Our Team
Kathy Perkins
Director
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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 ...
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Team Members
Issam Ali
Visiting Scholar
Development · physics
Isam is visiting the PhET group for a year and will be working on simulatio...
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Denzell Barnett
Software Developer
Development · Sim Design
Denzell joined PhET in early 2017 after a summer internship. Soon after gra...
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John Blanco
Software Developer
Development · Sim Design
John has been developing simulations for PhET since 2008 and has created si...
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Jeffrey Bush
Graduate student
math · research · curriculum · teacher pd
Jeff works as a graduate research assistant on the PhET project, investigat...
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Kathy Li Dessau
Associate Director
Fundraising · Marketing · Communications
Kathy helps PhET with corporate relations, licensing, fundraising, and comm...
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Wanda Diaz Merced
Postdoctoral Researcher
Physics · Accessibility · College
Born and Raised in Gurabo Puerto Rico. A fan of human beings. Mutidiscipl...
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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...
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Brett Fiedler
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Research · Partnerships · Accessibility · K-12
Brett is integrating PhET simulations with enhanced sound into an informal ...
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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...
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Nicole Johnson
Tactile Graphic Specialist
accessibility · research · development · design
Nicole is joining the PhET team to work on accessibility development and re...
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Michael Kauzmann
Software Developer
Development · Website · Science
Chris Klusendorf
software developer
development · sim design · website
Diana López
Latin America Specialist
Physics · Teacher PD · Sim Design
Diana has been collaborating with PhET since 2017 working on the design of ...
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Amanda McGarry
Math Specialist
Math · Sim Design · Teacher PD · Curriculum · Website
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...
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Ashton Morris
Sound Designer
Audio · Accessibility · Sim Design
Oliver Nix
Business Manager
Finances · Admin · Website · Communications
Oliver handles day to day operations for the project and interacts with use...
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Jonathan Olson
Software Developer
Development · Sim Design · Website
Jonathan works on libraries like Scenery that are used for development, in ...
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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...
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Ariel Paul
Director of Development
Physics · Sim Design · Management
Matt Pennington
Software Developer
Development · Website · Mobile
Argenta Price
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Research · K-16 · Biology
Argenta is a postdoctoral researcher with Carl Wieman. She researches how s...
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Sam Reid
Software Developer
Development · Sim Design
Amy Rouinfar
Science Specialist
Physics · Sim Design · Teacher PD · IRB
Taliesin Smith
Accessibility Specialist
Accessibility · Research · Sim Design
Taliesin Smith joined PhET to continue research on making PhET simulations ...
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Taylor Want
software developer
accessibility · development · physics
Taylor joined the PhET team in 2019. She works as a developer on the access...
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David Webb
Math Education Faculty
Math · Research · Curriculum · Teacher PD
David has been supporting the PhET project since 2014, and is a co-PI on th...
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R. Michael Winters
Sonification Design Researcher
Research · Accessibility · Sim Design · Tech
Kathryn Woessner
QA Team Lead
QA · Physics
Katie joined the PhET team in the summer of 2018. She works on Quality Assu...
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Student Assistants
Jaspe Hernandez
QA · translation
Megan Lai
QA · Graphic Design
Danish Mohammed
Development · Website
Liam Mulhall
QA
Jacob Romero
QA
Saurabh Totey
development
Consultants/Contractors
Susan Badger
Consultant ·
Badger Consulting Group, LLC
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
Carrie Bruce
Senior Research Scientist ·
School of Interactive Computing - Georgia Institute of Technology
Clayton Lewis
Professor, Computer Science ·
University of Colorado Boulder
Jutta Treviranus
Professor / Director ·
Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University
Bruce Walker
Professor/ Director Sonification Lab ·
School of Psychology and the School of Interactive Computing - Georgia Institute of Technology
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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