair, Water Resources Management Program
Holly Gibbs
Gaylord Nelson Distinguished Chair in Integrated Environmental Studies
Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Geography