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Christian Figueroa-Espada Named 2020-2021 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar

Christian Figueroa-Espada, a Penn Bioengineering Ph.D. student and National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow, was selected as a Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Scholar from a highly-competitive pool of 85,000 applicants for their 2020-2021 program. One of only 5,100 awardees, Figueroa-Espada’s scholarship comes from the Toyota Motor North America Program. As an HSF Scholar, he has access …

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Danielle Bassett and Jason Burdick are Among World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers

The nature of scientific progress is often summarized by the Isaac Newton quotation, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Each new study draws on dozens of earlier ones, forming a chain of knowledge stretching back to Newton and the scientific giants his work referenced. Scientific publishing and …

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Penn Bioengineering Postdoc Brittany Taylor Appointed Assistant Professor at University of Florida

  The Department of Bioengineering is proud to congratulate Postdoctoral Researcher Brittany Taylor, PhD on her appointment as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida. Taylor’s appointment will begin in January 2021 after four years as …

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Victoria Muir Wins Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students

The Office of the Provost awards the Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students in recognition of their profound impact on education across the University. Nominations come directly from undergraduate and graduate students in their courses and are narrowed down to ten awardees each year. Victoria Muir, a graduate student in the Department …

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Penn Bioengineering Postdoc Rachel Riley Named Assistant Professor at Rowan University

The Department of Bioengineering is proud to congratulate Postdoctoral Fellow Rachel Riley on her appointment as an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Rowan University starting September 2020. Originally from Matawan, NJ, Riley has been an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in the Mitchell Lab since 2018. Her move to a faculty position at Rowan marks a …

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BE Seminar Series: February 27th with Michael Yaszemski, M.D., Ph.D.

Our next Penn Bioengineering seminar will be held this Thursday. We hope to see you there! Speaker: Michael Yaszemski, M.D., Ph.D. The Krehbiel Endowed Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering Mayo Clinic Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020 Time: 12:00-1:00 pm Location: Room 337, Towne Building Title: “Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering”   Abstract: The field of …

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BE Seminar Series: February 6th with Kara Spiller, Ph.D.

We hope you’ll join us for our next Penn Bioengineering seminar! Speaker: Kara Spiller, Ph.D. Associate Professor of the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems Drexel University Date: Thursday, February 6, 2020 Time: 12:00-1:00 pm Location: Room 337, Towne Building     Title: “Immunomodulatory Biomaterials for Limb Salvage” Abstract: Diabetes and peripheral arterial …

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Jason Burdick Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Jason Burdick, Robert D. Bent Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), an award of high professional distinction accorded to academic inventors. Elected Fellows have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on …

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Student Spotlight: Katie Falcone

Next up in our student spotlight series is graduate student Katie Falcone, a second-year Master’s student Bioengineering. Originally from the Philadelphia suburbs, Katie did her undergraduate degree at Drexel University’s Biomedical Engineering program and has been living in the University City area for almost nine years.       What drew you to the field …

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