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Ivan Kuznetsov and Roxana Moussavian: Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

caption: Ivan Kuznetsov

caption:Roxana Moussavian

Ivan Kuznetsov, an MD/PhD student in the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Penn alumna Roxana Moussavian have been awarded the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a graduate school fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States.

Fellows were chosen from among 1,775 applicants based on their potential to make significant contributions to US society, culture or their academic field. They will receive as much as $90,000 in funding over two years for the graduate program of their choice.

Mr. Kuznetsov is currently researching the computationally driven design of new proteins with functions not found in nature — which could potentially be applied to a variety of medical tasks — with support from the National Institutes of Health through the Medical Scientist Training Program. He is the son of Russian immigrants and was born in the US but spent his early years living in Russia and Austria.

Ms. Moussavian, C’11, is an entrepreneur, policy adviser and storyteller who is currently studying at Yale Law School. She is the daughter of Iranian immigrants and was born in upstate New York and raised in California. While studying at Penn, she co-founded a nonprofit that helps students from around the world obtain quality education by connecting them directly with donors through an online crowdfunding platform.

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