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News Releases Postdocs take center stage at Postdoc Research Day
Showcasing postdocs' research
Director Michael Anastasio greets Ricardo Marti-Arbona of the Lab's Bioenergy and Environmental Science (B-8) at Postdoc Career Day. Also pictured are Andrey Kovalesky, also of B-8 and Jiabin Han of Earth System Observations (EES-14).
June 28, 2010—Sixty-eight Laboratory postdocs touted their research at Postdoc Research Day earlier this month. Numerous postdocs also received recognition awards.
Postdoc Research Day gave Lab postdocs an opportunity to share their research with peers and other employees. An abstract book of research presented at Postdoc Research Day is here.
Postdoc winners as selected by technical staff member judges are:
Honorable mention recipients are:
The event was co-organized by the Los Alamos Postdoc Association and the Postdoc Program Office (STB-EPDO).
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