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Revision as of 00:42, 10 September 2023
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 is a professional worm charmer. He first got involved in the art while interning at a local coal mine in high school. He found the worms there cruel, but delightful, and decided to open up his own private practice. Since then, Gabriel has traveled the world charming worms for numerous farmers, gardeners, birds, and heads of state. He hopes to some day meet (and charm) the Worm King himself.
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.