2025 Career Exploration Fellows
| Placement | Fellow | Primary School | Academic Program | Blog Post |
| AbbVie | Julia Riley | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | |
| AdMed | Amber Abbott | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell & Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Amazon – AWS Security | Jiayi Xin | Engineering & Applied Science | Computer & Information Science | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Amazon – Fee Science | Nidhi Nasiar | Graduate School of Education | Education | |
| Amazon – Project Kuiper | Benji Lunday | Arts & Sciences | Physics & Astronomy | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| American Philosophical Society | Isaiah Rozich | Perelman School of Medicine | Immunology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| BloomFunding | Catalina “Mica” Udani | Arts & Sciences | Political Science | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| CFAR Consulting & Coaching | Jacob Davis | Arts & Sciences | History | |
| Concord Consortium | Jared Collina | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | |
| Education at Penn Engineering | Qinglin Bian | Graduate School of Education | Education | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Franklin Institute | Sophie Silver | Arts & Sciences | Earth & Environmental Science | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies (GSWS) at Penn | Cienna Davis | Annenberg | Communication | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Genentech | Isabelle Heifetz Ament | Arts & Sciences | Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Scott Laverty | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry | ||
| Integral Molecular | Suzanna Rachimi | Perelman School of Medicine | Immunology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Janssen – Immunology Translational Sciences | Dong-Hun Lee | Engineering & Applied Science | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Kleinman Center for Energy Policy – Communications | Maura Gibbs | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Lumanity | Dora Racca | Engineering & Applied Science | Bioengineering | |
| Lumanity | Yuzhang Chen | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck – Neuroscience, Protein Homeostasis & New Modalities | Catherine Ubri | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | |
| Penn Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning & Innovation (CETLI) | Zhanar Beketova | Arts & Sciences | Germanic Studies | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) – Ventures | David Gonzalez-Medrano | Engineering & Applied Science | Electrical & Systems Engineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries – Center for Global Collections | Marina George | Arts & Sciences | History of Art | |
| Penn Libraries – Kislak Center | Charles Ro | Arts & Sciences | Art & Archaeology of the Mediterranean World | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries – Kislak Center | Renée Olo | Arts & Sciences | Music | |
| Penn Libraries – Museum Library | Christopher LaMack | Arts & Sciences | Anthropology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Press | Valeria Seminario | Arts & Sciences | Spanish & Portuguese | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art – Library and Archives | Azsaneé Truss | Annenberg | Communication | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Xin Gao | Arts & Sciences | Linguistics | |
| School of Arts & Sciences, Office of Academic Excellence & Engagement | Abraham Eafa | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Science Outreach Initiative | Patience Yaa Yeboah | Engineering & Applied Science | Bioengineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Jay Arzu | Weitzman School of Design | City & Regional Planning | |
| Veeva Systems | Josue Medor | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell & Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
2024–2025 PhD Professionalism Fellow: Mayesha Ahmed, Chemistry
2024 Career Exploration Fellows
| Placement | Fellow | Primary School | Academic Program | Blog Post |
| Amazon – Fee Science | Xuefei Zou | Graduate School of Education | Education | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| CFAR Consulting and Coaching | Calvin Isch | Annenberg | Communication | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| City of Philadelphia – Innovation and Technology | Neil Sehgal | Engineering & Applied Science | Computer & Information Science | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Clarion (Lumanity) | Akash Pallath | Engineering & Applied Science | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Clarion (Lumanity) | Amanda Lee | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Clarion (Lumanity) | Valerie M. Irizarry-Negron | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Clarion (Lumanity) | Nohelly Derosiers | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Franklin Institute | Jordan A. Gusdorff | Engineering & Applied Science | Materials Science & Engineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS) – University of Pennsylvania | Alexandra Casison | Arts & Sciences | Statistics and Data Science, Demography | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Genentech | Kyndall Nicholas | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Integral Molecular | Kobe Abney | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Janssen – Immunology Translational Sciences | Olivia A. Pilling | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Kleinman Center for Energy Policy | Arielle Hardy | Arts & Sciences | Art & Archaeology of the Mediterranean World | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| McNulty Leadership Program, Executive Coaching | Catherine Zhang | Graduate School of Education | Education | |
| McNulty Leadership Program, Executive Coaching | Claire Regan | Nursing | Nursing | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| McNulty Leadership Program, Executive Coaching | Michael Scaglione | Perelman School of Medicine | Immunology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck – Discovery Oncology | Sofía Castelli | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck – Neuroscience | David Lozano | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck – Neuroscience | Luigim Vargas | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research | Elana Pyfrom | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Innovation | Oonjee Oh | Nursing | Nursing | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries – Academic Engagement | Maria Chalokh Vogel | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries – Academic Engagement | Braden Ross | Arts & Sciences | Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries – Kislak Center | Ali Noori | Arts & Sciences | Religious Studies | |
