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Congratulation to the 2025 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
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in our Academic Community
Dr. Kara Peak
Barocas Lab and the Pregnancy Research & Engineering Group (PREG); Department of Biomedical Engineering; College of Science and Engineering
Impactful Research
Impactful Research
Dr. Lang Qiao
Agricultural Robotics Lab; Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering; College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
Dr. Seokwon Jo
Alejandro Lab; Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology; Medical School
Dr. Madeline Lee
Miller & Cichocki Labs; Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation- Department of Medicine; Medical School
Dr. Alireza Mirzaei
Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Medical School
Honorable Mentions
Dr. Nathan Szymanski (DMC Lab, Bartel Research Group; Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; College of Science and Engineering)
Teaching and Mentoring
Teaching and Mentoring
Dr. Xin Zhou
Selmecki Lab; Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Medical School
Dr. Jordan Becker
Lab of Ryan Langlois; Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Medical School
Service to our Academic Community
Service to our Academic Community
Dr. Lewis Dominguez
Department of Mathematics; Center For Educational Programs; College of Science and Engineering
Dr. Nidhi Joshi
Nicholas M. Levinson Lab; Department of Pharmacology; Medical School
Honorable Mentions
Dr. Jeremiah Morrow (Translational Neural Engineering Lab; Department of Psychiatry; Medical School)
Dr. Jeremiah Morrow (Translational Neural Engineering Lab; Department of Psychiatry; Medical School)
Outreach and Communication with the Non-Academic Community
Outreach and Communication with the Non-Academic Community
Dr. Shee Kwan (Gwen) Phung
Miller/Felices Lab; Department of Medicine; Medical School
Honorable Mentions
Dr. Pooria Pirdavari (Yang Research Group; St. Anthony Falls Laboratory; College of Science and Engineering)
Dr. Pooria Pirdavari (Yang Research Group; St. Anthony Falls Laboratory; College of Science and Engineering)
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