My name is Jessica Rosenberg and I am an Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and the Director of Education for the Quantum Materials Center at George Mason University. My PhD training is as an astrophysicist with my work focusing on what we can learn about galaxy evolution from the gas and star formation properties of galaxies. Through graduate school, my postdoctoral experiences, and now as a faculty member I have been engaged with STEM education both in the classroom and as a researcher alongside my work as an astrophysicist. I have worked to improve STEM education with a focus on the education and retention of a diverse group of students in the STEM disciplines and to create new models for graduate student preparation. I have developed and implemented education programs that span K-20, researched improvements to STEM classroom education, and examined how scientific research projects can have a broader impact on society though research, education, and outreach.

I'm Dr. Nancy Holincheck and I am an Assistant Professor of STEM Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.  I teach and mentor doctoral students in the College of Education and Human Development's Ph.D. in Education program and teachers in Mason's Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning program. I am a former high school physics teacher and a STEM enthusiast involved in robotics, quantum, and K-12 STEM in general. My research focuses on K-12 STEM teaching and learning, supporting marginalized groups in STEM - especially women, STEM teacher and student identity, and fostering teacher reflection.

My name is Ben Dreyfus and I am faculty in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and in the STEM Accelerator Program at George Mason University. I also coordinate the undergraduate Learning Assistant program for the physics/astronomy department and across the College of Science.  I started out teaching high school physics, then went on to do my Ph.D. in physics education research. My previous research has included work on students' ideas about the nature of quantum entities.