| Penn Museum – Academic Engagement | Sana Rizvi | Arts & Sciences | Religious Studies | |
| Penn Online Learning Initiative | Amy E. Guillotte | Graduate School of Education | Education | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art – Library and Archives | Humberto Morales Cruz | Arts & Sciences | Spanish & Portuguese | |
| Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan | Maya Moritz | Arts & Sciences | Criminology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan | Michael Lachanski | Arts & Sciences | Statistics and Data Science, Sociology, Demography | |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Odysseas Espanol Androutsopoulos | Arts & Sciences | Classical Studies | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Hassan Munshi | Arts & Sciences | Linguistics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Trinity Life Sciences | Derick N. Rosario-Berríos | Perelman School of Medicine | Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Trinity Life Sciences | Youge Pu | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Kevin Ruoff | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry | Read about the fellow’s experience |
2023-2024 PhD Professionalism Fellow: Roseanne Davila-Rivera, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
2023 Career Exploration Fellows
| Placement | Fellow | Primary School | Academic Program | Blog Post |
| Amazon – Fee Science | Kim Fernandes | Arts & Sciences | Anthropology | |
| Center for Applied Research (CFAR) | Jonas Toupal | Arts & Sciences | Earth and Environmental Science | |
| City of Philadelphia – Office of Innovation and Technology | Abraham Kahn | Arts & Sciences | Physics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Education and Professional Development at Penn Engineering | Gabriel Iván Vega Bellido | Engineering & Applied Science | Materials Science and Engineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Franklin Institute | Skyler Berardi | Arts & Sciences | Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies | Laura Ogburn | Graduate School of Education | Education | |
| Janssen – Immunology Translational Sciences | Kelly Fagan | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Janssen – Immunology Translational Sciences | Julia Tasca | Arts & Sciences | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies | Clara Raithel | Arts & Sciences | Psychology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Kleinman Center for Energy Policy | Bailey Nance | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| LRSM – Education and Outreach | Hannah Loo | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck – Enterprise Strategy | Mary K. Evans | Engineering & Applied Science | Bioengineering | |
| Merck – Enterprise Strategy | Kevin Hernandez | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck – Global Digital Analytics and Technologies | Apurva Singh | Engineering & Applied Science | Bioengineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck – Global Digital Analytics and Technologies | Han Zhang | Engineering & Applied Science | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck – Neuroscience | Carolina Gracia-Diaz | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| Merck – Neuroscience | David Sidibe | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| Merck – Quantitative Biosciences | Yinghui Huang | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| Merck – Quantitative Biosciences | Julia Noll | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Career Services | Roseanne Davila-Rivera | Perelman School of Medicine | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries – Center for Global Collections | Caitlin Adkins | Arts & Sciences | East Asian Languages and Civilizations | |
| Penn Libraries – Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts | Sara Meloni | Arts & Sciences | History and Sociology of Science | |
| Penn Museum – Academic Engagement | Maxwell Dietrich | Arts & Sciences | Ancient History | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan | Sophia Villiere | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Codi Smith | School of Social Policy & Practice | Social Welfare | |
| SteegeThomson Communications | Zeenat Diwan | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology |
2022 Career Exploration Fellows
| Placement | Fellow | Primary School | Academic Program | Blog Post |
| The Aspen Institute | Brittany MacTaggart | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Bucks County Community College | Nikhil Dharan | Arts & Sciences | History and Sociology of Science | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Center for Applied Research (CFAR) | Emily Cribas | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) | Bethany Swann | Arts & Sciences | English | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) | Amruthesh Thirumalaiswamy | Engineering & Applied Science | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) – Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics | Stacy Guzman | Perelman School of Medicine | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | |
| City of Philadelphia – Office of Innovation and Technology | Katherine Wilson | Graduate School of Education | Quantitative Methods | |
