Jason Mathew, SEAS ’27, Ellicott City, MD
I am extremely grateful for the 2024 Summer Funding award I received which helped me be able to stay at Penn over the summer and conduct meaningful research at the GRASP Lab. This …
Heejoon Shin, COL ’26, Baton Rouge, LA
Over the 2024 Summer, I had the pleasure to work under Dr. Laurence C. Eisenlohr to immerse myself in immunology research. As an undergraduate student wanting to pursue research that intersects biochemistry, immunology, …
Asmus Nielsen, COL ’27, Aalborg, Denmark
It’s amazing how much you can learn from something you can’t even see with the naked eye. I’m incredibly grateful to the 2024 Career Services Summer Funding Grant for allowing me to dive into …
Daniela Medina, COL ’26, Laredo, TX
This past summer, I researched on chronic kidney disease with the NIH and NIDDK. I was allowed to pick my coordinating center and lab funded by the NIH, and I chose to work at …
Jiamin Chen, COL ’26, Orlando, FL
This summer, I had the invaluable opportunity to engage in full-time research, an experience that deepened my appreciation for the dedication and perseverance required in the pursuit of a Ph.D. I was fascinated by …
Felicitas Tananibe, COL ’26, Philadelphia, PA
In the United States alone, Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) affects approximately 100,000 people; more than 90% are Black or African American. Growing up in a country where this illness was much heard off, I …
Benjamin Sailors, SEAS ’25, Bellefontaine, OH
This summer, I have been working in the Drndic Lab at Penn in the Physics Department. So far, my work in the laboratory has been focused on creating and utilizing nanopores in condensed matter …
Ebunoluwa Akadiri, COL ’25, Midlothian, VA
This summer, I received the wonderful opportunity to continue my independent research project started under the College House Fellowship Program (CHRF). My project, titled “Black Americans & Linguistic Discrimination in Health Care,” focuses on …
Makayla Clark, COL ’25, Burlington, NJ
This summer, I worked in the Laboratory for Structural, Physiological and Functional Imaging under Dr. Chamith Rajapakse. Growing up doing sports, I have encountered various types of bone issues. I, myself, have experienced fractures …
Keagan Beeravolu, COL ’27, Charlotte, NC
How could centromere DNA be changing so rapidly when proteins that bind to it are so highly conserved? This intriguing paradox was unresolved, so naturally I wanted to investigate it. Thanks to Career Services …
