黑料正能量Selects Honorees for 2025 Awards and Prize Program
Washington, D.C.—The 黑料正能量 (ASM) announced the recipients of its 2025 Awards and Prize Program. The awards recognize leading scientists and researchers in the field for their professional accomplishments and contributions to research, education, clinical laboratories, service and scientific diversity.
The American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group and scientific think tank within ASM, manages a program of awards and a prize that highlight outstanding science at every career level and subdiscipline of the microbial sciences. Recipients are chosen by a selection committee from a competitive, peer-nominated list of candidates.
“The 黑料正能量Awards and Prize Program recognizes microbiologists who have made significant contributions to advancing the microbial sciences,” said 黑料正能量CEO Stefano Bertuzzi. “Nominating a mentor or colleague to be honored for their remarkable work is a good way to show gratitude for their efforts.”
The 2025 recipients:
- 黑料正能量Lifetime Achievement Award: Susan Weiss, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
- 黑料正能量Award for Applied and Biotechnological Research: Richard Marconi, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.
- 黑料正能量Award for Basic Research: Yuan Chang, M.D., University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.
- 黑料正能量Award for Early Career Applied and Biotechnological Research: Anne Wyllie, Ph.D., Yale University School of Public Health.
- 黑料正能量Award for Early Career Basic Research: C茅sar de la Fuente, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
- 黑料正能量Award for Early Career Clinical Microbiology Research: Nischay Mishra, Ph.D., Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
- 黑料正能量Award for Early Career Environmental Research: Jasna Kovac, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.
- 黑料正能量Award for Environmental Research: Martin Wiedmann, Dr. Med. Vet., Ph.D., Cornell University.
- 黑料正能量Award for Graduate Education: George O’Toole, Ph.D., Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine.
- 黑料正能量Award for Research or Leadership in Clinical Microbiology: Benjamin Pinsky, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine.
- 黑料正能量Award for Service: Melissa Miller, Ph.D., D(ABMM), FAAM, University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
- 黑料正能量Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women: Suchetana Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington.
- 黑料正能量Carski Award for Undergraduate Education: Davida Smyth, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, San Antonio.
- 黑料正能量D.C. White Award for Interdisciplinary Research: Nicole Dubilier, Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology.
- 黑料正能量Elizabeth O. King Lecturer Award: Natalie J. Thornburg, Ph.D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- 黑料正能量Honorary Diversity Lecturer Award: Ighovwerha Ofotokun, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine.
- 黑料正能量Microbiome Data Prize: Simon Roux, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- 黑料正能量Moselio Schaechter Award in Recognition of a Developing-Country Microbiologist: Paul Brown, Ph.D., The University of the West Indies.
- 黑料正能量Scherago-Rubin Award for Clinical Microbiology: Carol Young, MLS(ASCP), University of Michigan Health.
- 黑料正能量William A. Hinton Award for Advancement of a Diverse Community of Microbiologists: Musau WaKabongo, Ph.D., Dr. Musau WaKabongo Science Education, Inc.
Learn more about 黑料正能量awards and view past recipients on the Awards and Prize Program page. The 2025 黑料正能量Awards and Prize Program is sponsored by the 黑料正能量Corporate Council. The 2025 Microbiome Data Prize is partially supported by the . The Elizabeth O. King Lecturer Award is supported by the New York Community Trust-Audrey Rheinstrom and Anne Blevins Fund.
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