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Our Team

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Kathy Perkins
Director
As Director, Kathy oversees the project, sets new strategic directions, and still satisfies her passion for sim design and pedagogy as an active member of PhET projects. She holds a BA in physics, MA in chemistry, and PhD in atmospheric science, all from Harvard University. ... MORE
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Carl Wieman
Founder, Senior Advisor
Carl founded the PhET Interactive Simulations project in 2002 – then known as the “Physics Education Technology” project. Today, he is a senior advisor to PhET and is a Professor at Stanford University, where he actively researches PhET simulations as tools in STEM learning ... MORE

Team Members

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Denzell Barnett
Software Developer
Development · Sim Design
Denzell joined PhET in early 2017 after a summer internship. Soon after gra... MORE
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John Blanco
Software Developer
Development · Sim Design
John has been developing simulations for PhET since 2008 and has created si... MORE
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Steele Dalton
QA Team Lead
Sim Design · QA
Steele has been working with PhET since the Fall of 2013. He primarily has ... MORE
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Kathy Li Dessau
Associate Director
Fundraising · Marketing · Communications
Kathy helps PhET with corporate relations, licensing, fundraising, and comm... MORE
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Michael Dubson
Physics Faculty
Sim Design · Development · Physics · College
Mike is an experienced physics teacher and an expert in undergraduate curri... MORE
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Jesse Greenberg
Software Developer
Development · Sim Design · Accessibility
Jesse works on porting PhET simulations to HTML5 and assists in the develop... MORE
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Michael Kauzmann
Software Developer
Development · Website · Science
Michael joined PhET with a summer internship in 2015. Then after graduating... MORE
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Trish Loeblein
K12 Specialist
Curriculum · Teacher PD · Physics · Chemistry · Math
Trish has been working with PhET since 2004 while teaching high school phys... MORE
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Amanda McGarry
Math Specialist
Math · Sim Design · Teacher PD · Curriculum · Website
Amanda currently leads PhET’s math sim design and teacher partnership initi... MORE
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Emily B. Moore
Director of Research and Accessibility
PI · Research · Accessibility · Teacher PD · Chemistry
Emily leads research into the design and use of PhET simulations, and the d... MORE
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Oliver Nix
Business Manager
Finances · Admin · Website · Communications
Oliver handles day to day operations for the project and interacts with use... MORE
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Jonathan Olson
Software Developer
Development · Sim Design · Website
Jonathan works on libraries like Scenery that are used for development, in ... MORE
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Robert Parson
Chemistry Faculty
Curriculum · Research · Sim Design · Chemistry
Robert joined the PhET project in 2008 after serving as the chemistry direc... MORE
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Ariel Paul
Director of Development
Physics · Sim Design · Management
Ariel oversees the design and development of PhET’s simulations. He receive... MORE
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Matt Pennington
Software Developer
Development · Sim Design · Website
Matt joined the PhET team in late 2015. He works on website and mobile app... MORE
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Argenta Price
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Research · K-16 · Biology
Argenta is a postdoctoral researcher with Carl Wieman. She researches how s... MORE
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Sam Reid
Software Developer
Development · Sim Design
Sam has been developing PhET simulations and infrastructure since 2002. He ... MORE
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Amy Rouinfar
Science Specialist
Physics · Sim Design · Teacher PD · IRB
Amy works on simulation design at PhET. In addition to leading sim design ... MORE
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Taliesin Smith
Accessibility Specialist
Accessibility · Research · Sim Design
Taliesin Smith joined PhET to continue research on making PhET simulations ... MORE
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Beth Stade
Math Specialist
Math · Sim Design · K-16 · STEM
Beth joined PhET in 2014 to help develop visual math strategies for sims. S... MORE
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David Underwood
Art Direction
Graphic Design · Branding · Communications
Dave joined PhET in the summer of 2015. Dave is a longtime employee of CU B... MORE
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David Webb
Math Education
Math · Research · Curriculum · Teacher PD
David has been supporting the PhET project since 2014, and is a co-PI on th... MORE

Student Assistants

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Michael Barlow
Development · Sim Design
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Bryce Griebenow
QA
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Mariah Hermsmeyer
Graphic Design
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Ethan Johnson
QA
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Andrea Lin
Development · QA
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Elise Morgan
Research · Accessibility
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Liam Mulhall
QA
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Arnab Purkayastha
Admin · QA · Tech
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Ben Roberts
QA
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Clara Wilson
Teacher PD

Consultants/Contractors

Susan Badger
Consultant · Badger Consulting Group, LLC
Stephanie Chasteen
Multimedia · www.chasteenconsulting.com
Chris Malley
Software Development · Pixelzoom, Inc.
Cheryl McCutchan
Graphic Design · www.animediascience.com
Sam McKagan
Education Consultant · McKagan Enterprises, Inc.
Shawna Schultz
Multimedia · Mass FX Media

Collaborators

Accessibility

Clayton Lewis
Professor, Computer Science · University of Colorado Boulder
Jutta Treviranus
Professor / Director · Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University

Assessment & Interoperability

Cognitive and Learning Sciences Center
Assessment · Educational Testing Services, Inc.
Ido Roll
Senior Manager: Research and Evaluation · University of British Columbia
Dan Schwartz
Professor, Learning Sciences · Stanford University
Doug Stein
Chief Technology Officer · Metacog, Inc.

Math Education

Karina K. Hensberry
Assistant Professor, Math Education · University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Corinne Singleton
Evaluator · SRI International, Inc.
Ian Whitacre
Assistant Professor, Math Education · Florida State University

Physics Education

Noah Finkelstein
Professor, Physics Education Research · University of Colorado Boulder

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