Our Studio Community

The Studio Team

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Professor Chris Callison-Burch

Generative AI Studio Co-Director
Professor, Department of Computer and Information Science
Program Director, Online Master of Science in Engineering in Artificial Intelligence

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Juneyoung Yoon

Student Worker, Wharton Generative AI Labs

Laura Zarrow

Laura Zarrow

Generative AI Studio Co-Director
Executive Director, Wharton Generative AI Labs

Guest Lecturers and Critics

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Geoff DiMasi

Lecturer, Integrated Product Design, University of Pennsylvania,
Director, Temple University Entrepreneurship Academy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI)

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Brandon Lafving

Sr. IT Project Leader
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Wharton Generative AI Lab

Professor Ethan Mollick

Ralph J. Roberts Distinguished Faculty Scholar
Faculty Director, Wharton Generative AI Labs

Lilach Mollick

Lilach Mollick

Senior Fellow and Co-Founder, Wharton Generative AI Labs

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Ben Przystanski

AI Architect, Wharton Generative AI Labs

2026-27 Cohort

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Kuanysh Balgozha, MSEd ‘27

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Saumya Birla, MBA ‘28

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Suchandra Chakraborty, MSE ‘27

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Megha Devaraj, MBA ‘28

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Veerin Dumrongkijkarn, MIPD ‘27

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Elijah Genin, MBA ‘28

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Anish Jindal, MBA ‘28

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Gautami Kasat, MUSA ‘27

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Shirley Li, MSE ‘28

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Sid Mhambrey, MBA ‘27

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Mandy Nan, MBA ‘28

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Guillermo Ochoa, MBA ‘27

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Ratish Panda, MSE ‘28

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Varun Patel, MBA ‘27

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Kedar Reddy WEMBA ‘27

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Gil Rezin, MUSA ‘27

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Arelí Rocha, PhD ‘29

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Noor Sharma, MBDS ‘26

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Gayatri Sriram, MBA ‘27

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Adarsh Suresh, MBA ‘28

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Tianyi Tan, MSSPDA ‘27

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Gabriel Villarreal MBA ‘27

2025-26 Cohort

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Mekides Belie, BA ‘27

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Ryan Bergamini, MBA ‘27

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Ananya Chandra, MBA ‘27

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Michael Gordon, MBA ‘27

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Michael Huber, MBA ‘27

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Hetvee Marviya, MBA ‘27

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Sid Mhambrey, MBA ‘27

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Noor Sharma, MBDS ‘26

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Gayatri Sriram, MBA ‘27

Questions? Contact Us

GenAILab@wharton.upenn.edu

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