Exceptional Mentor Award
The Exceptional Mentor Award recognizes a CNLM Fellow who demonstrates a track record of excellent intentional mentorship, or who has impacted the climate of a department or graduate program to better support the training experiences of early career scientists, particularly those from historically underrepresented groups.
- Purpose and Criteria: The Exceptional Mentor Award recognizes a CNLM Fellow who demonstrates a track record of excellent intentional mentorship, or who has impacted the climate of a department or graduate program to better support the training experiences of early career scientists, particularly those from historically underrepresented groups.
- Eligibility: Must be a current and active CNLM Fellow.
- Requirements: Nomination statement summarizing the nominee’s qualifications for this award (no more than two pages) and nominee’s CV.
Recipients

2026
Gyorgy Lur, PhD
Associate Professor
Neurobiology and Behavior
2025
Sara Mednick, PhD
Professor
Cognitive Science

2024
Aaron Bornstein, PhD
Assistant Professor
Cognitive Science
2023
Stephen Mahler, PhD
Associate Professor
Neurobiology and Behavior
2022
Katherine Thompson-Peer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Developmental & Cell Biology
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