Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Arjun Raj
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Arjun Raj is an Assistant Professor in the Bioengineering department. He received his B.S. from University of California Berkeley and a Ph.D. from New York University. Dr. Raj’s areas of research expertise includes: Cellular and Molecular Imaging, Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering, and Theoretical and Computational Bioengineering. The goal of the Raj Lab is to develop a quantitative understanding of molecular underpinnings of cellular behavior and then use this knowledge to better human health. |
Instructor:
Dr. Sean Holleran
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Sean P. Holleran received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2007 from the University of Michigan. His undergraduate degree (also in Chemical Engineering) was awarded by Cornell University in 1999. Dr. Holleran’s focus at Penn is on undergraduate engineering education – curriculum development, freshmen advising, outreach and enrichment activities. He has taught undergraduate courses in Material Balances, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Senior Operations Lab, and Senior Design. Dr. Holleran received the 2005 College of Engineering Distinguished Leadership Award from the University of Michigan, and several other teaching awards while at Michigan. |
Instructor:
Dr. Miriam Wattenbarger
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Miriam Wattenbarger teaches biotechnology and biochemical engineering courses and labs for undergraduate and graduate students. She enjoys applying engineering skills to biological systems and teaching students lab skills. She co-teaches a drug delivery class with engineering and medicine faculty for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. Miriam coordinates STEM outreach activities for graduate students with local high school students. She has been a faculty mentor for engineering students on summer service learning trips to Ghana and Buenos Aries, Argentina. Her appointment is in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at Penn. She received her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas in Austin and her graduate degree in chemical and biochemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. |
Laboratory Instructor:
Dr. Robert Bucki
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Robert Bucki is a Senior Research Investigator at the Institute for Medicine and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania where he studies aspects of lipid biology and the effects of polyelectrolytes on antibacterial agents. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. in physiology from the Medical University of Białystok in Poland and did postdoctoral work at the University Paris-Sud in Orsay, France. |