2023 UMN Postdoc Awards

Congratulation to the 2023 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:

1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in our Academic Community

2. Impactful Research

3. Outreach and Communication with Non-Academic Community

4. Teaching and Mentoring

5. Service to 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.

Honorable Mentions

Dr. Martha Streng (Department of Neuroscience; School of Medicine)

Impactful Research

Honorable Mentions

Dr. Blake Gimbel (Department of Pediatrics; School of Medicine)

Dr. Mariana Kikuti (Veterinary Population Medicine; College of Veterinary Medicine )

Dr. Alireza Sanaeifar (Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering; College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences )

Teaching and Mentoring