John W. Farrington is scientist emeritus at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) with expertise in marine chemistry and geochemistry. He joined WHOI in 1971 as a postdoctoral investigator. He held successive positions in the chemistry department for 17 years and simultaneously served for six years as director of the WHOI Coastal Research Center. In 1988 he was appointed Michael P. Walsh professor and director of the Environmental Sciences Program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. In 1990, he returned to WHOI to become Associate Director for Education and dean of graduate studies. In 2002, Farrington was named vice president for Academic Programs and dean at WHOI. His research interests include: marine organic geochemistry, biogeochemistry of organic chemicals of environmental concern, and the interaction between science and policy. He has served on committees and panels for international, national, and local organizations, including the UNESCO-Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies. He participated in seven NRC consensus studies, chairing three of the seven studies, and has been a member on NRC’s Environmental Studies Board, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, and the Marine Board. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemistry and a Ph.D. in oceanography from University of Rhode Island.
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James M. Coleman (NAE) is Boyd professor at the Coastal Studies Institute of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. Coleman is a former chairman of the Marine Board and a former member of the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. His research interests include coastal and marine processes and coastal management. He has received many awards in his nearly 40-year scientific career, including the Kapitsa Medal of Honor for his contributions to the field of petroleum sciences. Training of scientists and engineers to compete in a technological, global environment is central to his ongoing areas of research. He holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in geology from Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
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Janet Hustler is director and co-PI of Partnership for Student Success in Science (PS3), which serves nine school districts in the San Francisco Bay Area and is funded by the National Science Foundation. Currently in its fourth year, the project features science professional development for K-8 teachers in partnership with engineers from San Jose State University, Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Exploratorium, the RE-SEED project of Northeastern University, Rich Shavelson at Stanford University for assessment design, and Synopsys, Inc., which serves as the industry partner and host. The project designs and delivers professional development for a variety of audiences, including teachers to enrich content, study groups to help teachers infuse what they learn into their practice, and personnel to develop teacher leadership. Prior to her work at PS3, Hustler was the PI of a similar, six-year, NSF-funded project focusing on elementary science teaching and learning. Her background includes more than 20 years of classroom teaching experience and out-of-the-classroom roles, such as science coordinator for the Palo Alto Unified School District. She served on several national boards, including the Leadership and Assistance in Science Education Reform (LASER), Association of Science Materials Centers (ASMC) boards, and has been a faculty member of numerous LASER institutes. Hustler holds an M.A. in social sciences from San Jose State University, an M.A. in educational administration from Santa Clara University, and an M.S. in marine science education from Oregon State University.
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Kim A. Kastens is adjunct professor and co-director of Earth and Environmental Science Journalism at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Her training and early career in marine geology focused on mapping the seafloor and interpreting the tectonic and sedimentary processes that shaped it. Over the past fifteen years, Kastens’ has shifted her focus to geoscience education and research, and instructional technology. She codeveloped a course, Teaching & Learning Concepts in Earth Science, which is taught to earth and environmental science Ph.D. students, as well as graduate students who have some experience teaching earth science at the precollege level. She leads the collection building effort of the Digital Library for Earth System Education. Her research interests include: exploration of children’s map skills, use of maps to communicate with policy makers, and visualization of 3-D structures by scientists and geoscience graduate students. She has designed and produced various instructional technologies, including Where Are We?, an educational software package and curricula, which helps elementary school children learn to translate from the visually perceived terrain around them to a map of that same terrain. She holds a B.S. in geology and geophysics from Yale University and a Ph.D. in oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.
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Gordon Kingsley is associate professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, where his teaching and research focus on science and technology policy and public management. Kingsley's research examines the development and implementation of effective partnerships across the public, private, and non-profit sectors. His current research projects explore the impacts of partnerships on the development and allocation of scientific and technical human capital. This work is being conducted in three policy domains examining the following: the impact of educational partnerships between universities and K-12 schools on the development of math and science instructors and instruction; strategies used by state transportation agencies for effectively managing large numbers of engineering consultants and contractors; and the development of hybrid organizations and network organizations designed to stimulate technology-led economic development. He has served as a consultant or researcher for the National Science Foundation, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Office of Technology Policy in the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy, a Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and state level agencies. He received a B.A. in international affaris and economics at American University, an M.S. in international affairs from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in public administration from Syracuse University.
