Award: SSSA Fellow

Recipient: Julie Grossman, Professor and Associate Dean

University of Minnesota

Biography: Julie Grossman is Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, and a professor in Horticultural Science at the University of Minnesota. She is internationally recognized as an expert in legume cover crop nitrogen fixation to enhance soil fertility in organic vegetable systems. Julie earned her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, completed an NSF postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University and was a faculty member at North Carolina State University before returning to Minnesota. A passionate advocate for innovative pedagogy, Julie fosters transformative learning experiences that connect students with public needs. She has received numerous awards including the Outstanding Mentor Award from the Soil Science Society of America, the Organic Achievement Award from the Agronomy Society of America, the Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Award for Civically Engaged Faculty, and was a Fulbright scholar in both Mexico and Colombia.