Dhananjay Kumar, Director of CEDARS and PI of the CREAM center, was among the team members honored with the 2025 Interdisciplinary Team of the Year Award at North Carolina A&T. The award celebrates research efforts that span traditional disciplinary boundaries and involve external collaborations.

The CEDARS team includes faculty from four colleges at North Carolina A&T and partners with institutions such as MIT, Cornell, Dartmouth, Carnegie Mellon, and national laboratories. Their collaborative efforts have supported 17 faculty and scientists, 18 graduate students, 10 undergraduates, and 9 postdoctoral researchers.

The award, presented by Chancellor James R. Martin II, was formally recognized at the university’s Celebration of Faculty Excellence.