Penn Arts & Sciences has named 20 students from the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Liberal & Professional Studies, and the Graduate Division as 2022 Dean’s Scholars. This honor is presented annually to students who exhibit exceptional academic performance and intellectual promise.
 
Arnav Lal (Biophysics, Biology, Philosophy, Physics) is a four-major University Scholar who is also on track to obtain a master’s in Physics while completing his undergraduate degree. A prolific researcher and writer, Arnav has co-authored five peer-reviewed articles, three of which he first-authored. His research at Penn Fertility Care and in Professor Paul Planet’s lab at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has covered an array of methods, from philosophical analysis of embryo utilization, to biophysical modelling of physiological states in embryology, to pathogenic bioinformatics analysis.  He has presented at numerous national conferences and was a Wolf Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow for the 2020-2021 Forum on Choice. Arnav has served as a research mentor to undergraduates and medical students, and he is a member of Penn’s Project for Philosophy for the Young (P4Y), through which he provides pre-college philosophy mentoring to high school students.
 
You can find a full list of this year's Dean's Scholars HERE