Research Awards | Postdoctoral Research Award

University of Georgia

Monica Cartelle Gestal

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Postdoctoral Research Award

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Postdoctoral Research Award 2019 Monica Cartelle Gestal, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Infectious Diseases, has developed critical expertise in host-pathogen interactions of Bordetella spp., the bacteria that produce pertussis. Whooping cough, as it’s more commonly known, was designated a priority emergence infectious disease...

Sungjin Kim

Posted on Apr 2, 2018 in Postdoctoral Research Award

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Postdoctoral Research Award 2018 Sungjin Kim, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, has reached two important conclusions about biochemical processes in cancer cells. First, he clearly demonstrated that a high-fat diet plays a critical role in the progression of prostate tumors,...

Anat Florentin

Posted on Apr 2, 2018 in Postdoctoral Research Award

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Postdoctoral Research Award 2018 Anat Florentin, a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, studies molecular mechanisms that drive life stages of Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of parasite species that infect humans with malaria. During her exceptionally productive years at UGA, she...

Hongmin Chen

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Postdoctoral Research Award

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Postdoctoral Research Award 2017 Hongmin Chen, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Chemistry, is recognized for his contributions to the engineering of nanoparticles for imaging and therapy. Two projects are related to the synthesis and use of nanoparticles for imaging and cancer treatment. In one...

Kevin Vogel

Posted on Mar 24, 2016 in Postdoctoral Research Award

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Postdoctoral Research Award 2016 Kevin Vogel, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of entomology, uses comparative genomics and molecular biology to study reproduction and development processes in mosquitoes. Over the last three years, he worked to identify and characterize a hormone receptor that, when silenced, blocked the...

Alexander Tokarev

Posted on Mar 24, 2016 in Postdoctoral Research Award

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Postdoctoral Research Award 2016 Alexander Tokarev, a former postdoctoral research associate in the department of textiles merchandising and interiors, is recognized for his role in creating a new, inexpensive way to manufacture extraordinarily thin polymer strings commonly known as nanofibers. The new method, dubbed “magnetospinning,” provides a...

Olivia Perwitasari

Posted on Feb 18, 2016 in Postdoctoral Research Award

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Postdoctoral Research Award 2015 Olivia Perwitasari, a postdoctoral researcher in the department of infectious diseases, has made remarkable contributions to the field of antiviral therapeutics and the host-virus interactions to govern infection outcome. Her work at UGA has focused on the repurposing of available drugs as new...

Clayton Shonkwiler

Posted on Feb 18, 2016 in Postdoctoral Research Award

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Postdoctoral Research Award 2014 Clayton Shonkwiler, a postdoctoral associate in the department of mathematics, has been at the center of a very exciting set of breakthroughs in the understanding and simulation of polymers, which are long flexible molecules composed of chains of smaller units. These molecules...

Gaelen Burke

Posted on Feb 18, 2016 in Postdoctoral Research Award

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Postdoctoral Research Award 2013 Gaelen Burke, postdoctoral research fellow in entomology, has made major contributions to her field since joining Michael Strand’s lab at UGA. Her professional interests are interdisciplinary, and revolve around the study of insect-microbial interactions. Burke’s research focuses on the mutually beneficial relationship...

Amar Singh

Posted on Feb 18, 2016 in Postdoctoral Research Award

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Postdoctoral Research Award 2013 Amar Singh, postdoctoral research associate in biochemistry and molecular biology, has been a highly productive researcher since joining Stephen Dalton’s lab. His research interests focus on human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells. While these fundamental building blocks of...