Our Team

  • Jake Robinson

    Co-President

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  • Gabby Scher (she/her)

    Co-President

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  • Matthew Haemmerle

    Treasurer

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  • Aleksandr Yakimov

    Secretary

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  • Yintong Chen

    Advocacy Committee, Co-Chair

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  • Chrishan Fernando

    Advocacy Committee, Co-Chair

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  • Rebecca Risman

    Career Enhancement and Training Committee, Co-Chair

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  • Cátia Marques

    Community Outreach, Chair

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  • Nathan Kong

    Diversity Committee, Co-chair

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  • Patrick Monari

    Diversity Committee, Co-chair

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  • Coby Viner

    Foreign National Committee, Chair

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  • Sina Dindarian

    Fundraising Committee, Co-Chair

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  • Jeffrey Matthew

    Fundraising Committee, Co-Chair

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  • Marcus Woodworth

    Fundraising Committee, Chair

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  • Helen Schmidt (she/her)

    Public Relations Committee, Chair

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  • Fabio Giuntini

    Social Events Committee, Co-chair

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  • Kate Laise

    Social Events Committee, Co-chair

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  • Jenna Petronglo

    Symposium Committee, Chair

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We are grateful to have been led by exceptionally motivated and hard-working individuals throughout PPA’s history. Our previous leadership team members devoted their time, energy, and skills to the vision and activities of the group, providing current and future leadership with a solid framework for success in our mission to enhance the postdoctoral experience at Penn.

  • Siewert Hugelier

    Secretary
    2022 - 2026

  • Astrid Beerlage

    Symposium
    Chair 2026

  • Syeda Ramlah Tul Sania

    Fundraising Committee Co-chair
    2026

  • Weibing Yang

    Webmaster 2025 - 2026

  • Sourajit Mukherjee

    Treasurer 2025 - 2026
    Social Committee Chair 2025 - 2026

  • Louis Prahl

    Career Enhancement and Training Chair 2022 - 2025

  • Lizbeth Gomez

    Social Committee Chair
    2025

  • Zinhle Cindi

    Foreign National Committee Chair
    2024 - 2025

  • Mayassa Bou-Dargham

    Co-President 2023 - 2025
    Foreign National Committee Chair 2023 - 2024
    Public Relations Co-chair 2022 - 2023

  • Lindsey Fernandez

    Co-President 2022-2024
    Advocacy Chair 2022
    NPA Liaison 2024-2025

  • Kathryn Jacobson

    Co-President
    2025

  • Samantha Deal

    Fundraising Committee Co-chair
    2024 - 2025

  • Bishal Basak (he / him)

    Treasurer
    2022 - 2025

  • Christopher Panebianco

    Social Events Committee Co-chair
    2022 - 2025

  • Christopher Large (he / him)

    Social Events Committee Co-chair
    2022 - 2025

  • Sandra Bicher (she / her)

    Fundraising Committee Chair
    2024 - 2025

  • Nektaria Leli (she/her)

    Fundraising Committee Chair 2022-2024

  • Dawn Chen (they/them)

    Foreign National Committee Co-Chair 2023-2024

  • Ellen Song

    Foreign National Committee Co-Chair 2023-2024

  • Joanna Medina (she/her)

    Diversity Committee, Co-Chairs 2022-2024

  • Mikael Garabedian

    Diversity Committee Co-Chair 2022-2024

  • Patrick Williams-Simon

    Community Service Committee Co-Chair 2022-2024

  • Christine Vazquez

    Community Service Committee, Co-Chair 2022-2024

  • Sindhuja Tirumalai Govindarajan

    Career Enhancement and Training Committee, Co-Chair 2022-2024

  • Alison McCarthy (she/her)

    National Postdoc Liaison 2023-2024

  • Priya Sivaramakrishnan

    President Emerita
    Co-President 2021-2023

  • Terren Niethamer

    Advocacy Committee Co-Chair 2022-2023

  • Kalina Slavkova

    Fundraising Committee Co-Chair 2022-2023

  • Rohini Nair

    Public Relations Committee Chair 2021-2023

  • Michael Duffy

    Advocacy Committee Co-Chair 2022-2023

  • Andrea Joseph

    Advocacy Committee Co-Chair 2021-2023
    National Postdoc Association Liaison 2021-2023

  • Léolène Jean Carrington

    Co-President 2020-2022

  • Shannon Wolfman

    Advocacy Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Suean Fontenard

    Fundraising Committee Chair 2020-2022

  • Anupreet Sidhu

    Treasurer 2021-2022

  • Jaclyn Durkin

    Secretary 2021-2022

  • Laura Kim

    Symposium Committee Co-Chair 2022

  • Vidhya Krishnamoorthy

    Career Enhancement and Training Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Lisa Ohman

    Career Enhancement and Training Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Luis de Jesús Báez

    Diversity Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Joseph Gaurnieri

    Social Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Jasmine Alexander-Floyd

    Diversity Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Nicole Anderson

    Foreign National Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Arunika Das

    Penn Editor’s Association Editor in Chief 2021-2022

  • Lindsey Block

    Social Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Raj Putatunda

    Social Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022