Penn Talks Science
Penn Talks Science
Penn Science Policy and Diplomacy Group
Scientist Spotlight: Franklin Staback Rodríguez
24 minutes Posted Mar 2, 2026 at 1:47 am.
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Listen to Dr. Franklin Staback Rodríguez talk about his science and personal journeys in our newest Scientist Spotlight episode. As a former Penn immunology graduate student and now a postdoc at CHOP in Janis Burkhardt’s lab, Dr. Staback Rodríguez tells us about his beginnings in science, being an HHMI Gilliam fellow, and the community he’s helped foster by advancing the program Hablemos Ciencia.