2010-2011 Socrates Staff

Maarten Chrispeels

NSF GK12 Socrates Principal Investigator

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Chrispeels Laboratory

Maarten Chrispeels came to the US in 1960 for graduate study at University of Illinois. After receiving his PhD in Agronomy, he became a postdoctoral fellow at the DOE Plant Research Laboratory at Michigan State University and studied plant biochemistry. His active research career at UCSD spanned 42 years. Professor Chrispeels was elected to membership in the US National Academy of Sciences in 1996. For 10 years he served as the Director of the San Diego Center for Molecular Agriculture (SDCMA) on the UCSD campus.

Shelley Glenn Lee

shelley

NSF GK12 Socrates Program Manager

ScienceBridge Deputy Director

Shelley is a native San Diegan who has worked extensively in the area of science and science education throughout San Diego. She has a Bachelor's degree in Biology ('94) and a Master's degree in Science Education ('03), both from San Diego State University.

Johnnie Lyman

NSF GK12 Socrates Coordinator

ScienceBridge Assistant Project Coordinator

Johnnie is a third generation Alaskan who performed her PhD research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at UCSD. She has a Bachelor's degree in Geology ('03) from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and a Master's in Oceanography ('09) from SIO.