Current UCMP Project Team
- Lisa White, Principal Investigator and Team Coordinator
- Anna Thanukos, Principal Editor and Project Coordinator
- Trish Roque, Webmaster and Developer
- Helina Chin, Graphic Design and Project Support
Current scientific advisors
- Charles Marshall, UC Berkeley
- Michael Nachman, UC Berkeley
- Carl Rothfels, UC Berkeley
- Caroline Williams, UC Berkeley
Current educator advisors
- Betsy Barent, Norris Public Schools
- Nicoline Chambers, West High School
- Stephanie Keep, BiteScis
- Allison Kittay, Redwood High School
- Andrew Petto, University of Wisconsin
- Judy Scotchmoor, former Education and Outreach Assistant Director of UCMP
- Sarah Soule, California Academy of Sciences
- Calvin Young, Fullerton College
Current contributors
- Isaac Krone, Phylogenetics reviewer
- Emali Brophy, Content management system support
- Colin Chamberlain, Content management system support
- Lauren Fowler, Content management system support
Past UCMP Team members
- Roy Caldwell, Principal Investigator
- David Lindberg, Co-Principal Investigator
- Judy Scotchmoor, Project Coordinator
- Josh Frankel, Webmaster and Graphic Design
- Dave Smith, Graphic Design
Original advisors and content providers
- Alan D. Gishlick as a Post Doctoral Scholar at the National Center For Science Education
- Al Janulaw as a Science methods instructor, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
- Eric Meikle as Outreach Coordinator at the National Center for Science Education
- Eugenie C. Scott as Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education
- Caroline A.E. Strömberg as a postdoctoral fellow at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm
- Anna Thanukos as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant of UCMP
- Colleen Whitney as initial site web webmaster
- Carl Zimmer as an author of the section entitled History of evolutionary thought
Original teacher advisors
- Jennifer Collins as a secondary life science teacher in Alexandria, VA
- Scott Hays as a retired science educator and provider of teacher professional development
- Sharon Janulaw as a Science methods instructor, Sonoma State University, Santa Rosa, CA
- Anne Monk as a Middle school science teacher at the Katherine Delmar Burke School, San Francisco, California
- Mark Stefanski as a Science teacher at Marin Academy, San Rafael, CA
- Mark Terry as a Science teacher and Department Chair at Northwest School, Seattle, WA
Postdoctoral and graduate students
These individuals contributed content to the UE site as students.
- Crissy Huffard, Ph.D. 2005, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
- Andrew Lee, Ph.D. 2007, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
- Elizabeth Perotti, Ph.D. 2008, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
- Judy Sheen, Ph.D. 2001, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
- Jennifer Skene, Ph.D. 2009, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
UE advisory board
These individuals joined the UE team in 2008 to provide guidance for the expansion of the UE site, resulting in the successful submission of an NSF CCLI grant proposal in 2009.
- Paul Beardsley, Center for Curriculum Development at the Biological Science Curriculum Study (BSCS), Colorado Springs, CO
- Rodger W. Bybee, Director emeritus of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS Colorado Springs, CO
- Steven B. Case, Assistant Research Professor in the Center for Research on Learning at the University of Kansas
- Judy Diamond, Professor and Curator of informal science education at the University of Nebraska State Museum
- Sam Donovan, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences — Science Education, at the University of Pittsburg
- Kristin Jenkins, Education and Outreach Program Specialist, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham, NC
- Joe Levine, Author of several biology texts at the high school and college levels
- Dennis Liu, Senior Program Officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Patricia Morse, Marine biologist and Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of Washington
- Paul Jean Narguizian, Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at California State University, Los Angeles
- Richard T. O'Grady, Executive Director, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington, DC
- Eugenie C. Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, Inc., Oakland, CA
- Kirsten Swinstrom, Instructor in the Life Sciences Department at Santa Rosa Junior College, CA
- Lisa D. White, Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at San Francisco State University (SFSU), CA
- Brian M. Wiegmann, Associate Director for Education and Outreach at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham, NC
UE teacher advisory board
Funded by the CCLI grant, these individuals joined the UE team in 2009 to provide expertise and content review for the expansion of the UE site at the undergraduate level:
- Robin Bingham, Professor of Biology at Western State College, Gunnison, CO
- Jean DeSaix, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC
- Nan Ho, Professor of Biology at Las Positas Community College, Livermore, CA
- Jennifer Katcher, Faculty member at Pima Community College, AZ
- Kristi Curry Rogers, Assistant Professor of Biology and Geology at Macalaster College, MN
- Jim Smith, Professor of Biology at Michigan State University, MI
- Kirsten Swinstrom, Instructor in the Life Sciences Department at Santa Rosa Junior College, CA
- Lisa Urry, Professor of Biology at Mills College, CA
- Daniel W. Ward, Professor of Biology at Waubonsee Community College, IL
- Jason Wiles, Assistant Professor of Biology at Syracuse University, NY
- Calvin Young, Professor in the Biology Department at Fullerton College, CA
Project partners
These individuals led the participation of their organization in collaboration with Understanding Evolution.
- Kristin Jenkins, Education and Outreach Program Specialist, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham, NC
- Susan Musante, Education Programs Manager, American Institute of Biological Sciences
- Sheri Potter, Manager, Membership and Community Programs, American Institute of Biological Sciences
External UE advisory board:
These individuals have served as reviewers of UE resources:
- Felicitas Avendano
- Kari Benson
- Jenny Boughman
- Marya Czech
- Jackie Durant
- Kevin Folta
- Rene Gillibert
- Ryan Gregory
- Laurel Hester
- Nan Ho
- Larisa Huiras
- Stephanie Huiras
- Cheryl Ann Hollinger
- Jennifer Katcher
- Allison Kittay
- André Lachance
- Troy Ladine
- Janet Lee
- Mary Mulcahy
- Elaine Ngo
- Andrew Petto
- Polly Schulz
- Kathy Schwab
- Bernie Shellem
- Elena Bray Speth
- Robert Swanson
- James F. Thompson
- Martin Tracey
- Gene Vann
- Leo Welch
- Cal Young