PLDA Current Cohort

We welcome the following 14 Rutgers Doctoral Students to the 2024-2025 PreDoctoral Leadership Development Academy.

Ryan Earp
Plant Biology

Sophia Fox-Dichter
Planning and Public Policy

Sandra George
Political Science

Leah Hopson
Marine and Coastal Sciences

Maria Ibrahim
Molecular Biosciences

Alejandro Andreas Jaume Losa
Spanish and Portuguese

Prakash Kandel
Public Policy and Administration

Shrinivas Nandi
Microbial Biology

Jose Ramirez-Garofalo
Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources

Diana Sánchez (she/her/ella)
Spanish and Portuguese

Urvi Shukla
Public Affairs and Administration

Kaitlyn Snyder
Kinesiology and Applied Physiology

Helen Stott
Developmental Biology

Yadiel Varela Soler
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering