Core Team
Students
Lexi Bolger![Half body shot of Lexi wearing a navy sweater with sunflowers on it.](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2024/05/Untitled-design1.png)
TESI Graduate Student
Email: abolger@ufl.edu
Isabelle Gain![isabelle gain headshot](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2023/07/headshot-150x150.jpeg)
TESI Graduate Assistant
Email: isabelle.gain@ufl.edu
Stephen Groff![stephen groff headshot](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2022/08/Stephen_Groff-150x150.jpg)
Undergraduate researcher
Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program
Mason Hintermeister![hintermeister thumb](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2022/07/hintermeister_thumb-150x150.png)
Undergraduate researcher
Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program
Augustus Hoff![augustus hoff](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2023/10/AugustusHeadShotENVIRO_thumb-150x150.jpg)
TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: augustus.hoff@ufl.edu
Tonika Jones ![tonika jones headshot](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2023/07/Tonika-Jones-2-150x150.jpg)
Graduate Research Assistant
Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program
Genna Nordling![decorative](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2023/01/3F90A544-51F9-48E7-ABB9-4DE47EC5DBFE-e1675088562456-150x150.jpg)
TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: gennanordling@ufl.edu
Dennis Parnell, Jr.![dennis parnell jr](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2022/07/parnell_thumb-150x150.png)
Graduate Research Assistant
Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program
Elise Plunk![Elise plunk](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2023/05/Screenshot_20230224_215044_Photos-150x150.jpg)
TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: eliseplunk@ufl.edu
Aleida Wells![aleida wells headshot](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2023/05/headshot_aleida-150x150.png)
TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: aleidawells@ufl.edu
Christine Wusylko![Christine Wusylko](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2023/07/IMG_6583-150x150.jpg)
Graduate Research Assistant
Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) Sharks and Artificial Intelligence Professional Development Program
Maria C. Vallejo-Pareja![maria headshot](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2023/07/IMG_6587-1-150x150.jpg)
TESI Graduate Assistant
Email: maria.vallejo@ufl.edu
Isabel Yianilos![isabel yianilos](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-23-135545-150x150.png)
TESI Environmental Communicator
Email: isabelyianilos@ufl.edu
Faculty Fellows
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
TESI Affiliates
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
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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