Selected from a highly competitive pool of nominees, nine postdoctoral scholars were honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards during Cornell鈥檚 celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week Sept. 15-19.
Cornell employs more than 700 postdoctoral scholars across nearly 90 departments where they contribute to the university鈥檚 research, teaching, and extension missions.
The Postdoc Achievement Awards recognize individuals who have made contributions to the Cornell community and show a commitment to promoting inclusion at Cornell and in society. Winners were nominated and endorsed by faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate students in one or more categories.
The 2025 award recipients are:
- Achievement Award for Excellence in Community Engagement: (Brooks School), , Ph.D. 鈥24 (natural resources and the environment), and , Ph.D. 鈥23 (mechanical and aerospace engineering)
- Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership: (School of Integrative Plant Science), (psychology, Klarman Fellow), and (molecular medicine)
- Achievement Award for Excellence in Mentoring: (population medicine and diagnostic sciences), (Baker Institute for Animal Health), and (ecology and evolutionary biology)
Award recipients were recognized during a Postdoc Appreciation and Awards Reception, held on Sept. 18.
鈥淧ostdocs are an integral part of the campus community,鈥 said Christine Holmes, director of postdoctoral studies. 鈥淭hey play an important role in every aspect of Cornell鈥檚 mission, and these awards are one way we like to recognize and celebrate them each year.鈥
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