| Education and Professional Development at Penn Engineering | Kyla Mace | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| The Franklin Institute | Nicole Robles Matos | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Janssen – Immunology Translational Sciences | Lenitza Nieves-López | Perelman School of Medicine | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Janssen – Immunology Translational Sciences | Iris Lee | Engineering & Applied Science | Bioengineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies | Allison Brooks-Conrad | Arts & Sciences | Music | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy — Communications | Megan Frederick | Perelman School of Medicine | Immunology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck – Corporate Strategy | Jessica Chotiner | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck – Corporate Strategy | Kevin Trigani | Engineering & Applied Science | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Digital Analytics and Technologies | John Viola | Engineering & Applied Science | Bioengineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Digital Analytics and Technologies | Alice Dallstream | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Neuroscience | Jessica Phan | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Neuroscience | Melanie Schaffler | Engineering & Applied Science | Neuroscience | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Quantitative Biosciences | Varun Bahl | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Quantitative Biosciences | Miriam C. Doepner | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) — Ventures | Jose Gorbea Colón | Perelman School of Medicine | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) — Ventures | Matias Porras Paniagua | The Wharton School | Statistics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries — Fisher Fine Arts Library | Cecilia González Godino | Arts & Sciences | Hispanic Studies/Romance Languages | |
| Penn Libraries — Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts | Cassidy Holahan | Arts & Sciences | English | |
| Penn Libraries — Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts | Nathaniel Solley | Arts & Sciences | Classical Studies | |
| Penn Libraries — Museum | Tayeba Batool | Arts & Sciences | Anthropology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art — Library and Archives | Lila Goldenberg | Arts & Sciences | History | |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art — Publishing | Irene Elias | Arts & Sciences | Ancient History | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan | Isabel Yannatos | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan | Naomi Zucker | Arts & Sciences | Anthropology | |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Ana Paula Nadalini Mendes | Arts & Sciences | History | |
| SteegeThomson Communications | Hannah Kolev | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Walmart – Applied Behavior Science | Yongjun Li | Arts & Sciences | Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
2021-2022 PhD Professionalism Fellow: Jacob Myers, English & Cinema and Media Studies
2021 Career Exploration Fellows
| Placement | Fellow | Primary School | Academic Program | Blog Post |
| Bucks County Community College | Chelsea Chamberlain | Arts & Sciences | History | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) | Katherine Scahill | Arts & Sciences | Music | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) – Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics | Qingyun (Andy) Zeng | Arts & Sciences | Mathematics | |
| Education and Professional Development at Penn Engineering | Ioana Soaita | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| Facebook – User Experience Research | Haley Pilgrim | Arts & Sciences | Sociology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| The Franklin Institute | Bonnie Douglas | Perelman School of Medicine | Immunology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies/Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality, and Women at Penn | Kristian Taketomo | Arts & Sciences | History | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Janssen – Immunology Translational Sciences | Ayano Kondo | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Janssen – Immunology Translational Sciences | Nathan Kendsersky | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies | Andrew Starling | Arts & Sciences | History | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy — Communications | Angela Gunn | The Wharton School | Applied Economics | |
| Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter — Education and Outreach | Priyanka Chatterjee | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Digital Analytics and Technologies | Laura Egolf | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Digital Analytics and Technologies | Olivia Farrelly | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellows’ experience |
| Merck — Infectious Disease and Virology | Daniel Zhang | Engineering & Applied Science | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Infectious Disease and Virology | Mariel Mendoza | Perelman School of Medicine | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Neuropharmacology | Claire Meurice | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Neuropharmacology | Jihoon (Joe) Kim | Engineering & Applied Science | Bioengineering | |
| Merck — Quantitative Biosciences | Danielle Minichino | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Quantitative Biosciences | Sarah Bond | Perelman School of Medicine | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Netflix – Data Analytics | Kristin Shumaker | Annenberg School for Communication | Communications | |
| Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) — Ventures | Clara Dong | Engineering & Applied Science | Bioengineering | |
| Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) — Ventures | Luke Johnson | Engineering & Applied Science | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries — Area Studies | Patrick Carland-Echavarria | Arts & Sciences | East Asian Languages and Civilizations | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries — Academic Engagement | Ellen Bryer | Arts & Sciences | Sociology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries – Educational Technologies & Learning Management | Christiana Kallon Kelly | Graduate School of Education | Education, Culture, Society | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries — Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts | Nathalie Lacarriere | Arts & Sciences | Romance Languages | |
