Our Postdoctoral Fellowships for Academic Diversity are a key element of this commitment to achieve eminence through diversity, as expressed in both the original Action Plan and its recent progress report:
Penn’s Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence
Progress Report on Penn’s Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence
Education:
2019 Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
2012 B.S. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Ph.D Dissertation Title:
"The Human Lung Viral Microbiome in Health and Disease"
Ph.D Thesis Advisors:
Frederic D. Bushman, Ph.D.
Ronald G. Collman, M.D.
UPENN Dept:
Microbiology
Penn/CHOP Faculty Mentor:
Joseph Zackular, Ph.D.
Education:
2019, PhD Social Work and Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2016, MSW Social Work, MS Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2012, BA African American Studies, BA Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
PhD Dissertation Title:"
We gon' be alright": Racism, Media and the Sociopolitical Development of Black Youth
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Stephanie Rowley,PhD & Daphne Watkins, PhD
UPENN Department:
Human Development and Quantitative methods
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Howard Stevenson, PhD
Education:
2020, PhD University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2015 B.A. Carleton College
PhD Title:
Filaments, Fibers, and Foliations in Frustrated Soft Materials
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Gregory M. Grason and Christian D. Santangelo
Postdoc Research Topic
Geometry, topology, and elasticity of soft materials with internal structure
UPENN Department:
Physics and Astronomy
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Randall Kamien
Education:
2017 PhD Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2010 BS Biology, University of Texas Permian Basin
PhD Dissertation Title:
Mechanism of Protein Acetylation in Mitochondria
PhD Thesis Advisor:
John M. Denu
Postdoc Research Topic:
Biochemical mechanisms of protein turnover
Penn Department:
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Benjamin A. Garcia
Education:
2020, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania - Philosophy
2014, J.D. Yale University
2010, B.A. Brown University
PhD Title:
Cognition in Nature: Information, Explanation, and Embodiment
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Gary Hatfield and Lisa Miracchi
Postdoc Research Topic:
Philosophy of Neuroscience, with a focus on the neural-bodily dynamics of movement
UPENN Department:
Neuroscience
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Konrad Kording
Education:
2020, Ph.D. University of Minnesota - Business Administration
2015, B.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Psychology
PhD Title:
When Moral Identity Lapses: Extending Prosocial Behaviors Through A Social Moral Identity
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Dr. John Kammeyer-Mueller
Postdoc Research Topic
Identity, Diversity, Morality and Stigma
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Andrew Carton and Dr. Stephanie Creary
Penn Department: The Wharton School - Department of Management
Education:
2016, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2015, MA, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2010, BA, Mechanical Engineering,University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Thesis Title:
Regular and Irregular Wear of Elastomers in Combined Rolling and Sliding
Thesis Research Advisor:
W. Gregory Sawyer
Postdoc Research Topic:
Interfacial Mechanics of Soft Matter
Penn Department:
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Penn Mentor:
Kevin Turner and Rob. Carpick
Education:
2018, Ph.D Higher Education University of California, Los Angeles
2015, M.A. Higher Education and Organizational Change, University of California-Los Angeles
2014, B.A. History, Dartmouth College
Thesis Title:
A Critical Case Study on (Anti) Blackness, Geography, and Education Pathways in Twinsburg, Ohio.
Thesis Research Advisor:
Dr. Walter Allen
Penn Department:
Graduate School of Education – Higher Education
Penn Mentor:
Dr. Laura Perna
Education:
2020, Ph.D. Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania
2011, B.A. Government, Cornell University
PhD Title:
Recruitment and Career Experiences of Diverse Faculty Couples at AAU Universities
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Marybeth Gasman
Postdoc Research Topic
Exploring academic couple career choices and departure from faculty pathways
UPENN Department:
Higher Education
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Matthew Hartley
Education:
2020, Ph.D, Paleobiology from Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania
2014, B.S., Biology from Drexel University
PhD Title:
The Effects of Vertebral Morphology and Composition on Stem-Tetrapod Intervertebral Joint Functional Behavior
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Peter Dodson
Post doc Research Topic:
Effects of Complex Vertebral Morphology on Whole Physical Agent Behavior
UPENN Department:
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Daniel Koditschek
Education:
2020, PhD Biomedical Sciences
2012, M.S. School of Biomedical Engineering, Sciences and Health Systems at Drexel University
2010 ,B.S. Public Health, Rutgers Univeristy
PhD Dissertation Title:
Biomechanics of the Pericellular Matrix: Roles in Cartilage Development and Osteoarthritis
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Lin Han
UPENN Department:
Orthopaedic Surgery Department
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Robert L. Mauck
Education:
2019,PhD, Psychology, Developmental Science: University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
2015, M.A., Psychology, Developmental Science: University of Iowa, Iowa City IA
2012, B.A., Psychology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR
PhD Title:
Neurobehavioral Precursors of Executive Function in Early Development
PhD Thesis Advisor:
John P. Spencer, PhD
Postdoc Research Topic:
How children's early experiences shape neurocognitive development
UPENN Department:
Psychology
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Allyson Mackey, PhD
Education:
Ph. D., Developmental Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Developmental Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, China
B. A., Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, China
PhD Dissertation Title:
Relations Between Childhood Self-Control And Early Adulthood Outcomes In China: The Contributions Of Social Relationships
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Xinyin Chen, Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania
UPENN Department: My department at CHOP is “Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences”
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Stephen Leff, Co-Director, Violence Prevention Initiative at CHOP
Professor of Clinical Psychology in Pediatrics & Psychiatry
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Univ. of Penn School of Med.
