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Congratulations toArunoda Lakmal<\/a> and Pratiksha Thombre<\/a> on well-deserved recognition of their outstanding work and contributions.<\/p>\n

Arunoda Lakmal<\/a> received the Zhou Fellowship and CCB Service Award, and Pratiksha Thombre<\/a> received the Van Dyke Award. These awards reflect not only exceptional scientific ability, but also creativity, rigor and the kind of steady day-to-day excellence that drives a research group forward.<\/p>\n

Very proud of you both! And I’m very excited to see what you accomplish next!\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations toArunoda Lakmal and Pratiksha Thombre on well-deserved recognition of their outstanding work and contributions. 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