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Angie Valbuena Rojas

Doctoral student - Research Assistant

Angie is a doctoral student in the Curriculum, Instruction and Teacher Education program at the MSU College of Education. She is currently working with faculty in CREATE for STEM to develop a chemistry curriculum. 

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Melissa Guerra

Student Research Assistant II

Melissa is currently a senior at Michigan State University, majoring in Mathematics, with a minor in Actuarial Science. In her free time, she loves to read, go for walks, take swing dancing lessons, and play with her guinea pig, Bob.

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Wanjoo Ahn

Doctoral student - Research Assistant

Wanjoo's research focuses on supporting both inservice and preservice teachers in creating science learning environments where all students can participate meaningfully and thrive by contributing their ideas, experiences, and strengths. She is particularly interested in how teachers recognize and build on the rich assets individual students bring to science learning.

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Lucky Nonyelum

Doctoral student - Research Assistant

Lucky is a graduate student in the Curriculum, Instruction and Teacher Training (CITE) program in the MSU College of Education. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Science Education (Physics) at Nnamdi Azikwe University Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.  Lucky's master's degree is in International Education and Development at the University of Sussex, England. He is a Chevening scholar.

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Ehud Aviran, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Ehud is a postdoctoral researcher, part of the chemistry group of the EIR project. He holds a B.Sc. In Science Education (Chemistry and Environmental Studies) from the Technion - Israel's institute of Technology; and an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. In Science Teaching (Chemistry) from the Weizmann Institute of Science. He specializes in educational technology and personalization of teaching and learning. Ehud was a high school chemistry teacher for 13 years, and loves making science interesting for young minds of different backgrounds.

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Weiwei He

Doctoral student - Research Assistant

Weiwei is a doctoral student in the Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education program at Michigan State University. She is currently on a project team with Dr. Joe Krajcik and Dr. Steve Bennett titled "Exploring Students' Progression in developing Quantitative Knowledge-in-Use about Energy".  Weiwei earned her B.S. in Applied Physics at Nanjing Normal University and an M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction at East China Normal University. She taught middle school science for two years and developed socio-scientific issues-based curricula.

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Heqiao (Ivy) Wang

Doctoral candidate - Research Assistant

Ivy is a PhD candidate in Special Education with a focus on Language and Literacy at MSU CEPSE. Her research explores the multidimensional factors influencing students' science/language learning outcomes using learning analytics and machine intelligence methods.