City College women continue to excel in all fields of academics, sports and the arts. Here are the stories of a few of these accomplished alumna.

Eva J. Pell
CCNY Class of ’68

Vice President for Research and
Dean of the Graduate School
Penn State University

A graduate of The City College with a B.S. in Biology and Rutgers University with a Ph.D. in Plant Biology (1972), Dr. Pell began her career as a high school Chemistry teacher and research associate. In 1973, Dr. Pell joined the Penn State faculty as Professor of Plant Pathology, becoming a Distinguished Professor in 1991. In 1995, she was named Steimer Professor of Agricultural Sciences. She assumed her current position in 2000.

Dr. Pell’s research interests include the effects of air pollution on vegetation, with an emphasis on mechanistic studies at the biochemical, molecular, physiological, and whole plant levels.

She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Phytopathological Society and the American Society of Plant Physiologists.