
Chesta Bisht
Research Assistant
Chesta is pursuing her M.A. in Educational Studies at the Marsal School of Education, a pivotal step toward her vision of accessible, quality education for all. With an engineering background but a passion for teaching, she has spent six years in India’s development sector as a teacher and coach, working to reshape education for the most marginalized. Chesta’s dream is to create an educational system that empowers unseen and unheard children, enabling them to dismantle the barriers that hold them back.

Amanda Brown
GRIP Lab Co-Director
Amanda is a research scientist at the University of Michigan that studies teachers’ instructional practices and innovative approaches for intervening in those practices through pd. She has a PhD in Mathematics Education and MA in Mathematics.

Jainisha Chavda
Research Associate
Jainisha holds a Ph.D. in Education Policy from Michigan State University. She is interested in studying education systems of the global south and has a diverse research portfolio including topics such as datafication and education, gender and youth issues, and school choice. She is supporting various project, data, and research management activities at the GRIP Lab.

Qiuyu Chen
Research Assistant
Qiuyu is a Ph.D. student in Mathematics Education at the University of Michigan. She is interested in the interplay between teachers’ knowledge and their decision-making processes in mathematics instruction. She is also passionate about exploring how technology can enhance teaching and create more effective learning environments.

Pat Herbst
GRIP Lab Director
Pat is a professor of Education and Mathematics at Michigan. He studies the knowledge and rationality involved in teaching mathematics and the use of digital technologies to represent and communicate professional knowledge.

Soobin Jeon
Research Assistant
Soobin is a Ph.D. student in mathematics education at the University of Michigan. She is interested in how we can support teachers to engage students in meaningful math learning and how we can use technology and innovation in the process.

Srikanth Lavu
Application Developer
Srikanth has an MS in Computer Science. His work mainly involves designing and developing Software Applications for the GRIP team which are used for research studies.

Vivian O
Research Assistant
Vivian is a junior at the University of Michigan. She is double majoring in computer science and cognitive science. She is interested in educational technology and instructional design.

Yiğit Savuran
Research Associate
Yiğit holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction. His research interests include corpus linguistics and discourse analysis studies as well as educational assessment and evaluation.

Rüya Savuran
Postdoctoral Researcher
Rüya holds a Ph.D. degree from the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Türkiye. She has experience as a mathematics teacher research assistant and instructor at different universities. She is interested in exploring the foundations and development of mathematics teacher knowledge through teaching experiments designed for preservice mathematics teachers.

Khoi Vu
Research Assistant
Khoi is a freshman at the University of Michigan in the College of Engineering. He is majoring in computer engineering and is interested in web development for the GRIP Lab.

Tingyi Xiao
Research Assistant
Tingyi is a junior at the University of Michigan in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. She is majoring in mathematics and minoring in computer science. She is interested in teaching methods internationally and how we can use technology during the research.

Annie Zhou
Research Assistant
Annie is a Master’s student in Educational Studies at the Marsal Family School of Education. She is passionate about mathematics education and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. With a background in design and experience in voluntary teaching, she is dedicated to creating inclusive and impactful learning experiences for all learners worldwide.
Past GRIP Team Members
Kayin Aaron · Wendy Rose Aaron · Carlos Acevedo · Marwa Aidibi · Enes Akbuga · Darrell Allen · Kuhoo Bairwal · Megha Bairwal · Emanuele Bardelli · Robert Beckemeyer · Inese Berzina-Pitcher · Stephen Bizer · Heather Bleecker· Nicolas Boileau · Eszter Boldog · Noah Boudrie · Christopher Breznau · Scott Bridges · Chandler Brown · Tottionna Bushell · Jeong Lim Chae · Chia-Ling Chen · Vu Minh Chieu · Samantha Chklovskii · Hannah Connell · Rachel Cortez · Anthony Davis · Stephanie Delgado · Amirali Denai · Justin Dimmel · Maranda Discenna · Sophia Do · Ander Erickson · Erin Fedeson · Felice Gonzales · Gloriana Gonzáles · Michael Green · Umut Gursel · Susie Hagan · Kristi Hanby · Bruno Herbst · Carolyn Hetrick · Hui-Yu (Angela) Hsu · Michael Ion · Natalyn Kapner · Inah Ko · Karl W. Kosko · Adia Lee · Yungchi (Jack) Lin · Jorge Luna · Claudine Margolis · Manu Mehrotra · Takeshi Miyakawa · Joel Maidens · Talli Nachlieli · Rashmi Nair · Christine Qiu · Andre Quimper · Annick Rougee · Saksham Sadh · Gil Schwarts · Eran Segal · Mollee Shultz · Travis Skindzier · Rachel Snider · Andrew Spiteri · Mindy Steffen · Irma Stevens · Natalie Suh · Micah Swartz · Aofan Wang · Michael Weiss · Jack Zaloga · Alan Zhang · Edgar Zhang · Jinzhi (Bella) Zhou