Jeffrey Endelman is among eleven faculty who have been honored with 2025-26 H.I. Romnes Fellowships. The fellowships recognize faculty with exceptional research contributions within their first six years from promotion to a tenured position. The award is named in recognition of the late WARF trustees president H.I. Romnes and comes with $60,000 that may be spent over five years.

Endelman, professor in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, develops new methods and software in the field of quantitative genetics, which is the study of traits affected by many genes and the environment. His research group’s practical motivation is to improve the UW–Madison potato breeding program, which was initiated in 1936 and has continued to release commercially successful varieties under his leadership. He teaches two graduate courses for the Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics program, an undergraduate elective on the science and regulation of genetically modified crops, and the plant physiology unit in the Biocore program. He has served as a member of the Faculty Senate and Graduate Faculty Executive Committee; his college, CALS, on its Research Advisory Committee; and his department in various curricular roles, including faculty lead to create a new graduate program in Plant Science & Technology.

Read more about the H.I. Romnes Fellowship and other recipients.