2018 Teacher Fellows
Bellasanta Ferrer
Bellasanta teaches Life Science, Physical Science, and Literacy at John C. Haines Elementary in Chicago's Chinatown. She holds a PhD in Education Research Methodology and but began her career as an exploration geologist in the Philippines. Last year in her field research experience she collaborated with Brittany Beck on our field studies of aging in lizards as well as assisted with the construction of a field enclosure for behavioral observations. She has published several papers on science education.
Bellasanta teaches Life Science, Physical Science, and Literacy at John C. Haines Elementary in Chicago's Chinatown. She holds a PhD in Education Research Methodology and but began her career as an exploration geologist in the Philippines. Last year in her field research experience she collaborated with Brittany Beck on our field studies of aging in lizards as well as assisted with the construction of a field enclosure for behavioral observations. She has published several papers on science education.
Brittany Beck
Brittany teaches Biology and Health at High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology in Brooklyn, New York. She has been recognized for her teaching as a Math For America Master Teacher Fellow and by the NYC Department of Education as a top 100 finalist for the Big Apple Teaching Award. Last year in her field research experience, she ran hundreds of lizards on a specialized race track to test whether sprint speed declines with age in brown anoles living in the wild.
Brittany teaches Biology and Health at High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology in Brooklyn, New York. She has been recognized for her teaching as a Math For America Master Teacher Fellow and by the NYC Department of Education as a top 100 finalist for the Big Apple Teaching Award. Last year in her field research experience, she ran hundreds of lizards on a specialized race track to test whether sprint speed declines with age in brown anoles living in the wild.
2017 Teacher Fellows
Lucia Ferrante
Lucia teaches Science and Special Education at Port Chester High School in New York. In 2016, Lucia received a Fund For Teachers Fellowship to study in the Galapagos islands. As an Evolution Education Teacher Fellow, she helped us test whether female anole lizards with atypical "male-like" back coloration differ from typical "female-like" morphs in their behavioral responses to territorial intrusions. Stay tuned for more info!
Lucia teaches Science and Special Education at Port Chester High School in New York. In 2016, Lucia received a Fund For Teachers Fellowship to study in the Galapagos islands. As an Evolution Education Teacher Fellow, she helped us test whether female anole lizards with atypical "male-like" back coloration differ from typical "female-like" morphs in their behavioral responses to territorial intrusions. Stay tuned for more info!
Aaron Willey
Aaron teaches Introductory Biology and Biological Research Experimental Design at UNC School of the Arts in North Carolina. She has published in Science & Children and recently collaborated with Lucia Ferrante on our field studies of territorial aggression in female anoles. Aaron's interests range from the materials science of spider silk to the cryptozoology of Bigfoot, and we're excited to share the work of her students!
Aaron teaches Introductory Biology and Biological Research Experimental Design at UNC School of the Arts in North Carolina. She has published in Science & Children and recently collaborated with Lucia Ferrante on our field studies of territorial aggression in female anoles. Aaron's interests range from the materials science of spider silk to the cryptozoology of Bigfoot, and we're excited to share the work of her students!
2016 Teacher Fellows
Fred Hingst
Fred teaches AP Biology, Biology, Zoology and Earth science at DeWitt High School in Michigan. Prior to joining Evolution Education, Fred studied the evolution of E. coli bacteria through a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Teachers project in Richard Lenski’s lab at Michigan State University. Fred and his students are now conducting a study to identify the cues that cause typically asexual duckweed plants to flower and have sex!
Fred teaches AP Biology, Biology, Zoology and Earth science at DeWitt High School in Michigan. Prior to joining Evolution Education, Fred studied the evolution of E. coli bacteria through a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Teachers project in Richard Lenski’s lab at Michigan State University. Fred and his students are now conducting a study to identify the cues that cause typically asexual duckweed plants to flower and have sex!
Adam Rotche
Adam teaches AP Environmental Science and Chemistry at Blacksburg High School in southwestern Virginia. In 2016, Adam helped us sample anoles from island populations in Florida. In collaboration with Fred Hingst, Adam and his students are now focusing on duckweed. However, they are taking a slightly different angle by exploring the ability of these plants to remediate polluted water sources by accumulating heavy metals and contaminants.
Adam teaches AP Environmental Science and Chemistry at Blacksburg High School in southwestern Virginia. In 2016, Adam helped us sample anoles from island populations in Florida. In collaboration with Fred Hingst, Adam and his students are now focusing on duckweed. However, they are taking a slightly different angle by exploring the ability of these plants to remediate polluted water sources by accumulating heavy metals and contaminants.
2015 Teacher Fellows
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Nick Kiriazis
Nick teaches Ecology, Biology, and Field Science at Venture Academy High School in Utah. During the first year of his Fellowship, Nick contributed to a study of sex differences in anole territorial aggression that we recently published in Behavioral Ecology. During the second year of his Fellowhip, Nick and his students designed an experiment to answer the question: Does a cockroach have a personality? Stay tuned for their results! |
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Brandon Pope
Pope teaches Biology and Environmental Science at Uplift Summit International Preparatory in Texas. Pope also played a key role in our recent field study of anole territorial aggression in Behavioral Ecology. During the second year of his Fellowhip, he and his students discovered that cues from fish predators shorten the development time of mosquito larvae. As a result, these cues also reduce sex differences in the size of adult mosquitoes! |
