PLDA Current Cohort

We welcome the following 18 Rutgers Doctoral Students to the 2023-2024 PreDoctoral Leadership Development Academy.

Ashley Codner   
English
School of Graduate Studies – NB

Gabriela Rodica Constantin-Dureci
Spanish and Portuguese
School of Graduate Studies – NB

Zachary Finkel
Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering – NB

Bryce Hammer (she/they)
Classics
School of Graduate Studies – NB

Aslam Kakar (he/him)
Global Affairs
School of Arts and Sciences – NWK

Yanan Li
Public Policy and Administration
College of Arts and Sciences – CAM

Jessica Martinez
Chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences – NWK

Hajar Owji
Pharmaceutics
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy – RBHS

Ariela Parisi
Spanish and Portuguese
School of Graduate Studies – NB

Levben Parsons (he/him)
Earth and Planetary Sciences
School of Graduate Studies – NB

Harmony Patel
Health Informatics
School of Health Professions – RBHS

Rebecca Risman
Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering – NB

Shawn Rumrill
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
School of Graduate Studies – NB

Marius Rusu
Italian
School of Graduate Studies – NB

Rudrani Sarma
English
School of Graduate Studies – NB

Talia Seymore
Toxicology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy – RBHS

Jiawei Shao (he/him)
Spanish and Portuguese
School of Graduate Studies – NB

Muhammad Zulqarnain
Electrical and Computer Engineering
School of Engineering – NB