Our Team
Our team is made up of faculty, students and staff from various places across the University.
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Aglaia Ruffino Jalles
(she/her)
Science Education Fellow, Research & Inquiry -

Dr. Armin Yazdani
(he/him)
Educational Developer -

Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia
(she/her)
Science Education Fellow, Teaching and Learning Initiatives -

Cyrille Mvomo
(he/him)
Science Education Fellow -

Dr. Diane Dechief
(she/her)
Senior Faculty Lecturer -

Hilary Sweatman
(she/her)
Science Education Fellow -

Jean-Christophe Boivin
(he/him)
Science Education Fellow, SciLearn Program -

Juliann Wray
Course/Program Developer -

Kira Smith
(she/her)
Student Engagement and Learning Manager -

Lianne Deguire
(she/her)
Administrative Supervisor -

Lina Mullings
Administrative Coordinator,
OSE and Tomlinson -

Lizz Webb
(she/her)
Science Education Fellow -

Madeline Fabiano
(she/her)
Science Education Fellow, Undergraduate Initiatives -

Marcy Slapcoff
(she/her)
Director and Richard Tomlinson Chair in Science Education -

Matheus Pessôa
(he/him)
Science Education Fellow -

Nathalie Singh
(she/her)
FSCI 198 Course/Program Developer -

Norah Adams
(she/her)
Research Assistant -

Rebeca Esquivel
(she/her)
FSCI 198
Course/Program Developer -

Prof. Rhonda Amsel
(she/her)
Associate Professor, Psychology (Retired) -

Stephen George
(he/him)
Science Education Fellow -

Dr. Tamara Western
(she/her)
Associate Professor, Biology -

Tarasha Sharma
(she/her)
Science Education Fellow, Research and Inquiry -

Dr. Véronique Brulé
(she/her)
Educational Developer
Rizzo Amsel
OSE Mascot
SciLearn Peer Collaboration Assistants 2025-2026
Alvinson Zheng, BSc student, Mathematics & Statistics
Cindy Li, BSc student, Neuroscience
Elise Farnam, BSc student, Biochemistry
Karine Adley, Peer Collab Assistant Team Lead, BSc student, Psychology
Pavla Rajilic, BSc student Chemistry
Sara Shaikh, BSc student, Computer Science & Psychology
Simone Doad, BSc student, Neuroscience
Sina Salmannia, BSc student, Computer Science & Psychology
Sofia Davtian, Peer Collab Assistant Team Lead, BSc student, Cognitive Science