Leadership 2024-2025

Officer Board

ASU Luminosity Lab Team

Mark Naufel, Executive Director Luminosity Lab

Mark Naufel leads an interdisciplinary lab of exceptional students called The Luminosity Lab within ASU’s Knowledge Enterprise. The Luminosity Lab is an applied research and development lab that aims to positively impact society through the use of emerging technologies. Previously, Naufel drove strategy and data initiatives for companies both locally and in Silicon Valley - working at companies such as Cisco Systems, The Wolff Company and the Arizona Chamber of Commerce. He also served as the political director for one of Arizona’s political parties, leading political and data strategy for the 2014 statewide races, and was nominated by Arizona Capitol times as one of Arizona’s rising political stars.

Mary Hintze, Program Manager Luminosity Lab

My name is Mary Hintze. I received my Mechanical Engineering degree from ASU along with a minor in Human Systems Engineering. In industry my work involved taking a project all the way from conception through to production. Specifically related to mechanical housing design for electronic components in a variety of industries (military, space, medical, telecom, etc). Now, I work at the Luminosity Lab within ASU, working alongside students to rapidly prototype creative solutions for real world problems!

Sponsor

Debbie Nipar, Teacher and Sponsor

Debbie Nipar has been an educator for 32 years and has spent the last 26 years teaching at Hamilton High School in the Chandler Unified School District (CUSD). Prior to that, she spent five years teaching junior high science classes at Casa Grande Junior High School in the Casa Grande Elementary School District and Willis Junior High in CUSD. Debbie currently teaches 10-12th-grade AP Chemistry, Honors Science Research, and AP Research.

Debbie brought chemistry modeling to Hamilton and is a firm believer in the modeling curriculum. Her students are exposed to labs and demonstrations that allow them to make sense of the microscopic world by observing and measuring macroscopic data. In her classroom, students whiteboard and discuss ideas with Debbie acting as facilitator. Students not only understand chemistry better, but are able to articulate and defend experiments and problem-solving strategies.

Debbie's students from her Honors Science Research class participate in the Intel Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) since 2004. Because of this success, she has been asked to present information about her program at two ISEF Southwest Educator Academies.

Debbie earned a B.A. in education from Arizona State University and a M.Ed. from Northern Arizona University. She is certified in biology, chemistry, and general science.