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Dr. Robert Cox

Bob an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Virginia and a co-founder of Evolution Education. His research focuses on the ecology and evolution of lizards in The Bahamas and Florida. Evolution Education is funded in part through a CAREER grant to the Cox Lab from the National Science Foundation.

Contact Bob                Check out the Cox Lab at University of Virginia
Dr. Aaron Reedy

Aaron is a co-founder of Evolution Education and currently an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the program for Broadening Participation for Groups Under-represented in Science. He is working with the Tonia Schwartz Lab at Auburn University to study the evolution of sex differences in aging. He has recently cofounded DataClassroom.com to help teach data skills in grades 6-12. Prior to grad school, Aaron taught biology at Kelly High School in Chicago, where he pioneered our model of teacher-scientist collaboration with Dan Warner.

Contact Aaron            Check out Aaron's website
Dr. Ariel Kahrl

Ariel recently received her PhD from the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on the evolution of sperm cells in lizards and other organisms, for which she travels extensively throughout the United States and the islands of the Caribbean. Prior to grad school, Ariel taught science and math at Stuart Hall School in Staunton, Virginia.

Contact Ariel          Check out Ariel's website
Dr. Daniel Warner

Dan is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Auburn University. His research focuses on the ecology and evolution of lizards and turtles. Dan has been overseeing research on the Florida study islands since he and Aaron Reedy initiated fieldwork there in 2011. The Warner Lab and the Cox Lab collaborate for their fieldwork on brown anole lizards in coastal Florida.

Check out the Warner Lab at Auburn University
Dr. Rebecca Fuller

Becky is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Illinois. Her research focuses on the ecology and evolution of fishes. Through her own NSF CAREER award, Becky developed a summer workshop on teaching evolution, and she is now working with Evolution Education to share lesson plans and ideas for aligning research with Next Generation Science Standards.

Check out the Fuller Lab at the University of Illinois
Dr. Frackson Mumba

Frackson is an Associate Professor of Science Education in the Curry School of Education at University of Virginia. His research focuses on teacher and curriculum development in science education. Frackson is helping us to assess learning outcomes from Evolution Education.