President Liz Magill, Provost John L. Jackson Jr., and Vice Provost for Education Karen Detlefsen have announced the 2023 Presidential PhD Fellows.

Drawn from the incoming class of PhD students, this year’s fifteen Presidential Fellows come from all nine schools at Penn that offer PhD programs. Each fellow receives a three-year fellowship, including a 12-month stipend, tuition, fees, Penn Student Insurance coverage, and research funds.

“Presidential PhD Fellows show exceptional promise in research and teaching that make a difference,” said President Magill. “We are excited to welcome and proud to support this year’s cohort. They, and all Presidential PhD Fellows, make Penn and our community that much more insightful, dynamic, and broadly excellent.”

The 2023 Presidential PhD Fellows are:

• Kallahan Brown, Annenberg School for Communication
• Júlio César de Melo do Nascimento, School of Arts and Sciences
• Rance Graham-Bailey, Weitzman School of Design
• Kamryn Griffith, School of Arts and Sciences
• Moses Hinton, Perelman School of Medicine
• Sandhya Rani Jha, School of Social Policy and Practice
• Wesley Mark Lincoln, School of Arts and Sciences
• Ivana Marshall, Graduate School of Education
• Alex Martinez Lopez, Perelman School of Medicine
• Saiido Noor, Perelman School of Medicine
• Oreva Hanniel Omodior, School of Engineering and Applied Science
• Levia Sutton, School of Nursing
• Robel Tesfay, Wharton School
• De’Vonte Tinsley, School of Arts and Sciences
• Ian Yannuzzi, Perelman School of Medicine