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In the
School of Arts & Sciences
, Colton Sheehan, a sixth-year Ph.D. student in the lab of
Thomas Mallouk
, Vagelos Professor in Energy Research, has been
named a Schmidt Science Fellow
—a prestigious honor given to “the next generation of science leaders, transcending disciplines and working to solve the world’s most pressing problems.”
Two faculty members in Penn’s
School of Dental Medicine
have been
recognized for their research by the International Association for Dental Research
Chenshuang Li
, associate professor of orthodontics received the 2026 IADR Young Investigator Award, and
Zhi Ren
, assistant professor in the Department of Endodontics and the
Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry
, received 2026 IADR Joseph Lister Award.
In the
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Sherry Gao
, Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has received a
Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences
to support her research on precision genome engineering and the discovery of novel products from natural fungi.
In the
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Christopher S. Yoo
, Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology, was named a
recipient of a 2026 Antitrust Writing Award
for his article, “Big Data and Competition Law: Lessons from Innovation Markets,” published in the Antitrust Law Journal (Vol. 87, 2025).
Dawn Elizabeth Bent,
dministrator for the
DNP-Nurse Anesthesia Program
and assistant practice professor in the
Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences
in Penn’s
School of Nursing
, has been
elected a Distinguished Fellow of the
National Academies of Practice
And in the
Wharton School
, vice dean of the MBA Program for Executives
Mauro F. Guillén
was
named a Commander of the Royal Order of Civil Merit by King Felipe VI of Spain
—one of the country’s highest distinctions.
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