Discover the limitless career opportunities awaiting you with a graduate degree!
Discover the limitless career opportunities awaiting you with a graduate degree! We invite you to be a part of our engaging Penn Alumni Career Pathways Series, designed to inspire your professional growth, foster valuable connections, and demystify the exciting journey that awaits you as a graduate student.
At this event, we're putting a spotlight on Penn Alumni in the field of Data Science. However, we extend a warm welcome to all graduate students, regardless of your academic background!
Join us for an enlightening panel discussion featuring accomplished Penn alumni who have harnessed the power of their graduate degrees in their current occupations.
Some of the panelists include:
Philip Neff, MBA Quantitative Marketing (Senior Data Scientist, Wawa)
Chris Snider, Graduate certificate Biomedical Informatics (Data Scientist, Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation)
Ethan Tan, MS Social Policy (Director of Data and Analytics, Pennsylvania voice)
Erik Nordgren, PhD Computational Biophysical Chemistry (Bioinformatics Data Administrator, University of Pennsylvania)
Following the panel discussion, join us for a mixer. Food and drinks will be provided!
Come, broaden your horizons, and embrace the wealth of career possibilities that await you.
Ticket price: Free
Please bring your Penn card.
Additional info on panelists below, after tickets.
Information about the panelists:
Philip Neff: Philip graduated from Brown University in 2005 with a BA in Business Economics, and after working at Susquehanna International Group as a Trader, went to Wharton where he earned his MBA in Quantitative Marketing (WG'11). After working at various startups in Philadelphia, including his own hedge fund, Gauss Financial Group, he joined Sidecar Interactive, where he worked in Business Operations, prior to joining the Data Science Team. After four years at Sidecar, he moved to Wawa, where he currently works as a Senior Data Scientist and is able to combine his business and DS backgrounds in projects spanning all facets of the business.
Ethan Tan: Ethan Tan is the Director of Data and Analytics at Pennsylvania Voice. He graduated from the School of Social Policy & Practice with an MS in Social Policy in 2017. A Malaysian with undergraduate degrees in English and Political Science, he now lives in Philadelphia with his family and two cats.
Chris Snider: Chris Snider is a data scientist at the Center for Health Care Transformation and Innovation at Penn Medicine. In this role, Chris combines and analyzes data across multiple sources to support exploratory analyses, project evaluation, and data-driven decision-making. He also applies machine learning and statistical techniques to develop and test predictive models. He is passionate about making data more accessible and interpretable to his team and partners across Penn Medicine. Chris received his MPH from Drexel University and a graduate certificate in biomedical informatics from the University of Pennsylvania. Chris is currently pursuing an additional master's degree in data science at the University of Pennsylvania.
Erik Nordgren: Dr. Nordgren first came to Penn back in the 90's as a graduate student, eventually earning a Master's in physics and a Ph.D. in computational physical chemistry. His thesis work and subsequent research as a postdoc and staff scientist (all in the same lab, of Dr. Kent Blasie) involved molecular dynamics simulations of proteins and biomembranes. About six years ago he transitioned into computational biology, and is now a staff bioinformatician in the lab of Dr. Junhyong Kim in the Biology department. His current work touches on numerous projects involving single-cell genomics. For example, the Kim lab is engaged in a data-gathering effort to create a "molecular atlas" of the human female reproductive system, as part of the national HuBMAP consortium. His daily work includes a variety of data management and data analysis activities. Outside the lab, Erik has occasional side gigs as a semi-professional singer, and is a proud husband and father and lover of cats.
Tickets are subject to availability and confirmation of GAPSA affiliation.
Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable.
Limited to ONE (1) STUDENT ticket per GAPSA student.
Policy violations are subject to ticket cancelation.
Questions? Email gapsa.programming@gapsa.upenn.edu