MES in the Community 2025

As Program Director of this interdisciplinary degree, Dr. Siobhan Whadcoat helps connect students prepare for the environmental career of their dreams.

A lifelong passion for nature brought science communicator Katie Unger Baillie back to school. Her Penn MES degree helped her pivot to a leadership role in sustainability at Penn’s Environmental Innovations Initiative

Pivoting from her chemical engineering training, Riya Choudhury (MES ’24) leveraged classes and extracurriculars at MES to turn a passion for the environment into a career.