2024 UMN Postdoc Awards
Congratulation to the 2024 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:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in our Academic Community
Impactful Research
Outreach and Communication with Non-Academic Community
Teaching and Mentoring
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.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in our Academic Community
Dr. Safia Jilani
Department of Chemistry; College of Science and Engineering
Honorable Mentions
Dr. Kate Kostenkova (Department of Medical Chemistry; College of Pharmacy)
Impactful Research
Dr. Sachin Dhanda
Department of Agronomy & Plant Genetics; College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resources Sciences
Dr. DJ McDonough
Department of Epidemiology & Community Health; School of Public Health
Dr. Alireza Sanaeifar
Department of Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering; College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resources Sciences, College of Science and Engineering
Dr. Jie Yang
Department of Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering; College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resources Sciences, College of Science and Engineering
Honorable Mentions
Dr. Kunlun Qi (Department of Mathematics; College of Science and Engineering)
Teaching and Mentoring
Dr. Serap Vatansever
Department of Food Science & Nutrition; College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resources Sciences
Dr. Amol Vivek Patwardhan
Department of Physics & Astronomy; College of Science and Engineering
Dr. Petra Vande Zande
Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Medical School
Dr. Valeriia Yustyniuk
Department of Veterinary Population Medicine; College of Veterinary Medicine
Honorable Mentions
Dr. Diana C. Lopez Arias (Department of Horticultural Science; College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resources Sciences)
Service to our Academic Community
Dr. Upendra Chalise
Department of Cardiology; Medical School