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Saul Perlmutter, PhD

Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley

Saul Perlmutter is a 2011 Nobel Laureate, sharing the prize in Physics for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe. He is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Franklin W. and Karen Weber Dabby Chair, and a senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Gabriel Perko-Engel

Physics PhD Student, California Institute of Technology

Gabriel has been involved with SSS since 2018. He's taught the course multiple times and is heavily involved with developing the content on this wiki.

Winston Yin

Physics PhD Student, University of California, Berkeley

Winston first joined the SSS teaching team as the head graduate student instructor in 2020 and has worked on developing course content ever since.

Emlen Metz, PhD

Public Education Specialist, Lawrence Hall of Science

Emlen earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016. At Penn, she researched how attitudes about knowledge and science influence adults' and adolescents' reasoning and beliefs. She did a postdoc at UC Berkeley developing assessments and curriculum for SSS. Emlen has been invested in empowering students to develop confidence and competence in reasoning about science and society. She is passionate about evoking students' curiosity, collaboration, and hope.

Aditya Ranganathan, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University

Aditya has been working on SSS for more than a decade. As a graduate student, he ran the Harvard implementation. He's been instrumental with bringing the course to UC Irvine and the University of Chicago as well.

Nicole Pagano, MA

Saul Perlmutter's Chief of Staff

Nicole pursued her master's degree in art and religion at the Graduate Theological Union. Her studies concentrated on the connections between the philosophical, historical, and aesthetic elements in Dante's works. Nicole has led workshops at the San Francisco County Jail, Incarnation Monastery, and the School for Applied Theology in the Bay Area. Nicole is also a member of the Education and Outreach Committee for the Dante Society of America.

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-|bio=Libro, quem ad modum sit affectus, eum necesse est aut in poetis evolvendis, ut ego et Triarius te hortatore facimus, consumeret, in quibus nulla solida utilitas omnisque puerilis est delectatio, aut se, ut Plato, in musicis, geometria, numeris, astris contereret, quae et splendide dicta sint neque sint conversa de Graecis? Nam si concederetur, etiamsi ad corpus nihil referatur, ista sua.}}
+|bio=Gabriel has been involved with SSS since 2018. He's taught the course multiple times and is heavily involved with developing the content on this wiki.}}
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 |email=winstonyin@berkeley.edu
-|bio=Sit summum atque extremum bonorum omnium, beateque vivere nihil aliud sit nisi cum voluptate vivere. Nec enim satis est iudicare quid faciendum non faciendumve sit, sed stare etiam oportet in eo, quod sit a dolore corporis praesenti futurove seiunctum. Nec vero quisquam stultus non horum morborum aliquo laborat, nemo igitur est difficilius satis facere, qui se Latina scripta dicunt contemnere. In quibus nulla solida.}}
+|bio=Winston first joined the SSS teaching team as the head graduate student instructor in 2020 and has worked on developing course content ever since.}}
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 |name=Emlen Metz, PhD
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 |external_role=Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University
 |email=adityarn@berkeley.edu
-|bio=Voluptatem. Homines optimi non intellegunt totam rationem everti, si ita res se habeat. Nam si ea sola voluptas esset, quae quasi delapsa de caelo est ad quiete vivendum, caritatem, praesertim cum omnino nulla sit utilitas ex amicitia, tamen ipsi amici propter se ipsos amentur. Etenim si delectamur, cum scribimus, quis est tam invidus, qui ab eo.}}
+|bio=Aditya has been working on SSS for more than a decade. As a graduate student, he ran the Harvard implementation. He's been instrumental with bringing the course to UC Irvine and the University of Chicago as well.}}
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 |name=Nicole Pagano, MA
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 |external_role=Saul Perlmutter's Chief of Staff
 |email=nrpagano@lbl.gov
-|bio=Neque stultorum quisquam beatus neque sapientium non beatus. Multoque hoc melius nos veriusque quam Stoici. Illi enim negant esse bonum quicquam nisi nescio quam illam umbram, quod appellant honestum non tam id reprehendunt, si remissius agatur, sed.}}
+|bio=Nicole pursued her master's degree in art and religion at the Graduate Theological Union. Her studies concentrated on the connections between the philosophical, historical, and aesthetic elements in Dante's works. Nicole has led workshops at the  San Francisco County Jail, Incarnation Monastery, and the School for Applied Theology in the Bay Area. Nicole is also a member of the  Education and Outreach Committee for the Dante Society of America.}}
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