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UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute

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Core Team

Alise Cross: Content Specialist

Megan Ennes: Director & Associate Curator of Museum Education

Stephanie Killingsworth: K-12 Education & Outreach Coordinator

Sadie Mills: Assistant Director

Mariela Pajuelo: Assistant Scientist

Carla Ruffer: Communications Manager

Current Students

Nicole Schmidt

Stephen Groff

Undergraduate researcher
Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program

Mason Hintermeister

Undergraduate researcher
Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program

Augustus Hoff

TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: augustus.hoff@ufl.edu

Tonika Jones

Graduate Research Assistant
Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program

Genna Nordling

TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: gennanordling@ufl.edu

Dennis Parnell, Jr.

Graduate Research Assistant
Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program

Elise Plunk

TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: eliseplunk@ufl.edu

Maria C. Vallejo-Pareja

TESI Graduate Assistant
Email: maria.vallejo@ufl.edu

Christine Wusylko

Graduate Research Assistant
Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program

Isabel Yianilos

TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: isabelyianilos@ufl.edu

Pasha Antonenko

Co-Principal Investigator—Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS)
Associate Professor, curriculum and instruction
UF College of Education
Phone: 352-273-4176
Email: p.antonenko@coe.ufl.edu

Victor Perez

Co-Principal Investigator—Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program
Visiting Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Program, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Email: vjperez@smcm.edu

Jeremy Waisome

Co-Principal Investigator—Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program
Instructional Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Education
UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Email: jwaisome@eng.ufl.edu

Alison Adams

Institute Faculty Affiliate
Assistant Professor, UF School of Natural Resources and Environment
Email: alison.adams@ufl.edu

Jonathan Bloch

Institute Faculty Affiliate
Vertebrate Paleontology Department Chair and Curator
Florida Museum of Natural History
Email: jbloch@flmnh.ufl.edu

Jaret C. Daniels

Institute Faculty Affiliate
Professor, Curator & Director
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity
Phone: 352-273-2022
Email: jdaniels@flmnh.ufl.edu

Marie Emmerson

Executive Director of Advancement
UF Foundation
Phone: 352-273-2087
Email: emmerson@ufl.edu

Douglas S. Jones

Director Emeritus
Florida Museum of Natural History
Phone: 352-273-1902
Email: dsjones@flmnh.ufl.edu

Bruce MacFadden

Principal Investigator, AI Learning in K-12 with Fossil Sharks Professional Development Program
TESI Founding Director & Distinguished Professor
Email: bmacfadd@ufl.edu