Hannah Sevian is an Associate Professor in the Curriculum & Instruction and Chemistry Departments at UMass Boston. She is also the Associate Director of the Center of Science and Mathematics in Context. She earned a Ph.D. in 1992 in physical chemistry from the University of Wisconsin Madison, M.Phil. and M.S. degrees in chemical physics from Columbia University, and a B.S. in chemical engineering and B.A. in chemistry from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her training also includes post-doctoral work in theoretical polymer chemistry at Dartmouth College, seven years of teaching chemistry and physics in urban and rural schools, and experimental materials science research while working as a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been on the faculty at UMass Boston since 2001. <curriculum vitae>
Dr. Shiqi Hao is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Center of Science and Math in Context. He received his B.A. in English Language and Literature from Hebei University in China in 1982. He obtained an M.S.E degree in secondary education from the College of Staten Island, CUNY in 1988. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Research from the University of South Carolina in 2005. He is currently working on the STEM pipeline research project.
Dr. Allison Skerrett was a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Center of Science and Math in Context from 2006-2007. In September, 2007, she begins an appointment as an Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Texas at Austin. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriclum & Instruction from Boston College in 2007. Prior to that, she was an English teacher at Dorchester High School in Boston. She worked on the STEM-K12 outreach faculty motivation study. <email> <Dr. Skerrett's website>
Dr. Soma Chattopadhyay is a Post-doctoral Research Associate in Chemistry. She taught physical chemistry at UMass Boston in Fall, 2006. She earned her PhD. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006. Her thesis research involved fabrication of porous light-emitting silicon, spectroscopy and surface analytical characterization, and application of the material in chemical sensing. Prior to that, she completed her undergraduate education in India, earning a B.Tech. in chemical technology and a B.Sc. in chemistry from Calcutta University. She is currently working on the ruthenium light emitting diode project and is also seeking a position as a research chemist either in industry or academia.
Kristen Cacciatore began her Ph.D. work in Green Chemistry in 2005. As of September, 2007, she begins working as a chemistry teacher at East Boston High School in Boston while she continues her studies. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, she taught chemistry at Dedham High School for five years. She earned her M.Ed. in teacher education at UMass Boston in 2004, and a B.S. in biology from UMass Boston in 1999. She is currently working on the chemistry lab studies and the development of green inquiry labs. She was also a contributing author to Active Chemistry.
Janak Kafle began his Ph.D. work in Green Chemistry in 2006. Prior to coming to UMass Boston, he studied chemistry for one year at Baylor University in Texas. He holds an M.Sc. in chemistry from Tribhuvan University in Kirtipur, Nepal. Janak is currently working on the chemistry lab studies and the development of green inquiry labs.
Tirzah Deering is an M.Ed. Candidate seeking licensure in elementary teacher education. She earned a B.A. in psychology, with a minor in educational studies, from Haverford College in 2004 and also spent considerable time assisting and teaching in the Philadelphia Public Schools. She is currently working on the STEM pipeline research study and the teacher content knowledge study. She has a strong background in math, science and technology, speaks Spanish fluently, and intends to become an elementary school teacher in an urban school.
Jose Amado is a junior in engineering physics at UMass Boston. In September, 2007, he transfers to UMass Lowell to complete a B.S. in electrical engineering, but he is continuing his research at UMass Boston. Jose is originally from Cape Verde. He is currently working on green inquiry labs development and studying how musicians read music using eye-tracking. Jose intends to become a sound engineer.
Laura Kibuuka is a junior in biology at UMass Boston. She is originally from Uganda. She is in the university honors program and is currently carrying out her honors thesis work on the ruthenium light emitting diode project. Laura intends to go to medical school after she finishes her B.S. degree.
Mitzi Sweeney is a sophomore majoring in pre-nursing at Roxbury Community College. She joined our research group as an NIH Bridges summer fellow in 2007, and will be transferring to UMass Boston in January, 2008, to complete her B.S. in biology, chemistry or nursing. Mitzi is originally from Guyana. She is continuing her research studies in our group, and is currently working on green inquiry labs development.
