PhET-iO - About

About Our Team

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

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

John Blanco

Software Developer

Development · Sim Design

John has been developing simulations for PhET since 2008 and has created si... MORE

Stephanie Chasteen

Director of Multimedia

Teacher PD · website · Pedagogy · Dissemination

Stephanie works with the PhET team to produce videos and screencasts for in... MORE

Steele Dalton

QA Team Lead

Sim Design · QA

Steele has been working with PhET since the Fall of 2013. He primarily has ... MORE

Kathy Li Dessau

Associate Director

Fundraising · Marketing · Communications

Kathy helps PhET with corporate relations, licensing, fundraising, and comm... MORE

Michael Dubson

Physics Faculty

Sim Design · Development · Physics · College

Mike is an experienced physics teacher and an expert in undergraduate curri... MORE

Jesse Greenberg

Software Developer

Development · Sim Design · Accessibility

Jesse works on porting PhET simulations to HTML5 and assists in the develop... MORE

Amy Hanson

Science Specialist

Sim Design · Chemistry · Curriculum · Teacher PD

Amy works to design simulations, write activities and teacher tips, and rec... MORE

Trish Loeblein

K12 Specialist

Curriculum · Teacher PD · Physics · Chemistry · Math

Trish has been working with PhET since 2004 while teaching high school phys... MORE

Amanda McGarry

Math Specialist

Math · Sim Design · Teacher PD · Curriculum · Website

Amanda currently leads PhET’s math sim design and teacher partnership initi... MORE

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

Oliver Nix

Business Manager

Finances · Admin · Website · Communications

Oliver handles day to day operations for the project and interacts with use... MORE

Jonathan Olson

Software Developer

Development · Sim Design · Website

Jonathan works on libraries like Scenery that are used for development, in ... MORE

Robert Parson

Chemistry Faculty

Curriculum · Research · Sim Design · Chemistry

Robert joined the PhET project in 2008 after serving as the chemistry direc... MORE

Ariel Paul

Director of Development

Physics · Sim Design · Management

Ariel oversees the design and development of PhET’s simulations. He receive... MORE

Argenta Price

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Research · K-16 · Biology

Argenta is a postdoctoral researcher with Carl Wieman. She researches how s... MORE

Sam Reid

Software Developer

Development · Sim Design

Sam has been developing PhET simulations and infrastructure since 2002. He ... MORE

Amy Rouinfar

Science Specialist

Physics · Sim Design · Teacher PD · IRB

Amy works on simulation design at PhET. In addition to leading sim design ... MORE

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

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

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

Liam Burke

Research

Bryce Griebenow

Aadish Gupta

development

Mariah Hermsmeyer

Graphic Design

Elise Morgan

QA · Research

Oliver Orejola

Matt Pennington

Development · Website

Arnab Purkayastha

Admin · QA · Tech

Emily Randall

Research · Accessibility

Ben Roberts

Bryan Yoelin

Consultants/Contractors

Actualconcepts

Software Development · www.actualconcepts.com

Sharfudeen Ashraf

Software Development · www.mathdisk.com

Susan Badger

Consultant · Badger Consulting Group, LLC

Curtis Chang

Consultant · Consulting Within Reach

Chris Malley

Software Development · Pixelzoom, Inc.

Sam McKagan

Education Consultant · McKagan Enterprises, Inc.

Mobile Learning Labs Ltd.

Software Development · www.mlearner.com

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

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

University of Colorado Boulder Offices

Employee Services

Payroll, benefits, and human resource management

OIT Center of Excellence

Salesforce implementation

OIT Shared Infrastructure Services

Server management

Office of Advancement

Fundraising and donation management

Office of Contracts and Grants

Grant and contract preparation and administration

Research Administration and Support

Institutional review board for oversight of human research