| Penn Libraries — Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts | Philip Mogen | Arts & Sciences | History | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries — Museum | Elliot Montpellier | Arts & Sciences | South Asia Studies / Anthropology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries – Research Data & Digital Scholarship | Paul Verhelst | Arts & Sciences | Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences | Sarah Carson | Arts & Sciences | Anthropology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Museum — Academic Engagement | Emma Curry-Stodder | Arts & Sciences | History | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Online Learning Initiative (OLI) | Ting-chih Wu | Arts & Sciences | History | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Sustainability | Knar Gavin | Arts & Sciences | English | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art — Library and Archives | Stephanie Scherer | Arts & Sciences | English | |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art — Publishing | Emily French | Arts & Sciences | Art & Archaeology of the Mediterranean World | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan | Elizabeth Bynum | Arts & Sciences | Music | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan | Nicholas Bell | Arts & Sciences | Political Science | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Caitlin Richter | Arts & Sciences | Linguistics | |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Vikrant Dadawala | Arts & Sciences | English | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Joan Ryan | Arts & Sciences | Sociology / Demography | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Science Outreach Initiative | Gedaliah Knizhnik | Engineering & Applied Science | Robotics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Science Outreach Initiative | Kyabeth Torres-Rodriguez | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| Walmart – Applied Behavior Science | Treva Tam | Arts & Sciences | Sociology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
2020-2021 PhD Professionalism Fellow: Kate Webb, Pharmacology
2020 Career Exploration Fellows
| Placement | Fellow | Primary School | Academic Program | Blog Entry |
| Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) – Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics | Keana Richards | Arts & Sciences | Psychology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| The Center for Teaching and Learning | Divya Jain | Engineering & Applied Science | Bioengineering | |
| The Franklin Institute | Theresa Patten | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies/Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality, and Women at Penn | Kimberly Cardenas | Arts & Sciences | Political Science | |
| Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies/Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality, and Women at Penn | Meghan Hall | Arts & Sciences | English | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy — Communications | Archana Kaku | Arts & Sciences | Political Science | |
| The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy — Research | Ariana Spentzos | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter — Education and Outreach | Alex Weberg | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter — Education and Outreach | Andrew Glass | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Merck — Digital Analytics and Technologies | Mailyn Nishiguchi | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| Merck — Digital Analytics and Technologies | Bryan Simpson | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| Merck — Infectious Disease and Virology | Lauren Shaw | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Infectious Disease and Virology | Katherine Strelau | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| Merck — Neuropharmacology | Lindsay Roth | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Neuropharmacology | Natalia A. Quijano Cardé | Perelman School of Medicine | Pharmacology | |
| Merck — Quantitative Biosciences | Nathan Frey | Engineering & Applied Science | Materials Science & Engineering | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Merck — Quantitative Biosciences | Apexa Modi | Perelman School of Medicine | Genomics And Computational Biology | |
| Online Learning Initiative (OLI) | Anna Leigh Todd | Arts & Sciences | History | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) — Ventures | Antonina (Tonia) Tsinman | Engineering & Applied Science | Bioengineering | |
| Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) — Ventures | Kyra Levy | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | |
| Office of the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives | Nicholas Holdreith | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| Penn Libraries — Education Commons | Francisco Diaz | Arts & Sciences | Anthropology | |
| Penn Libraries — Areas Studies | Matthew Sharp | Arts & Sciences | Near Eastern Languages & Civilizatn | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Penn Libraries — Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts | Tajah Ebram | Arts & Sciences | English | |
| Penn Libraries — Teaching, Research, and Learning (TRL) | Timothy Warnock | Arts & Sciences | Ancient History | |
| Penn Museum — Academic Engagement | Irteza Binte-Farid | Graduate School of Education | Anthropology, Education | |
| Penn Sustainability | Hanna Lindner | Perelman School of Medicine | Biostatistics | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art — Library and Archives | Megan Genovese | Annenberg School for Communication | Communication | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art — Publishing | Shoshana Adler | Arts & Sciences | English | |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Eugenia Ulanova | Arts & Sciences | Comparative Literature & Theory | |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Jennifer Whittaker | School of Design | City & Regional Planning | |
| Perelman School of Medicine — Office of Research and Diversity Training | Olivia Harding | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| Perelman School of Medicine — Office of Research and Diversity Training | Vanessa Fleites | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience | Read about the fellow’s experience |
| Education and Professional Development (REACT) at Penn Engineering | Drew Caitlin Newman | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry | |
| Science Outreach Initiative | Kevin M. Alicea-Torres | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| Science Outreach Initiative | Leah Middleton | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience |
2019-2020 PhD Professionalism Fellow: Kate Webb, Pharmacology
2019 Externs
N.B. In 2020, the PhD Externship Program was revised and expanded into the PhD Career Exploration Fellowship program.
