Category: Dr. Composto

Professor Composto Appointed Co-Director of the Bozza Family Penn First Plus Faculty Directorship

Professor Russell Composto, a distinguished professor of materials science and engineering and the Howell Family Faculty Fellow, has been appointed as a co-director of the Bozza Family Penn First Plus Faculty Directorship. In this role, he works alongside Fayyaz Vellani to support Penn First Plus (P1P), a transformative initiative that empowers first-generation and modest-income students […]

Professor Composto leads half of decade of collaborative climate research at UPenn

Russell Composto is the associate dean of undergraduate education at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn). Kristin L. Field is the director of education and program coordinator for the Penn-based SoftAE Program, a National Science Foundation Research Traineeship program.  In their recent article for the Perry World House’s Global Shifts […]

REACT PI, Russell J. Composto, receives Invited Professorship position for 2018

Russ Composto was awarded a 1-month Invited Visiting Professorship to be used during the summer 2018 from the Communauté Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE UGA). He will be hosted in the labs of French REACT researchers, Said Sadki and Patrice Rannou (REACT GIANT PI). This award will facilitate Prof. Composto’s collaborations with French partners, the organization […]