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Morton Sternheim,  P.I.
mort@umassk12.net
B.S., Physics, City College of New York
M.S., Physics, New York University
Ph.D., Physics, Columbia University
 
Professor of Physics, emeritus; Director, STEM Education Institute
 
Principal Investigator, NSF STEM RAYS out-of-school science program
Co-Principal Investigator, Polar Connections
Director of the UMassK12 Internet service for Massachusetts' school teachers and students





Stephen Schneider, Co P.I.

schneider@astro.umass.edu
 Professor of Astronomy, UMass Amherst
B.A. Astronomy & Astrophysics Harvard
Ph.D., Cornell
Head of Dept. of Astronomy
http://www.astro.umass.edu/~schneide/


Julian Tyson
tyson@chem.umass.edu
Stem Digital Faculty Participant
B. Sc. (Chemistry) Aberdeen University 
Ph.D. (Analytical Chemistry) Imperial College, London University
Professor of Chemistry and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs College of Natural Sciences, UMass Amherst
    Website: http://www.chem.umass.edu/faculty/tyson.html

David Reckhow  

reckhow@ecs.umass.edu  
Stem Digital faculty participant
                                    
B.S.  Tufts University Civil Engineering
M.S.  Stanford University Civil Engineering
Ph.D.  University of North Carolina
 Environmental Engineering

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UMass Amherst

College of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
John Pickle
picklejohnmr@gmail.com
Science Teacher, Concord Academy
Creator of AnalyzingDigitalImages (ADI) software

2010 National Association of Independent Schools "Teacher of the Future".


Rob Snyder, STEM ED Staff
snyder@umassk12.net
B.S. Chemistry, California University of Pennsylvania
M.S. Chemistry Education, S.U.N.Y, Cortland
Science Teacher
(Retired) from Brookline High School

University of Massachusetts STEM staff member of Nanotechnology, IPY Polar Connections, Earth Central, and the STEM Rays Institutes
 

 

 

Holly Hargraves,  STEM ED Staff
holly@hollyhargraves.com
B.A. English, Westfield State College
M.Ed. Lesley College in Curriculum & Instruction
English Teacher (Retired) from Hampshire Regional High School
STEM Ed staff member of Nanotechnology, IPY Polar Connections Institutes and for many other previous UMassK12 Programs.
Web Designer since 1995

 

Jennifer Welborn, STEM Ed Staff

WelbornJ@ARPS.ORG

B.S. Wildlife Biology, University of Maine

M.Ed. and C.A.G.S, UMass Amherst

Science Teacher, grades 7/8, Amherst Regional Middle School

Participating Teacher, STEMRAYS Institute 

Prior experience in K-12 science education, laboratory research and editor of middle school science textbooks

                       

Amy Biddle
abiddle@microbio.umass.edu
Doctoral Candidate, Microbiology

B.S. Biological Science, University of New Hampshire M.Ed. Antioch New England Graduate School
Former High School Science Teacher
at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH and ConVal Regional High School, Peterborough, NH.

 
 Deborah Carlisle
 dcarlisle@crocker.com
 Graduate Assistant (doctoral student)
                        M.S. in Biological Science and Technology from UNH
Currently a Doctoral student in MSLT in the school of Education, adjunct faculty member in the chemistry department at Keene State College 
Author and consultant in chemical education.
 
  Tiffany Berg
tberg@chem.umass.edu
Graduate Assistant
B.S. Chemistry  American International College
Research Assistant/Graduate student
Analytical Chemistry at UMass Amherst
Karen Tallman
kmtallman@comcast.net
Research Assistant
B.A. Bowdoin College
M.A.T. Boston University School of Education
Doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies
 Chemistry teacher for 15 years.
Co-led a professional development program on Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment


Dan Gullage
dan@umassk12.net
STEM Education Institute Staff
IT Administration/networking
Software development/programming
Marie Silver
msilver@umassk12.net 
Project Manager, STEM Ed
 Environmental Planning, University of Minnesota;
M.S. University of Texas in Environmental Science
Program Manager for STEM Ed Institute and IPY grant project
Formerly Education Director for Children's Museum at Holyoke, MA and Holcomb Farm Environmental Learning Center, Connecticut.