Team
This project is supported by the work of an esteemed leadership team:
Colleen Megowan Romanowicz, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Sacramento, CA, USA
Dr. Colleen Megowan Romanowicz is a physics education researcher and Senior Fellow and prior Executive Officer of the American Modeling Teachers Association. She serves as educational researcher on a number of project associated with computational and mathematical thinking.
Mina Johnson-Glenberg, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Tempe, AZ, USA
Dr. Mina Johnson is a cognitive psychologist and director of the embodied games lab in the Psychology Department at Arizona State University. She is also the CEO of Embodied Games, a company that produces research- and gesture-based digital learning through play. Formerly, she started two other small businesses, including SMALLLab and NeuronFarm.
Daniel O'Brien
Co-Principal Investigator
Washington, DC, USA
Dan is a physicist and PhD candidate at Georgetown University. He studies a range of topics from physics education to soft materials properties to medical device fabrication techniques.
Chrystian Vieyra
Co-Principal Investigator
Washington, DC, USA
Chrystian Vieyra is a software engineer, co-founder, and developer of Vieyra Software.
Rebecca Vieyra
Co-Principal Investigator
Washington, DC, USA
Rebecca Vieyra is co-founder of Vieyra Software, and was previously an award-winning high school physics teacher. She is a PhD candidate in Science Education at the University of Maryland and Associate Director of Global Initiatives for the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Therese Vieyra
Beta Tester
Washington, DC, USA
Therese Vieyra is a middle school student and mobile sensor tester. She regularly accompanies the team to provide support during professional development and outreach events.