2022 UMN Postdoc Awards
Congratulation to the 2022 UMN Postdoc Award recipients!
The University of Minnesota is proud to train, support and promote its postdoctoral researchers, who are active members of the University's Twin Cities and Duluth communities. To recognize the postdoctoral researchers' valuable contribution to the University’s mission, the Postdoctoral Association has provided awards for outstanding contributions in each of the following areas:
Service to our Academic Community
Outreach and Communication with Non-academic Community
Impactful Research
Teaching and Mentoring
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our Academic Community
The PDA thanks the following groups for their financial contributions to the awards: Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Initiatives, Office of Professional Development in the Medical School, College of Biological Sciences, and College of Science and Engineering.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in our Academic Community
Dr. Shahrin Upoma
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Impactful Research
Dr. Jay Hou
Biomedical Engineering
School of Science and Engineering
Dr. Tzia-Ming Onn
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
College of Science and Engineering)
Dr. Joseph Sushil Rao
Department of Surgery
Medical School
Dr. Thu Truong
Masonic Cancer Center
Medical School
Honorable Mentions
Dr. Beatriz Baselga Cevera (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior; College of Biological Sciences)
Dr. Saikat Mukherjee (Mechanical Engineering; College of Science and Engineering)
Dr. Neetu Singh Yadav (Chemistry; College of Science and Engineering)
Outreach and Communication with the Non-Academic Community
Dr. Beatriz Baselga Cevera
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
College of Biological Sciences
Dr. Miles Wischnewski
Biomedical Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
Teaching and Mentoring
Dr. Matthew Berens
Natural Resources Research Institute
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Dr. Benjamin Messerly
Physics
College of Science and Engineering
Dr. Sarah Tarullo
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Medical School
Honorable Mentions
Dr. Luke Erber (Medicinal Chemistry; College of Pharmacy)
Dr. Dustin Ray (Biology; Swenson College of Science and Engineering; University of Minnesota-Duluth)
Service to our Academic Community
Dr. Tori Osinski
Department of Pediatrics
Medical School
Honorable Mentions
Dr. Beatriz Baselga Cevera (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior; College of Biological Sciences)
Dr. Julia Willett (Microbiology and Immunology; Medical School)