ABOUT PENNSCIENCE
PennScience is committed to promoting and raising the visibility of undergraduate research.
Doing research has become a standard part of many science majors' interests, and many students go above and beyond the call of the minimum requirements, spending long hours and even summers in the lab. Some even begin their research careers while still in high school. Yet too often, this work goes unnoticed and unreported.
By creating a scientific forum for and by students, we hope to bring together young researchers, helping to make students feel that rather than participating in a disjointed and isolating endeavor, they are becoming a part of a true community of scholars. We also seek to raise the awareness of the outside community to research performed by undergraduates, and now, high schoolers as well.
A key goal of our journal is to make publication more accessible to college students, providing a peer-reviewed journal dedicated solely to their work. Publication in academic journals is a time-consuming process which is not always suitable for the duration and scale of projects done by undergraduates; we seek to create another option will allow more students to publish their research.
PennScience has now expanded to also spotlight the incredible research efforts of high school students through our subsidiary peer-reviewed journal, PSHSJ. This multidisciplinary journal aims to increase publication opportunities for high school students while increasing awareness of research being done by young scientists.
Our Board
Fall 2024
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Joyce Lee
Joyce is a junior from Newton, Massachusetts studying Health & Societies and Biology. Outside of PennScience, she is involved in UNAIDS at Penn, UnEarthed Magazine, and neurosurgery research related to regenerative medicine. She is excited to promote science literacy with PennScience.
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Arti Singh
Arti is a junior from New Jersey interested in the intersection between medicine and entrepreneurship. She has been a part of PennScience since her freshman year and loves exploring the more creative side of communicating with others. Arti enjoys art, baking, reading, and tennis.
Writing Manager
Amanda Pang
Amanda is a junior studying Chemistry and has been a part of PennScience since her freshman fall. Outside of PennScience, she enjoys doodling, running, and playing with her cat.
Writing Manager
Nancy Ziqi An
Editing Manager
Junle (Richard) Chen
Richard is a senior in the college majoring in Neuroscience and Biochemistry, and submatriculating in Medical Ethics. He is particularly interested in the intersection of all three fields and the respective application to producing real world solutions to problems within healthcare inequalities. Outside of PennScience, Richard is involved in Alzheimer’s Disease research in Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR), the Philomathean Society, InTranscription (InT), and Project Lucid. He is grateful to be part of the PennScience team and can't wait to work with everyone!
Writing Advisor
Kevin Guo
Business Manager
Ryan (Chansong) Won
Design Manager
Sara Shridhar
Writing
Writers direct the theme and content for each issue. They research specific topics of their own interest within the theme and create feature articles. Writers also conduct interviews of Penn faculty members.
Managers: Amanda Pang, Nancy Ziqi An
Editing
Editors peer-review research article submissions and also review feature articles and provide valuable feedback to the writers.
Managers: Junle (Richard) Chen
Design
The Design committee is responsible for the design of each issue. Members are challenged to create organized and elegant publications.
Managers: Sara (Saraswati) Sridhar
Business
The Business committee handles the
logistics of running the journal and hosting events. Key functions include financing, sponsorship, and publicity.
Managers: Ryan (Chansong) Won
Marketing
The Marketing committee manages web services, technological infrastructure, merchandising, and promotion for the journal. This includes our website and social media profiles.
