Arpa Ghosh, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar, Iowa State University

Arpa Ghosh, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research associate at the Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State University. Her research focuses on developing sustainable processes for making biorenewable fuels and chemicals. She received her doctoral degree in chemical engineering in 2018 from Iowa State and worked at Intel Corporation before joining Bioeconomy Institute in 2019. Prior to being a Cyclone, she completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in Chemical Engineering from India. Currently, she is the Vice President of ISU Postdoc Association. In the past, she has served as a member of the Diversity and International Task Forces of the NPA. She is passionate about gender equity and particularly interested in increasing participation of women and other minority groups in STEM fields. Recently, she has published an article on “Barriers to Success of Women Postdoc During COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond” in the NPA's POSTDOCket. She has been actively engaged with various organizations in her field to help with professional development of women. She is presently a member of the awards committee in Women in Chemical Engineering of American Institute of Chemical Engineers. She has previously served as an officer in the Graduate Society of Women Engineers and the Chemical Engineering Graduate Society at Iowa State University during her doctorate program.