Personnel

Leadership Team

Pratibha Varma-Nelson

Professor, Founding Executive Director of SEIRI

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Phone:: 317-278-3425
Email:: pvn@iupui.edu
Website:: https://science.iupui.edu/chemistry/people-directory/people/varma-nelson-pratibha.html

Disciplinary Background

Chemical Education/Organic Chemistry

Research Interests & Expertise

cPLTL
Chemical Education
Higher Education Administration

Brandon Sorge

Associate Professor, Associate Director

Engineering and Technology

Phone:: 317-274-9732
Email:: bsorge@iupui.edu

Disciplinary Background

Organizational Leadership

Research Interests & Expertise

Benefit-Cost Analysis
STEM Workforce Development Policy
Leadership Development
Corporate Social Responsibility

Kim Nguyen

Director for Statewide and Regional Collaborations

Vice Chancellor For Research

Phone:: 317-274-1126
Email:: knguyen@iupui.edu

Disciplinary Background

Education

Research Interests & Expertise

Recruitment
Retention
Outreach
Project Management

Research & Evaluation Team

Danka Maric

Research Associate

SEIRI

Phone:: 317-274-1835
Email:: dmaric@iu.edu

Disciplinary Background

Cognition and Social Psychology

Research Interests & Expertise

STEM education research
Promoting diversity
Quantitative research
Social Cognition

Deb Cole

Academic Specialist - Programming Associate

STEM Education Innovation and Research

Phone:: 317- 278-4753
Email:: cole22@iupui.edu

Disciplinary Background

Chemistry
Sociology

Research Interests & Expertise

Online Learning and Accessibility
Using Instructional Systems Technology Principles
Program Development and Management
Community Building and Outreach

Diamond Benson

INLSAMP Interim Program Manager

Phone:: (317) 274-6872
Email:: dsbenson@iu.edu

Disciplinary Background

Forensic Science

Research Interests & Expertise

Recruitment, Program Management, STEM Education, Forensic Entomology

Grant Fore

Research Associate

Vice Chancellor For Research

Phone:: (317) 278-6081
Email:: gfore@iupui.edu

Disciplinary Background

Social Anthropology

Research Interests & Expertise

STEM Ethics
Equity in STEM
Qualitative Research

Samuel Nyarko

Postdoctoral Fellow

SEIRI

Phone:: 317-278-8525
Email:: snyarko@iu.edu

Disciplinary Background

STEM Education, Geoscience

Research Interests & Expertise

STEM Education Research
Evaluation Research
Workforce development
Instructional Design
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Mixed Method Research
Nature of Science

Staff/Graduate Assistants

Reena Wyman

Administrative Assistant

Phone:: (317)-274-7490
Email:: rrwyman@iu.edu