Core Team
Current Students
Lexi Bolger
TESI Graduate Student
Email: abolger@ufl.edu
Keirra Clarke
TESI Environmental Leaders Intern
Email: keirra.clarke@ufl.edu
Abigail Davis
TESI Environmental Leaders Intern
Email: abigaildavis@ufl.edu
Elle Henson
TESI ELF Program Assistant
Email: ellehenson@ufl.edu
Levi Hoskins
TESI Environmental Leaders Intern
Email: levihoskins@ufl.edu
Kamila Koralasbayev
TESI Environmental Leaders Intern
Email: kkoralasbayev@ufl.edu
Brooke Schimmel
TESI Environmental Leaders Intern
Email: schimmelbrooke@ufl.edu
Patricia Escobar-Torres
TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: patricia.escobar@ufl.edu
Aleida Wells
TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: aleidawells@ufl.edu
Alexandria O’Donovan
TESI Graduate Assistant
Email: a.odonovan@ufl.edu
Bailey Daigle
TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: bdaigle@ufl.edu
Isabelle Gain
TESI Graduate Assistant
Email: isabelle.gain@ufl.edu
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
Akito Kawahara
Institute Faculty Affiliate
Associate Curator, Florida Museum of Natural History
Email: kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu
Michal Kowalewski
Institute Faculty Affiliate
Thompson Chair of Invertebrate Paleontology
Phone: 352-273-1944
Email: kowalewski@ufl.edu
Michelle LeFebvre
Institute Faculty Affiliate
Assistant Curator, Florida Museum of Natural History
Email: mjl0201@ufl.edu
Andrea Lucky
Institute Faculty Affiliate
Associate Professor, UF College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Email: alucky@ufl.edu
Darcie MacMahon
Director of Exhibits & Public Programs
Florida Museum of Natural History
Phone: 352-562-9461
Email: dmacmahon@flmnh.ufl.edu
Martha Monroe
Institute Faculty Affiliate
Professor, UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation
Email: mcmonroe@ufl.edu
Kara Schwartz
Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives
Florida Museum of Natural History
Phone: 352-273-2047
Email: members@flmnh.ufl.edu
Wen-Yuan Song
Institute Faculty Affiliate
Assistant Professor, UF/IFAS Department of Plant Pathology
Email: wsong@ufl.edu
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