Contact Biography Coco Zhang is the Event Manager at the Penn Wharton China Center (PWCC), joining the team in 2024. She primarily manages event planning and marketing communications. Her responsibilities include coordinating programs with various departments, schools, and alumni clubs, while maintaining the center’s social media presence. Coco holds a Master’s degree in Design and…
Contact Biography Chris Zhang serves as the Senior Administrative Manager at the Penn Wharton China Center (PWCC), where she has worked since 2014. In this role, she manages daily operations and supports strategic collaboration with Penn’s schools and departments. Her work spans event planning, faculty and staff logistics, and cross-institutional communication. Chris holds a postgraduate…
Biography Maria-Antonia Andrews has been teaching at Penn since 2002 and is currently the Associate Director for Undergraduate Programs in Earth & Environmental Science (EES). Maria teaches graduate level courses for the Master of Science in Applied Geosciences (MSAG) program (MSAG) program including Aqueous Geochemistry, and Fundamentals of Air Pollution. She also teaches two undergraduate courses;…
Biography Jere Behrman, PhD, Kenan Professor of Economics and Sociology at Penn, researches economic development, early childhood development, labor economics, human resources (education, training, health, nutrition), demography, household behaviors, life-cycle and intergenerational relations and policy evaluation. He has published ~400 articles (primarily in leading general and field economic journals, also in leading demographic, sociology, nutritional and…
Biography Daniel Beiting, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Pathobiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Penn where he is the Technical Director of the Center for Host-Microbial Interactions (CHMI). He leads a project that integrates data mining and visualization tools to explore tens of thousands of publicly available microbial datasets from enteric diseases, available at [microbiomeDB.org]microbiomeDB.org.…
Biography Nancy Biller, MPH, MA, is the Assistant Dean for Global Health Affairs at the School of Nursing. Her focus is on opportunities for students and faculty to engage in global health activities for maximum impact, globally and locally. The Latin America and Caribbean region is a priority that led to Penn Nursing’s leadership in…
Biography Dolores Albarracín is an Argentine social psychologist who studies social cognition, communication, and behavioral change. A fellow of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, American Psychological Association (Divisions 8, 9, and 38), the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, her research (~ 180 publications) has been recognized with an award…
Biography William Burke-White, PhD, JD, MPhil, an expert on international law and global governance, served in the Obama Administration from 2009-2011 on Secretary Clinton’s Policy Planning Staff, providing the Secretary direct policy advice on multilateral diplomacy and international institutions. He was principal drafter of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), Secretary Clinton’s hallmark foreign policy and…
Biography Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, PhD, DVM, MSPH is an instructor in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Informatics in Perelman School of Medicine, and the scientific director of the Zoonotic Disease Research Lab (Penn and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru). He studies the eco-epidemiology of tropical diseases. His current research uses canine rabies as a system…
Biography Fernando Chang-Muy is the Thomas O’Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He also teaches courses at the Fels Institute, and the Graduate School of Social Policy and Practice on topics such as US Immigration Law, International Human Rights and Refugee Law, and Non Profit Leadership.He served as Legal Officer…