PhD Plus Highlights
Stories highlighting professional development experience and leadership of PhD students and PhD alums in following categories:
- PhD Plus grads: PhD students who completed PhD+ skills series
- PhD Plus liaisons: PhD students who participated in PhD+ liaison program
- PhD Plus interns: PhD students who participated in project based learning and internship program
- PhD careers: alums in diverse careers
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Natalia Diaz Montenegro
Natalia is one of two PhD Plus Liaisons from Department of Chemical Engineering in 2020-2021.
Thanh (Vi) Tran
Vi is one of two PhD Plus Liaison from Biomedical Engineering Department in 2020-2021.
Vanessa Bijak
Vanessa is a fourth-year PhD student in the Chemistry Department. She has participated in Career Design and Communicating Research modules of the PhD Plus program.
Clara Cho Wun Ma
Clara is a fourth-year PhD student in the McIntire Department of Art.
Lucia Colombari
Lucia is a third-year doctoral student in the McIntire Department of Art studying Art and Architectural History.
Anna Drangowska-Way
A native of Poland, Anna is a 4th-year PhD student in the Biology Department.
Jessica Kansky
Jessica is a sixth-year PhD student in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
Wenfan Ke
Wenfan Ke is a 4th-year PhD student in the Biology Department. His dissertation research focuses on identifying genetic factors contributing to diet-induced obesity using roundworms as an animal model.
Naomi Miyake
Naomi Miyake is a 4th-year PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering.
Blaise Pfaff
Blaise is one of two PhD Plus Liaisons from Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2020-2021.
Sharon Philip
Sharon is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Physics working in the field of experimental condensed matter physics.
Sana Alaya Seghair
Sana is a fifth-year PhD student in the Department of French of Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
Yiqing Song
Yiqing is a 4th-year PhD student in the Astronomy Department. Her dissertation research is to study how stars form differently in colliding galaxies compared to normal galaxies like the Milky Way.
Jenna Lynn Sumey
Jenna is a PhD Plus Liaisons from Department of Chemical Engineering in 2020-2021.
Samantha Wallace
Samantha is a PhD Plus Liaison from Department of English in 2020-2021
Christian P. L. West
Christian is a third-year PhD student in the Curry School. His dissertation research is focused on the role of higher education's historical relationship with slavery and its relationship to racial climate for students o
Blair Wilner
Blair is a PhD Plus Liaison from Department of Religious Studies in 2020-2021
Devin Zuckerman
Devin is a PhD Plus Liaison from Department of Religious Studies in 2020-2021