PSI Moments

Shilu Dahal & Clemencia Rojas (advisor) holding a "Dean's Fellowship Award" sign against a red backdrop.
Shilu Dahal (left) & Clemencia Rojas with Dahal receiving the Dean's Fellowship Award on March 11. 2026.
Thiago Maia, Clemencia Rojas, and Thi Kim Ha Nguyenn, holding an "Outstanding Postdoc Mentor Award" sign, standing against a red backdrop.
Thiago Maia (left), Clemencia Rojas, and Thi Kim Ha Nguyen with Rojas' Outstanding Postdoc Mentor Award, March 11, 2026.
Rojas Lab members holding award signs, standing against a bright red backdrop.
The Rojas Lab celebrating their Graduate Studies awards on March 11, 2026.
James Schnable is inducted into the National Academy of Inventors with blue curtains and California flag in the background.
PSI faculty James Schnable is inducted into the National Academy of Inventors, June 3, 2026.
Rebecca Roston and Ed Cahoon shake hands near a table with a decorative cake and office supplies.
Rebecca Roston and Ed Cahoon shake hands at a faculty meeting celebration of Cahoon's election to the National Academy of Sciences. It was also Roston's last faculty meeting with PSI, and we wish her well at Michigan State University.
Group of people presenting research posters in an indoor conference setting.
PSI affiliated graduate students and post docs present posters at the UNL Agronomy & Horticulture Impact Conference, March 3-4, 2026.
2026 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences awarded to James C. Schnable.
The 2026 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences is awarded to PSI faculty James C. Schnable.
Joslin Ishimwe stands in a dimly lit laboratory with plants under green light.
Graduate student Joslin Ishimwe (Roston Lab) measures PSN in green light.
Graduates in caps and gowns standing outdoors, holding flowers and documents, surrounded by a crowd.
Nikee Shrestha (left) earns her PhD, pictured with her advisor, James Schnable.