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Kevin Kloesel is associate dean for Public Service and Outreach in the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. He is directly responsible for outreach programs and tours for the over 30,000 people that visit the National Weather Center facility in Norman annually. In addition, he is an associate professor in the Oklahoma University School of Meteorology with teaching and research interests ranging from synoptic meteorology to societal impacts and decision making in weather-impacted situations. He led the team that won the Innovations in American Government Award from Harvard University and the Ford Foundation for their work with the emergency management community in Oklahoma. Currently, he works directly with thousands of K-12 students and teachers, as well as hundreds of emergency management agencies in finding appropriate applications for weather data in local education and decision making. He was also a content designer for Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm children's museum exhibit that is currently touring the US. He works closely with the Norman Chamber of Commerce and Norman Economic Development Coalition to provide continuing education opportunities to the growing private weather enterprise in Norman. Previously, he was Director of Outreach for the largest state climate office in the country, the Oklahoma Climatological Survey, and served as director of the Florida Climate Center in Tallahassee, FL. While a tenured faculty member at Florida State University, he served as a research fellow with the Cooperative Institute for Tropical Meteorology, and co-directed an outreach project, EXPLORES!, which provided NOAA satellite data ingest capabilities to over 200 schools throughout Florida. He holds a B.S. in engineering science from the University of Texas at Austin, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in meteorology from Pennsylvania State University.
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Frances Lawrenz is associate vice president for research and professor of psychological foundations and quantitative methods in education at the University of Minnesota. She conducts research in science and mathematics program evaluation. Her evaluations utilize a variety of techniques and usually involve mixing quantitative and qualitative methods. Presently she is involved in the evaluation of several national science and mathematics programs including: the Collaborative Evaluation Communities in Urban Schools; the Active Physics Curricular Development; and the Impact and Effectiveness of the Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation Program. She has also completed a number of major evaluations including: the Systemic Initiative Evaluation; the Long Term Effects of Teacher Enhancement Evaluation; and the Authentic Assessment Systems for Constructivist Based Elementary Science Programs Evaluation. She is interested in instrument development and in distinguishing among various types of assessments those that are most appropriate for a given situation. She won the Graduate-Professional Teaching Award for her contributions to graduate and professional education in 2002. She helped found the distinctive Evaluation Studies Program, and applies evaluation methods to courses, programs, and advising to improve them. Lawrenz has won major grants that support and train graduate students in evaluation. She received a B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics, an M.A. in education, and a Ph.D. in education with related fields of study in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
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George I. Matsumoto is senior education and research specialist at The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). His role involves a variety of activities: seminar coordinator, summer internship coordinator, livelink mentor, distance education, and links between the research institute and other partners. His research interests focus on deep sea communities particularly invertebrates in the open ocean. Specific areas of interest include: ecology and biogeography of open ocean and deep sea organisms; functional morphology, natural history, and behavior of pelagic and benthic organisms; systematics and evolution of ctenophores and cnidarians (molecular phylogeny). Matsumoto is prominently active in several MBARI and public service efforts including; volunteer scientist for Bay Area Schools for Excellence in Education (BASEE), education session chair for US Ocean Research Priorities Plan, and board member of the Friends of the Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Sciences and for Camp SEALab. He was a member of the NRC committee on the evaluation of the Sea Grant program review process and is currently a member of the National Ocean Studies Board. He received an A.B. in marine botany from the University Of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. in marine biology from the the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Brett D. Moulding is the director of the Utah Partnership for Effective Science Teaching and Learning, a four district professional development collaborative. He was the director of curriculum and instruction at the Utah State Office of Education before retiring in January of 2008. He was the state science education specialist and coordinator of curriculum from 1993 to 2004. Moulding is a member of the National Academies’ Board on Science Education. He taught chemistry for 20 years at Roy High School in the Weber District Science and served as the district teacher leader for eight years. Moulding received the Governor’s Teacher Recognition Award, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Award of Excellence from the Governor’s Science and Technology Commission. Moulding served on the Triangle Coalitional Board, the NAEP 2009 Framework Planning Committee and was the president of the Council of State Science Supervisors from 2003 - 2006. Moulding earned a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Utah and a M.Ed. from Weber State University. He received his Administrative Supervisory Certificate from Utah State University.
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Frank E. Muller-Karger is the dean of the School of Marine Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He is a biological oceanographer conducting research on marine primary production using satellite remote sensing, large data sets, networking, and high-speed computing. His present work focuses on assessing the importance of continental margins, including areas of upwelling, river discharge, and coral reefs in the global carbon budget, using satellites that measure ocean color and sea surface temperature. Muller-Karger has worked to educate K-12 teachers about the use of new technologies in oceanography through workshops sponsored by NASA. He is interested in addressing the problem of underserved and underrepresented groups in academic science programs and has advocated for minorities, educators, and for science education within the Commission on Ocean Policy. He serves as director of the Institute for Marine Remote Sensing at the University of South Florida, and served as the science advisor for the Florida Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE) while that COSEE was active. Muller-Karger was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, and was a member of the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council between 2005 and 2007. He has served on the NRC committees for Extending Observations and Research Results to Practical Applications: A Review of NASA's Approach and An Assessment of Balance in NASA's Science Programs. He has received the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Award for Outstanding Contributions and the NASA Administrator Award for Exceptional Contribution and Service for supporting development of satellite technologies for ocean observation. He also received the Julius A. Stratton Award for Leadership. Frank holds a B.S. in marine science from Florida Institute of Technology, an M.S. in marine science from University of Alaska Fairbanks, and a Ph.D. in marine science from the University of Maryland.
