Colby Snyder, a third-year undergraduate in the Composto Lab, has been named a 2025 Goldwater Scholar—one of just 441 students selected nationally from over 1,300 nominees across 445 institutions. The prestigious award recognizes exceptional students pursuing research careers in science, engineering, and math. Colby’s achievement was supported by Penn’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships. […]
Sydni Wilson, the second year Ph.D student, presented her research work at the Ivy Collective for Inclusion in Engineering Doctorial Symposium. Congratulations Sydni!
The Composto Lab was represented with enthusiasm and innovation at the 4th Annual Frontiers of Energy Research Poster Session, where three standout undergraduates, Isa Pan, Colby Snyder, and Julia Chiang, showcased their forward-thinking research projects. This poster session was co-hosted by the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology and the Vagelos Integrated Program in […]
The 2024 Geoffrey Belton Graduate Fellowship has been awarded to two third-year PhD students, Antonio Martinez and Katie Sun, from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. This award recognizes their substantial and exceptional contributions to their field, exemplifying their innovative research and dedication. Named in honor of Dr. Geoffrey Belton, a former luminary of […]
RJC with Prof Jan Genzer (North Carolina State) and Prof. Arthi Jayaraman (Delaware) RJC with former PhD Prof Jan Genzer (North Carolina State) and academic grandchild Prof. Arthi Jayaraman (Delaware) Composto Group (Left to right): Colby Snyder, Isa Pan, Weiwei Kong, Russell J. Composto, Yechan Kim, Katie Sun & Aria Zhang
As the new year rolls around, the Composto group would like to celebrate highlights of our group’s fall 2023: PhD Candidate Weiwei Kong Completes a Summer Internship at META We are happy to highlight the completion of a summer internship at META by PhD candidate Weiwei Kong. Weiwei is researching polymer kinetics within confined spaces […]
As the spring 2023 semester draws to a close at the University of Pennsylvania, the Composto group would like to highlight some of our group’s spring highlights! Soft AE Kickoff & Aria Zhang’s Participation in the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) We are happy to announce a successful kick-off of Soft AE– Exploring Research […]
Dr. Michael Boyle successfully defended his thesis titled “Methods for Investigating Nanoparticle and Ion Transport at Polyelectrolyte Interfaces” on 09.09.22. Congratulations to Mike!
Last week, Dr. Russell Composto attended the 2022 Polymer Physics Gordan Research Conference at Mount Holyoke College, MA where he met up with former students Sarah Seeger and Shawn Maguire. It is always great to see past students!
Dr. Katie A. Rose successfully defended her thesis titled “Effect of probe characteristics and hydrogel structure on single nanoparticle dynamics” on 06.13.22. Congratulations to Katie!
