Staff Directory

Staff Directory: ------------- Bannasch, StephenBean, AlexBrau, SusanCytacki, ScottDamelin, DanDorsey, ChadFentress, SamGlover, JenniferGreslick, BenHazzard, EdmundHorwitz, PaulHurtz, JeanneKay, RachelKim, Seong JuneKimball, NathanKlancer, RichardKnochowski, AdamKoile, KimberleLau, RebeccaLord, TrudiMcElroy, EthanMcIntyre, CynthiaNourian, SaeidPaessel, NoahPallant, AmyPryputniewicz, SarahReichsman, FriedaSebesta, RobinStaudt, CarolynTinker, BobUnger, AaronWeusijana, KofiWin, DewiWu, Yu-LingXie, Q. CharlesZucker, Andrew

Stephen Bannasch
E-mail: stephen at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3209

Stephen Bannasch, Director of Technology, manages technical planning and development. He pioneered the technology used in educational applications of computer interfaces to laboratory experiments (microcomputer-based labs or MBL). Stephen is currently working on the Data and Models project developing new physical and computer models for helping kids understand heat and temperature. He also works with the Exploratorium in San Francisco developing handheld computers and wireless communication to allow visitors to explore exhibits in greater depth. (return to top)

Alex Bean
E-mail: abean at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3236
h:617-469-6488
c:508-596-7794

Alex Bean is the Technology Integration Coordinator, managing resources and scheduling within and among projects at Concord Consortium. He double-majored in Psychology and Music at Brandeis University and, after graduating, became a Teaching Fellow at Lemberg Children's Center. He received his M.A. in Applied Child Development from the Eliot-Pearson School at Tufts University, where his work focused on user-interface designs for musical toys. (return to top)

Susan Brau
E-mail: sbrau at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3205

Susan Brau is CC's Grants & Agreements Manager. She assists in project budgeting and proposal preparation, and monitors grant award spending, reporting, approvals and extensions. She also is responsible for drafting contracts and monitoring subcontractors. (return to top)

Scott Cytacki
E-mail: scytacki at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3210

Scott Cytacki is a Senior Software Engineer. He is a strong proponent of open source software development. He has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Cornell University where he focused on machine vision. He worked for Xerox PARC for 2 years before joining the Concord Consortium. (return to top)

Dan Damelin
E-mail: ddamelin at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3242
h:978-779-5137

Dan Damelin is currently PI for the Rhode Island Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers project. Through this project up to 100 teachers and 10,000 students will work with computer models to help learn core science concepts. For the past 10 years he has been involved with many projects at CC, most related to development of software and curriculum utilizing the Molecular Workbench. He has an undergraduate degree in chemistry, computer science, and environmental studies, as well as, a masters in education from Tufts University. He has also taught high school chemistry for 14 years and worked as a professional software engineer. (return to top)

Chad Dorsey
E-mail: cdorsey at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3232

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Sam Fentress
E-mail: sfentress at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3238

Sam Fentress is a Software Engineer at the Concord Consortium. While at the Consortium he has worked extensively on the ITSI and UDL projects, and has helped train teachers to integrate the software into their lessons. He has also worked on creating models and simulations, and is particularly interested in evolutionary models. Sam holds a BA in Cognitive Science from Wesleyan University and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh. (return to top)

Jennifer Glover
E-mail: jglover at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3201

Jennifer Glover is the Operations Manager. (return to top)

Ben Greslick
E-mail: bgreslick at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3207

Ben Greslick is the Network Manager and Systems Administrator. He keeps the network running with a watchful eye, and implements upgrades and new computer installations as needed. He attended the University of Maine in Orono, where he is a few classes short of a B.S. is Computer Science. (return to top)

Edmund Hazzard
E-mail: ehazzard at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3212
c:508-320-6471
h:508-839-1662

Ed Hazzard is a curriculum planner focusing on two areas: the development of probes and handhelds for inquiry-based learning, especially in physics, and student use of computer modeling tools to learn about complex systems and emergent phenomena. He has degrees in physics, architecture, and teaching. (return to top)

Paul Horwitz
E-mail: paul at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3223

Paul Horwitz is a Senior Scientist and directs the Concord Consortium Modeling Center. He also runs the Modeling Across the Curriculum, Models and Data, and Fostering Transfer projects. Paul is a theoretical physicist with an A.B. from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in physics from New York University. His educational research interests center around helping students use mental models to learn and apply scientific principles. (return to top)

Jeanne Hurtz
E-mail: jhurtz at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3204

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Rachel Kay
E-mail: rkay at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3234

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Seong June Kim
E-mail: skim at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3243

Seong Kim is a Software Engineer and has worked on the SPARKS and many other projects. He holds an MS and a BS in Computer Science from DePaul University and University of Virginia, and a BA in Economics from Seoul National University. (return to top)

Nathan Kimball
E-mail: nkimball at concord dot org
Phone: 978-405-3225

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Richard Klancer
E-mail: rklancer at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3240

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Adam Knochowski
E-mail: aknochowski at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3206

Adam Knochowski is Jr. Systems Administrator at the Concord Consortium. He graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology with a Bachelors Degree in Computer Network and Information Systems. Adam is responsible for upkeep of concord.org as well as the general administration of our network. (return to top)

Kimberle Koile
E-mail: kkoile at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3229

Kimberle Koile is a Senior Research Scientist at Concord Consortium where she directs the LOOPS project. She also leads an educational technology research group at the MIT Center for Educational Computing Initiatives, focusing on the use of pen-based interaction and wireless communication to support formative assessment in K-12 settings. She has designed and implemented software for 20+ years in a variety of domains, including education, chemistry, and molecular biology; and has taught undergraduate and graduate computer science and high school chemistry. She has an undergraduate degree in chemistry from UT Austin, and a PhD in computer science from MIT. (return to top)