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Laura Murray is research associate professor and head of environmental science education at University of Maryland’s Horn Point Environmental Laboratory. Her expertise and research interests include marsh and seagrass ecology and plant responses to ecological variables. Murray’s involvement in environmental science education includes: teaching undergraduates, graduate students, and educators; and administering environmental education programs. She administered the Horn Point summer internship program for science teachers, taught courses for educators, and conducted research on science education. Also she has interpreted scientific data for use in the classroom, including the publication of three CD-ROMs that include classroom materials based on cutting edge wetland and ocean science. She established the Mid-Atlantic Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE-MA), and serves as an advisor for multiple science education initiatives (e.g., National COSEE, Chesapeake Bay Program Education and Communications Subcommittee). Murray earned a B.S. degree in marine science and an M.S.T. in biology/education from the University of Western Florida, and a Ph.D. in wetlands ecology from William and Mary College.
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Rajul Pandya is the director of UCAR's Community Building Program, which has as its mission to build and support institutional relationships that will increase the diversity and societal relevance of the atmospheric and related sciences. Pandya is also director of SOARS, an internship program to broaden participation in the atmospheric and related sciences through research experience, mentoring, and a strong learning community. He also serves as coordinator of UCAR's Africa Initiative, which seeks to support atmospheric research and applications in West Africa through capacity building and collaborative research. Pandya's past scientific work has involved analytical and numerical modeling of convection and other atmospheric phenomena, and his teaching has focused on enabling students to learn by working directly with visualizations and data in a variety of settings. Pandya earned a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign IL, and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington, Seattle WA.
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Jerry R. Schubel is president and CEO of the Aquarium of the Pacific. He is president emeritus of the New England Aquarium. Prior to joining the Aquarium of the Pacific, for 20 years he was dean and director of the Marine Sciences Research Center at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. During that period, he served as the University's Provost for three years. He is a coastal oceanographer with broad experience in searching for strategies for humans to live in harmony with their coastal environments. He serves on the National Academies Transportation Research Board’s Marine Board and previously served as chair. He was chair of the National Sea Grant Review Panel, and a member of NSF's Education and Human Resources Advisory Council. He served on the National Science Panel for the South San Francisco Bay Salt Pond Restoration Program. He is past President of the Estuarine Research Federation. He serves on a number of other local, state and national committees. Schubel earned a B.S. in physics and mathematics from Alma College, an M.A.T. from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in oceanography from Johns Hopkins University. He received an honorary D.Sc. from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
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Craig Strang is associate director of the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) at University of California, Berkeley, where he leads the LHS Center for Leadership in Science Teaching and the NSF-funded Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence-California (COSEE-CA). He was for two years the first Chair of the National COSEE Council. In addition, he is founding director of Marine Activities Resources and Education (MARE). Strang is the author of three multi-volume sets of science and environmental education curriculum materials for grades K-8 and has developed professional development networks to support the implementation of each of these programs. Also, he authored three teacher guides published by the LHS Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) program: On Sandy Shores, Ocean Currents and Only One Ocean. He was the principal project consultant responsible for the creation and funding of a high school environmental justice internship program, XCEL: Cross-Cultural Environmental Leadership for Audubon Canyon Ranch. He is interested in the use of inquiry-based science instruction to promote language acquisition among English language learners. Strang has conducted field research on elephant seals and humpback whales, and occasionally leads natural history eco-tours to Baja California and Galapagos. He is past-president of Southwest Marine Educators Association and is a member of executive committee of the board of directors of National Marine Educators Association. Strang received his B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Clarice Yentsch is a research scientist and educator at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Yentsch is the co-founder of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, and is founder of the J. J. MacIsaac Flow Cytometery/Cell Sorting Facility at Bigelow Lab. She studies dinoflagellates, which cause toxic red tides and are symbiotic in reef-building corals, flow cytometry, and cell sorting. She is responsible for system reforms and curriculum development at the Education Development Center, Newton, Massachusetts. She has served on professional advisory boards and board of trustees for profit and not-for-profit science organizations. From 1998 to 2002, Yentsch served as an independent consultant with the American Museum of Natural History. She recieved a B.S. in natural science and an M.A.T. in education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Yentsch received a Ph.D. in oceanography from Nova Southeastern University.
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