Penn State alumna Nora Margulis, who graduated in 2022, was still taking her courses virtually in spring of 2021, working toward her undergraduate degree in biology at Brandywine when Anna Sigmon, assistant professor of chemistry, offered her the opportunity to collaborate on research that could potentially help society cope with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. She jumped at the chance.
A team led by Penn State faculty and students, along with expert collaborators, has co-authored a guide that teaches the essential knowledge and skills to help interrupt the transmission of COVID-19 and other infections.
Megan Povelones, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Brandywine, has been named recipient of the distinguished National Science Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF), a five-year grant to study mitochondrial structure and function.
While earning her bachelor's degree in biology from the Brandywine campus, 2016 Penn State graduate Vyshnavi Nalluri embraced the opportunity to engage in undergraduate research with Assistant Professor of Psychology Valerie Mendez-Gallardo, giving her the knowledge she’ll need for life after Penn State Brandywine.
Penn State Brandywine assistant professor of psychology Daniela Martin is on the frontline of significant research. With the first generation of cochlear implant recipients reaching adulthood, Martin and her colleagues are out to discover the long-term psychological outcomes of this relatively new medical procedure.
For undergraduate students passionate about learning, working side-by-side with a faculty mentor can be an invaluable experience. Just ask Penn State Brandywine psychology major Rebecca Slomowitz, a senior currently conducting research about the intricacies of infant memory in the Brandywine Child Development Lab alongside Jennifer Zosh, assistant professor of human development and family studies.
Penn State alumna Rebecca Slomowitz is working to better understand autism as a researcher at the Center for Autism Research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Penn State Brandywine associate professor of business Julie Stanton, right, stood with her research colleague Laurel Cook at the Marketing and Public Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.