| Placement | Extern | Primary School | Academic Program |
| American Philosophical Society | Scotland Long | Arts & Sciences | Romance Languages |
| Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) | Bonirath Chhay | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Bioengineering |
| Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) | Samantha Oliver | Annenberg School for Communication | Communications |
| Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – Biomedical & Health Informatics | Ariana Familiar | Arts & Sciences | Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Kelly Writers House | Theodora Naqvi | Arts & Sciences | Classical Studies |
| Kleinman Center for Energy Policy – Communications | Tammy Ying | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell & Molecular Biology |
| Kleinman Center for Energy Policy – Research | Benjamin Paren | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Material Science Engineering |
| MindCORE | Samantha Schumm | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Bioengineering |
| Netter Center for Community Partnerships | Micah Del Rosario | Arts & Sciences | English |
| Netter Center for Community Partnerships | Yun Cha | Arts & Sciences | Sociology |
| Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) | Jeongyun Seo | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Bioengineering |
| Penn Global | Brian Jackson | Arts & Sciences | Africana Studies |
| Penn Global | Zhiheng Wang | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry |
| Penn Libraries – Area Studies | Julia Meyers | Arts & Sciences | Italian Studies |
| Penn Libraries – Area Studies | Ayesha Sheth | Arts & Sciences | South Asia Studies |
| Penn Libraries – Area Studies | Helen Stuhr-Rommereim | Arts & Sciences | Comparative Literature |
| Penn Libraries – Education Commons | Jordan Rogers | Arts & Sciences | Ancient History |
| Penn Libraries – Kislak Center | David Nelson | Arts & Sciences | German |
| Penn Libraries – Museum | Samantha Breecher | Arts & Sciences | Classical Studies |
| Penn Museum – Academic Engagement | Charlotte Williams | Arts & Sciences | Anthropology |
| Penn Sustainability | Zhipeng Zheng | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art – Curatorial Digital Initiatives | Chelsea Cohen | Arts & Sciences | Anthropology |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Marlén Rosas | Arts & Sciences | History |
| Science History Institute | Lizzie Oakley | Arts & Sciences | Anthropology |
| Science Outreach Initiative | Jiawei Lu | Arts & Sciences | Chemistry |
| Science Outreach Initiative | Rhea Chitalia | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Bioengineering |
2018-2019 Graduate Fellow: Cynthia (Cindy) Susalla, Ancient History
2018 Externs
| Placement | Extern | Primary School | Academic Program |
| Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) | Katherine (Kate) Miller | Graduate School of Education | Teaching, Learning, & Leadership |
| Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) | Rohini Singh | Arts & Sciences | Biology |
| Graduate Student Center (GSC) | Jinsol Lee | Graduate School of Education | Human Development & Quantitative Methods |
| LGBT Center | Ava Irani | Arts & Sciences | Linguistics |
| Penn Center for Innovation – Licensing | Thomas (Campbell) Arnold | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Bioengineering |
| Penn Center for Innovation – Ventures | Kevin Bui | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Bioengineering |
| Penn Center for Innovation – Ventures | Fan (Alex) Yang | Engineering & Applied Sciences | Materials Science & Engineering |
| Penn Libraries – Area Studies | Gina Elia | Arts & Sciences | East Asian Language & Civilizations |
| Penn Libraries – Health Sciences | Kate Dorsch | Arts & Sciences | History & Sociology of Science |
| Penn Libraries – Kislak | Jehnna Lewis | Arts & Sciences | German |
| Penn Women’s Center | Andrea Lloyd | Arts & Sciences | French |
| Penn Women’s Center | Alicia Meyer | Arts & Sciences | English |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Ashley Liu | Arts & Sciences | East Asian Language & Civilizations |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Kelsey Salvesen | Arts & Sciences | History |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Travis Chi Wing Lau | Arts & Sciences | English |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Tristan Paré-Morin | Arts & Sciences | Music History |
| Price Lab for Digital Humanities | Cynthia (Cindy) Susalla | Arts & Sciences | Ancient History |
| Science Outreach Initiative (SOI) | Mara Olenick | Perelman School of Medicine | Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics |
| Science Outreach Initiative (SOI) | Alex Rohacek | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell & Molecular Biology |
2017-2018 Graduate Fellow: B. (Ben) Jamieson Stanley, English
2017 Externs
| Placement | Extern | Primary School | Program |
| Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) | Betsy McIntosh | Perelman School of Medicine | Cell & Molecular Biology |
| Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) | Jennifer Blackwell | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience |
| Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) | Andrew Barnard | Arts & Sciences | Political Science |
| Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) | Stephanie McKellop | Arts & Sciences | History |
| Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) – Fellowships | Sarah Beckmann | Arts & Sciences | Art & Archaeology of the Mediterranean World |
| Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) – Research | Nicole Hernandez | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience |
| LGBT Center | Riley Brice McGuire | Arts & Sciences | English |
| Science Outreach Initiative | Rohini Singh | Arts & Sciences | Biology |
| Science Outreach Initiative | Sarah Reitz | Perelman School of Medicine | Neuroscience |
2016-2017 Graduate Fellow: Alison Howard, Comparative Literature



