Arwa Abbas


Micrbiology
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.
Nkemka Anyiwo


Education
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
Daria Atkinson


Physics & Astronomy
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
Josue Baeza


Biochemistry & Biophysics
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
Ben Baker


Neuroscience
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
Tianna Barnes


Management
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
Daniel Blake


Higher Education
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
Aja Carter


Electrical and Systems Engineering
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
Daphney Chery


Orthopaedic Surgery
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
Lourdes Delgado Reyes


Psychology
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
Rui Fu


Developmental Psychology
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.
Jamaal Green


City and Regional Planning
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
Beth Harvey


Cell and Developmental Biology
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
Tiffany Huang


Sociology
Education:
2021, PhD, Sociology
Columbia University
2014, MPH, Health Management and Policy,
University of Michigan School of Public Health
2010, BS, Public Health and French
University of California at Berkeley
Thesis Title:
Private College Consultants, Race, Class, and Inequality in College Admissions
Thesis Research Advisor:
Jennifer Lee PhD
Postdoc Research Topic:
Race, status, authenticity, and stereotyping in college admissions
Penn Department:
Department of Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences
Penn Mentor:
Wendy Roth Ph.D
Paulina Inara Rodis


Sociology
Education:
2021, Ph.D Sociology, Pennsylvania State University
2017, MA, Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University
2014, BA, Sociology and Studio Art, Boston College
Thesis Title:
Online Flight or Offline Flight? Black and Asian Women's Perceptions of and Responses to Cyber Aggression
Thesis Research Advisor:
Diane Felmlee Ph.D
Postdoc Research Topic:
Instilled, Perceived, and Repeated: Critical Racial and Intersectional Narratives Among and Referencing Women of Color, Inequality,
Social Networks and Digital Media
Penn Department:
Annenberg School of Communications
Penn Mentor:
Sarah Jackson Ph.D
Luis de Jesus Baez


Chemistry
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
Meg Guliford


Political Science
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
Matthew Miller


Urban Planning & Development
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
Onome Oskopo


Nursing
Education:
2021, PhD, Nursing Science
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2016, MSN, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2012, BSN, Nursing (accelerated)
Stony Brook University, School of Nursing, Stony Brook, NY
2003, MSc. Analytical Chemistry
University of Ibadan, School of Science, Oyo, Nigeria
1999, BSc Chemistry Education
Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo. Nigeria
Thesis Title:
Socio-cultural factors influencing self-care among African immigrants living with chronic illness
Thesis Research Advisor:
Barbara Riegel, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA
Postdoc Research Topic:
Social Determinants of Health, Self-Care of Chronic Illness, Community-engaged intervention, Factors influencing outcomes in the MIRROR-TCM clinical trial.
Penn Department:
School of Nursing
Penn Mentor:
Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, FAAN
Jose Pelliccia


Cell and Developmental Biology
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
Daphne Penn


Sociology
Education:
2020, Ph.D, education (Culture, Institutions and Society), Harvard University
2017, Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education
2013, M.S. Sociology, Purdue University
2008, B.S., Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University
PhD Title:
The American Dream Deferred: Education and Immigrant Incorporation in the Nuevo South
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Robert G. Gonzales, Ph.D
Post doc Research Topic:
Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, Sociology of Education, Stratification, Ethnography
UPENN Department:
Sociology
Populations Studies Center
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Emilio A. Parrado Ph.D
Mallory Perry


Nursing/ Pediatrics
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
Vinitha Rangarajan


Bioengineering
Education:
2020, PhD, Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience) University of California, Berkeley
2010, BS, Biology, University of California San Diego
Thesis Title:
Intracranial Electrophysiological Correlates of Visual Perception in the Human Brain
Thesis Research Advisor:
Robert T. Knight MD
Postdoc Research Topic:
Network Models of human Brain Development
Penn Department:
Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Penn Mentor:
Danielle S. Bassett
Daniel Sanchez


Mechanical Engineering and Applied Science
Education:
2021, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering,
Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
2015, BSc, Mechanical Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
PhD Dissertation Title:
The Mechanics and Chemistry if 2D Materials Bubbles
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Nanshu Lu, PhD
Postdoc Research Topic:
Spontaneously formed 2D material pleats
Penn Department:
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Robert Carpick, PhD
Nicole Sansone


Social Policy and Practice
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
Michelle G. Thompson


School of Social Policy & Practice
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
Christine Vazquez


Microbiology
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
Claire Witherel


Biomedical Engineering
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