Education:
PhD Biology Hampton University
BS Marine and Environmental Science
PhD Thesis title:
Environmental and biotic controls affecting recruitment and proliferation of algal turf communities in coral reef systems
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Peggy Fong
Penn Department:
Biology
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Katie Barott
Education:
Ph.D. Portland State University
M.A. UNC Chapel Hill
B.S. - UNC Chapel Hill
PhD Dissertation Title :
Manufacturing in Place: Industrial Preservation in the US
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Prof. Greg Schrock
Postdoc Research Topic:
Evaluation of varied assistance programs
UPENN Department:
Social Policy and Practice / Regional Planning
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Vincent Reina
Education:
PhD, Public Health, California State University, Fresno, CA
M Phil, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, California State University, Fresno, CA
BS, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Thesis Title:
Environmental Heterogeneity, Rodent Population Dynamics, and Leptospirosis in Urban Slum Environments
Thesis Research Advisor:
Dr. Albert Ko
Postdoc Research Topic:
Dynamic Risk Map Modeling in Changing Urban Environments
Penn Department:
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics
Penn Mentor:
Dr. Mike Levy
Education:
2016, PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
2010, BS, Chemistry and Animal Science,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
PhD Dissertation Title:
Mapping Sites of O-Glycosylation on Drosophila Notch and Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of How Drosophila Fringe Modulates Notch-Ligand Binding
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Robert S. Haltiwanger
Postdoc Research Topic:
Optic Nerve Regeneration in Zebrafish
Penn Department:
Cell and Developmental Biology
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Michael Granato
Education:
PhD - Texas A&M University , College Station, TX
BS - University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Puerto Rico
PhD Dissertation Title:
The Secret Lives of Battery Materials: Core-level Spectroscopy as a Probe of Compositional and Electronic Structure Inhomogeneities
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Professor Sarbarjit Banerjee
Penn Department:
Chemistry
Penn Faculty Mentor:Professor Thomas E. Mallouk
Education:
PhD: University of Virginia
B.S.N. Barnes-Jewish Goldfarb School of Nursing
B.A. Barnard College
PhD Title:
Violence in St. Kitts and Nevis: A Retrospective Analysis of Homicides 2000-2018
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Ishan C. Williams, PhD, FGSA
Postdoc Research Topic:
Violence Prevention
UPENN Department:
School of Nursing and Penn Injury Science Center
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Therese Richmond, PhD, RN, FAAN and Douglas Wiebe, PhD
Education:
2018 PhD, Philosophy, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2016 MA, Philosophy, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2016 MPhil, Philosophy, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2012 BA, Philosophy, The College of Charleston
2012 BS, Psychology, The College of Charleston
Thesis Title:
The Fragmented Mind: Why working memory cannot implement consciousness.
Thesis Research Advisor:
Jesse Prinz
Penn Department:
Philosophy
Penn Mentor:
Lisa Miracchi
Education:
Ph.D. Tufts University
M.S. Harvard Kennedy School - Masters in Public Policy
B.A. University of Pennsylvania
PhD Title:
Willing and Able: Explaining the Effects of Intervention on Violence Against Civilians
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Katrina Burgess
Postdoc Research Topic:
Explaining the rise of norms about civilian victimization within the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Michael Horowitz
Penn Department:
Political Science
Education:
Ph.D in Urban Planning and Development, University of Southern California
Master in City Planning, Environmental Policy and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.A. in Urban Studies with Honors, Minor in African & African-American Studies, Stanford University
Thesis Title:
The Geography of Black Commerce and Culture - Los Angeles, California, and Beyond
Thesis Research Advisor:
Lisa Ann Schweitzer
Penn Department:
City and Regional Planning
Penn Mentor:
Vincent Reina
Education:
2019 PhD Molecular Biology
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
2008 BS Biology
Millersville University
PhD Dissertation Title:
The Role of the Vg1 Zebrafish Ortholog Gdf3 Nodal-Dependent Mesendoderm Formation and Left-Right Patterning
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Rebecca Burdine PhD
UPENN Department:
Cell and Developmental Biology
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Mary Mullins, PhD
Education:
PhD: University of Connecticut (Storrs)
BSN: University of Connecticut (Storrs)
MS: University of Connecticut (Storrs)
PhD Dissertation Title:
Understanding Chronic Pain Trajectory in Adolescents Undergoing Spinal Fusion Surgery
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Angela Starkweather, PhD, RN, ANCP-BC, CNRN, FAAN Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
UPENN Department:
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (primary), Penn School of Nursing
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Martha A.Q. Curley, Professor Penn School of Nursing Professor and CHOP Ruth M. Colket Chair in Pediatric Nursing
