Cermak/Corkin
Postdoctoral Awards of MDRS
In 2001, an annual award for outstanding postdoctoral researchers studying memory was established in the name of the founder of the society, Laird Cermak.
In 2017, this award was extended to also honor Suzanne Corkin and her legacy in championing women in science.
Each year, the postdocs selected to receive this award are invited to attend and present at the MDRS annual meeting.
Laird Cermak
1942-1999
Suzanne Corkin
1937-2016
Cermak/Corkin Awardees by Year
2025
Joseph Saito
UC San Diego
Advisor: Timothy Brady
Futing Zou
Brown University
Advisor: Serra Favila
2024
Nina Rouhani
California Institute of Technology
Advisor: Ralph Adolphs
Benjamin Griffiths
University of Birmingham
Advisor: Tobias Staudigl
2023
Matthias Stangl
University of California, Los Angeles
Advisor: Nanthia Suthana
Jie Zheng
Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School
Advisor: Gabriel Kreiman, Ueli Rutishauser
2022
Michael Peer
University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Russell Epstein
Nicole Varga
University of Texas at Austin
Advisor: Ali Preston
2021
Zoe Ngo
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Advisor: Markus Werkle-Bergner
Kevin Madore
Stanford University
Advisor: Anthony Wagner
2020
Buddhika Bellana
Johns Hopkins University
Advisor: Janice Chen, Chris Honey
Alexa Tompary
University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Sharon Thompson-Schill
2019
James Antony
Princeton University
Advisor: Ken Norman
Elizabeth Goldfarb
Yale University
Advisor: Rajita Sinha
2018
David Clewett
New York University
Advisor: Lila Davachi
Jessica Robin
Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
Advisor: Rosanna Olsen
2017
Raphael Kaplan
University College London
Advisor: Karl Friston
Anna Schapiro
Harvard Medical School
Advisor: Bob Stickgold
2016
Matthias Gruber
University of California, Davis
Advisor: Charan Ranganath
Daniela Palombo
Boston University School of Medicine
Advisor: Mieke Verfaellie, Maggie Keane
2015
Aidan Horner
University College London
Advisor: Emrah Düzel
Maureen Ritchey
University of California, Davis
Advisor: Charan Ranganath, Andy Yonelinas
2014
Deepu Murty
New York University
Advisor: Lila Davachi
Rosanna Olsen
Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
Advisor: Jen Ryan
2013
Rosie Cowell
University of California San Diego
Advisor: Garrison Cottrell
Jordan Poppenk
Princeton University
Advisor: Ken Norman
2012
Jarrod Lewis-Peacock
Princeton University
Advisor: Ken Norman
Bernhard Staresina
MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit
Advisor: Rik Henson
2011
Eve Attali
Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
Advisor: Asaf Gilboa
Andrea Greve
MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit
Advisor: Rik Henson
2008
Rachel Diana
University of California, Davis
Advisor: Charan Ranganath, Andy Yonelinas
Melina Uncapher
Stanford University
Advisor: Anthony Wagner
2009
Yael Shrager
Harvard University
Advisor: Randy Buckner
Joel Voss
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Ken Paller
2010
Elizabeth Chua
University of California, Davis
Advisor: Charan Ranganath
Elisa Ciaramelli
University of Bologna
Advisor: Morris Moscovitch
2007
Debbie Hannula
University of California, Davis
Advisor: Charan Ranganath
Indre Viskontas
University of California, San Francisco
Advisor: Bruce Miller
2006
Donna Addis
Harvard University
Advisor: Dan Schacter
Florin Dolcos
Duke University
Advisor: Gregory McCarthy
Joel Quamme
Princeton University
Advisor: Ken Norman
2005
Adam Gazzaley
University of California, Berkeley
Advisor: Mark D'Esposito
Dara Ghahremani
University of California, Los Angeles
Advisor: Russ Poldrack
Shayna Rosenbaum
Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
Advisor: Morris Moscovitch
2004
Kelly Giovanello
Harvard University
Advisor: Dan Schacter
2003
Brian Gonsalves
Stanford University
Advisor: Anthony Wagner
2002
Jon Simons
Harvard University
Advisor: Dan Schacter
2001
Charan Ranganath
University of California, Berkeley
Advisor: Mark D'Esposito