May 19, 2021

Passed Candidacy Exam

Successfully defended thesis proposal titled "Developing an age-specific transcriptomic model of pediatric AML through robust large-scale multi-omic data analysis".

May 4, 2021

Awarded Penn Presidential PhD Fellowship

Drawing from the most accomplished and diverse Ph.D. trainees, the 2021 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows come from across the nine schools at Penn that offer Ph.D. programs.

Dec 16, 2020

Feature in Nature Careers Article

Researchers reflect on a challenging pandemic year and on how lockdowns changed their approach to work and their perceptions of the scientific enterprise. Jenea's work with #BlackWomenCompBio and life as a Ph.D. student in a multi-pandemic era are highlighted.

Jul 15, 2020

Invited Talk at ISCB Intelligent Systems for Microbiology Conference

Jenea delivered a "Lunch and Learn" speech on The Black Women in Computational Biology Network to the community of the International Society for Computational Biology at the first virtual ISMB Conference, originally planned for Montreal, CA

Jul 11, 2020

Invited Talk at ISCB Student Council Symposium

Jenea delivered a talk at The International Society for Computational Biology Student Council Symposium on The Black Women in Computational Biology Network

Jun 26, 2020

Joined the Yi Xing Lab at CHOP

Jenea joined the Xing Lab for her thesis work and looks forward to working on cancer genomics and bioinformatics surrounding RNA biology.

Mar 31, 2020

Began Shalem Lab Rotation

Researched deep learning approached for cellular image analysis

Mar 31, 2020

Named NSF GRFP Honorable Mention

Research proposal titled "Integrative lncRNA Target Genes Identification Via Co-Expression Modeling" earned Honorable Mention in the Life Sciences-Computational Biology and Bioinformatics category

Jan 31, 2020

Founded the Black Women in Computational Biology Network

The Network was first pitched on Twitter and the member directory first began to grow

Jan 6, 2020

Began Xing Lab Rotation

Worked on transcriptomic analysis of pediatric AML data

Nov 17, 2019

Earned ABRCMS top poster presentation award

Poster titled "The Role of Sensors and Effectors in Protein-Protein Interactions: A Systematic Study" earned top poster award in the Computational and Systems Biology Category

Oct 1, 2019

Became Science Education Academy Teacher

Volunteer opportunity to teach grade school children science topics on weekends in the West Philadelphia neighborhood