Our Team
Our team is made up of faculty, students and staff from various places across the University.
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Dr. Armin Yazdani
(he/him)
Educational Developer -
Cyrille Mvomo
(he/him)
Science Education Fellow -
Dr. Diane Dechief
(she/her)
Senior Faculty Lecturer -
Hilary Sweatman
(she/her)
Science Education Fellow -
Dr. Janette Barrington
(she/her)
Education Research Consultant -
Juliann Wray
Course/Program Developer -
Karine Adly
(she/her)
Peer Collaboration Assistant - Team Lead -
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 -
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) -
Samantha (Sam) McKay
(she/her)
Communications Assistant -
Sofiia Davtian
(she/her)
Peer Collaboration Assistant - Team Lead -
Stephen George
(he/him)
Science Education Fellow -
Dr. Tamara Western
(she/her)
Associate Professor, Biology -
Dr. Véronique Brulé
(she/her)
Educational Developer -
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
OSE Mascot
Previous Contributors
Adele Lopes, Science Communication Research Assistant
Alia Devashayam, SciLearn Mentor
Anna Hayden, OSE Fellow
Anita Parmar, Co-Director, Building 21
Ben Dringoli, Science Education Fellow
Bhavya Bhushan, Communications Assistant
Brenden Moeun, Science Education Fellow
Brent Jamsa, Administrative Student Affairs Coordinator
Christina Popescu, Science Education Fellow
Cynthia Feng, Science Education Fellow
Dan Petrescu, Science Education Fellow
Emily Foxman, Communications Assistant
Emma Lee, SciLearn Peer Collaboration Assistant
Emma Segato, Science Communication Research Assistant
Erika Walback, SciLearn Peer Collaboration Assistant
Ezelbahar Metin, Student Engagement Administrator
Ezrah Isaac Roy, Science Communication Research Assistant
Faith Ruetas, Science Communication Research Assistant
Faye Frances Hughes, Administrative Coordinator, Science Education Conference Awards
Grace Yu, SciLearn Peer Collaboration Assistant
Irem Karaaslan, Research Assistant
Iris Guo, Science Education Fellow
Jacqueline Kort Mascort, Learning Technology Support Specialist, TLS
Jasmine Parent, Learning Technology Consultant, Teaching and Learning Services
Jonathan Brassard, Science Education Fellow
Kelly Gallacher, SciLearn Mentor
Lizzie Schultz, Science Communication Research Assistant
Marie Walker, SciLearn Mentor
Mark Daniel, SciLearn Mentor
Meg Lau, SciLearn Peer Collaboration Assistant
Meghomita Das, Science Communication Research Assistant
Neeraj Katiyar, Course/Program Developer
Nicolas Parent, Science Education Fellow
Oulin Yu, Science Education Fellow
Pratik Kadekar, OSE Fellow
Rebecca Brosseau, Science Education Fellow
Rosaleen Siroosi, SciLearn Peer Collaboration Assistant
Sahra Omar, SciLearn Peer Collaboration Assistant
Sean Coady, SciLearn Mentor
Tong Wang, Science Education Fellow
Valérie Bourassa, Science Education Fellow
Victoria Glynn, Science Education Fellow
Yusuf Josiah, Science Education Fellow
Zachary Grimard, SciLearn Mentor