Rebecca Lau
E-mail: rlau at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3239

Rebecca Lau is the senior Accountant in Finance and Administration. She will handle travel expense report, Billings, Account receivable, all accounting issues related to projects and the financial reports. (return to top)

Trudi Lord
E-mail: tlord at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3221

Trudi Lord is a research associate and project manager for the Evolution Readiness and SPARKS projects. She holds a B.S. in Engineering Psychology from Tufts University and an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Trudi has also worked as a software usability engineer, a high school teacher and an environmental educator. Trudi administers the CC Human Subjects Institutional Review Board and is an enthusiastic member of both the Party and Snack Committees! (return to top)

Ethan McElroy
E-mail: emcelroy at concord dot org
Phone:

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Cynthia McIntyre
E-mail: cynthia at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3230

Cynthia McIntyre is Director of Communications and Online Learning. She facilitates Designing and Teaching Online Courses, which models the best practices for online learning and teaching, while preparing participants to design and teach their own online courses successfully. She co-authored (with Alese Smith and Bonnie Elbaum) a short book, Essential Elements: Prepare, Design, and Teach Your Online Course (Atwood Publishing, 2002). She is also the managing editor of the biannual newsletter publication, @Concord. Cynthia holds a B.A. in Religion and Biochemistry from Bowdoin College and a master's degree from Harvard Divinity School. (return to top)

Saeid Nourian
E-mail: snourian at concord dot org
Phone: 978 405-3224

Saeid is software developer specialized in 3D Graphics and Virtual Reality. He is involved in the design and development of a 3D heat simulation that visualizes the heat flow and loss in a fully customizable virtual house. Saeid has a Ph.D. & Master's in Computer Science and bachelor's in Software Engineering. (return to top)

Noah Paessel
E-mail: npaessel at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3235

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Amy Pallant
E-mail: apallant at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3227

Amy Pallant is the Senior Science Education Researcher for the Molecular Workbench and Making Thinking Visible projects. She has a master's degree in Education from Harvard University. (return to top)

Sarah Pryputniewicz
E-mail: spryputniewicz at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3218

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Frieda Reichsman
E-mail: freichsman at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3228
h:413-253-2405
c:413-320-7449

Frieda Reichsman is a Senior Research Scientist and directs the SAM RAPID and Geniverse projects. She holds a doctorate in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where as an NIH fellow she also did her postdoctoral training. As the owner of Molecules in Motion Interactive Molecular Structures she has designed hundreds of interactive 3D animations of molecular structures that appear internationally in classrooms, research journals, and leading textbooks. At the University of Massachusetts she co-developed the “MyDNA” undergraduate course, including curriculum, web sites for students and the lay public, and interactive activities, now in its ninth year. (return to top)

Robin Sebesta
E-mail: robin at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3203

Robin Sebesta is Accounting Associate in Finance and Administration. Her responsibilities include payroll and accounts payable. She maintains accounts and customer relations with vendors. (return to top)

Carolyn Staudt
E-mail: carolyn at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3215

Carolyn Staudt has worked extensively on the educational uses of probes and handheld computers. She holds a Masters of Education from Kent State University and was the 1990 Christa McAuliffe Fellow. She also runs KidSolve, a company that provides schools with Internet-based products and data collection training. (return to top)

Bob Tinker
E-mail: bob at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3222

Robert Tinker, President Emeritus, is internationally recognized as a pioneer in constructivist uses of educational technology. He developed the "probeware" and Network Science concepts and has directed numerous educational research projects funded by the NSF and the Department of Education that have led to widely used improvements in science education. He founded The Concord Consortium and pioneered its early online courses for students and teachers. More recently, he has spearheaded the development of powerful computational models that generate virtual worlds that students can explore. He holds a Ph.D. in experimental low-temperature physics from MIT. (return to top)

Aaron Unger
E-mail: aunger at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3237

Aaron Unger is a Software Engineer at the Concord Consortium. Working with the TELS, ITSI, CAPA and LOOPS projects, he has contributed toward both of the Ruby-on-Rails based applications, the Sail Data Service and the "Do It Yourself" authoring portal. Additionally, the Java based TELS Virtual Learning Environment and the OTrunk Framework have both benefited from Aaron's work. (return to top)

Kofi Weusijana
E-mail: kWeusijana at concord dot org
Phone:

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Dewi Win
E-mail: dwin at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3220

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Yu-Ling Wu
E-mail: ywu at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3202

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Q. Charles Xie
E-mail: qxie at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3226

Charles is a senior scientist. He is the creator of the Molecular Workbench software. He is currently the Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded Electron Technologies and Engineering Projects. Charles is experienced in computational physics, software engineering, and educational computing. His long-term dream is an accurate, powerful, and versatile multiphysics modeling platform based on rigorous scientific simulations that can be used to support many kinds of inquiry-enabled computational experiments across disciplines. (return to top)

Andrew Zucker
E-mail: azucker at concord dot org
Phone: (978) 405-3231
c:617-909-2692
h:617-441-9499

Andy Zucker, Ed.D., a former math and science teacher and school computer center director, is a senior researcher and evaluator who has studied a wide variety of federal education programs and private initiatives. He served for three years on the editorial panel of the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. Harvard Education Press recently published his book, Transforming Schools with Technology: How Smart Use of Digital Tools Helps Achieve Six Key Education Goals. (return to top)