Education:
PhD: Goldsmiths, University of London
MA: Goldsmiths, University of London
B.A. Colgate University (double major in English Literature, Art and Art History)
PhD Title:
Sites of Sky: A Visual Cultures Analysis of Landscape Aesthetics in an Age of Virtual Ecologie
PhD Thesis Advisor: Matthew Fuller; Josephine Berry (second supervisor)
Postdoc Research Topic:
Systems and aesthetics of digital and algorithmic immigration governance
UPENN Department:
School of Social Policy and Practice
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Ezekiel Dixon-Roman
Education:
2017, PhD, Education, Rutgers University
2010, MS, Higher Education. Rutgers University
2006, Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh
Thesis Title:
Making Mentoring Matter: The ‘Proctor Process’ of Faculty Mentoring in Higher Education
Thesis Research Advisor:
Benjamin Justice and Catherine Lugg
Postdoc Research Topic:
Penn Department:
Graduate School of Education
Penn Mentor:
Education:
2016, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
2010, BS, Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
PhD Dissertation Title:
The Development and Characterization of an Osteoconductive Pre-Vascularized Scaffold for Bone Regeneration
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Joseph Freeman, Ph. D.
Postdoc Research Topic:
Bilayered Delivery System to Mitigate Inflammation During Rotator Cuff Repair
Penn Department:
Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Louis Soslowsky, Ph.D.
Education:
2019 PhD Social Welfare
Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work; Florida International University
2006 MS Psychology
College of Arts, Sciences and Education;School of Integrated Science and Humanities
Florida International University
2002 BA Psychology
College of Arts, Sciences and Education;School of Integrated Science and Humanities
Florida International University
PhD Dissertation Title:
The impact of microaggressions and minority stress on the psychological well-being of emerging adult
sexual minorities of color
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Eric F. Wagner, PhD
Penn Department:
School of Social Policy & Practice
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Amy Hillier,PhD
Education:
2015, PhD, Immunology and Infectious Disease,
Washington State University, Pullman WA
2011, MS,Forensic Science,
California State University, Fresno, CA
2007, BS, Medical Biology,
California State University, Riverside, CA
Thesis Title:
Identification and Characterization of a Genome-wide Significant Region Associated with Erythrocyte Phenotypes in Domestic Sheep
Thesis Research Advisor:
Stephen White
Postdoc Research Topic:
Genetics of Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain in Pediatric Populations
Penn Department:
Center for Applied Genomics, Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital
Penn Mentor:
Hakon Hakonarson, MD PhD and David Sherry, MD
Education:
PhD, 2018, Social Policy and Policy Analysis, Columbia School of Social Work, Columbia University
MSW, Policy Practice, Specialization in Health, Mental Health and Disabilities, Columbia School of Social Work, Columbia University
MPA, 2013 Concentration in Urban and Social Policy, Columbia University School of Internationaland Public Affairs (SIPA) Columbia University
PhD Dissertation Titile:
The Effects of Violence on Health Service Utilization and Access in Mexico
PhD Thesis Advisor:
\Julien Teitler, PhD, Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Research & Academic Affairs, Columbia School of Social Work
Postdoc Research Topic:
Exposure to Trauma and Mental Health of Recent Latinx Immigrants
Penn Department:
Penn Injury Science Center & School of Nursing
Penn Faculty Mentors:
Therese S. Richmond, PhD, RN, FAAN
Andrea B. Laporte Professor of Nursing, Associate Dean for Research & Innovation, School of Nursing
Zachary F Meisel, MD, MPH, MSHP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director, Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research, Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
Education:
Ph.D. Duke University
MS Johns Hopkins University
B.S. Johns Hopkins University
PhD Title:
Mechanisms of Innate Immune Regulation by the Hepatitis C Virus protease, NS3-NS4A
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Stacy Horner
Postdoc Research Topic:
Host-virus innate interactions of emerging viral pathogens
UPENN Department:
Department of Microbiology
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Kellie Jurado
Education:
2019, PhD, Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
2012, MS/BS , Masters of Science
PhD Dissertation Title:
Biomaterial-Mediated Control Over Macrophage Behavior for Tissue Engineering
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Kara L. Spiller, PhD
Penn Department:
Bioengineering
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Jason A. Burdick, PhD
Education:
2014 Ph.D. Genetics
University of California, Davis, Davis CA
2004 B.Sc. Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology
Yale University
PhD Dissertation Title:
The structure and function of the human FMR1 gene
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Flora Tassone
Postdoc Research Topic:
Gene-editing of FMR1 using CRISPR/Cas9
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Beverly Davidson
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