2024 Postdoc Awards
POSTDOC OF THE YEAR
Dr. Makenzie Mabry
Florida Museum of Natural History
RISING STAR AWARDS
Dr. Tanjilla JesminRising Star Awardee
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Rachel NewsomeRising Star in Cancer Research
College of Medicine
EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AWARDS
Dr. Henrique Boriolo Dias
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Somayeh Faraji
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dr. Alexandria Marciante
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Dr. Rebecca L. Wallings
College of Medicine
MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Thomas Chouvenc Outstanding Faculty Mentor
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Ivone de Bem Oliveria Distinguished Postdoc Mentor
Florida Museum of Natural History
PUBLICATION AWARDS
Dr. Xiaosu Pan
College of Pharmacy
Dr. Sumire Sato
College of Health and Human Performance
Dr. Wangda Zhu
College of Education
ICBR AWARDS
Dr. Denny Kollareth
College of Medicine
Dr. Sarah McMahon
College of Medicine
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AWARDS
Dr. Andrew Farkas
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dr. Maryam Khalilzadeh
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Therese Lamperty
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
TRAVEL AWARDS
Dr. Megan Cogburn
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dr. Bert Foquet
Florida Museum of Natural History
Dr. Donghee Lee
College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Hao-Yu Liao
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Leeana Peters
College of Medicine
Dr. Livia Maria Silva Ataide
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award: Danielle Meyer · Kaitlin Allen Tapondjou · Walter Tapondjou · Poulami “Pol” Sarkar. Excellence in Research: Mona Alshahawey · Muhammad Imran · Casey A. Murray · Daniele Pinto · Casey A. Murray · Kaile Zhang.
Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award: Yenisel Cruz-Almeida · Lauren Diepenbrock · Bette Loiselle · Sarah McKune · Emily Miller-Cushon.
Postdoc of the Year Award: Larissa Carvalho Ferreira · Churni Gupta · Rola Zeidan. Publication Award: Federico Cunha · Tirtha Lamichhane · Dongmin Kim.
Rising Star Award: Inacio Bueno · Emilie Demard · Kacie McGarry.
Travel Award: Gopal Agarwal · Andressa Morato Freitas · Arash Mirifar.
SPONSORS
The generous support and enthusiastic encouragement of our sponsors made the 2024 UF Postdoctoral Awards possible.
Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award: Dr. David R. Nelson and UF Health · UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Excellence in Research: UF Cancer Research · UF Research. ICBR Award: UF Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research.
International Travel Awards: UF Graduate School · UF International Center. Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award: Dr. Ramzi G. Salloum.
Postdoc of the Year Award: Dr. Stephen Anton.
Publication Award: Dr. David R. Nelson and UF Health. Rising Star Award: Dr. Wayne T. McCormack.
Rising Star in Cancer Research Award: UF Cancer Center.
Travel Award: Dr. L. Jeannine Brady · Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Alemeida · Dr. Karyn Esse · Dr. Christiaan Leeuwenburgh · UF Cancer Center · UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · UF Department of Oral Biology.