Pat Herbst

Professor of Education and Mathematics

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.

Amanda Milewski

Assistant Research Scientist

Amanda is a researcher 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.

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.

Inese Berzina-Pitcher

Project Manager

Inese manages GRIP Lab research projects, which including planning and organizing work, communicating with internal and external stakeholders, hiring staff, organizing events, recruiting research participants. 

Inah Ko

Postdoctoral Researcher

Inah has a PhD in mathematics education and MA and MS in statistics and applied mathematics. Her research interests lie in mathematical knowledge for teaching and quantitative research methods in educational studies.

Irma Stevens

Postdoctoral Researcher

Irma Stevens is a postdoc who earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education and MA in Mathematics at the University of Georgia. Her main research interests are understanding students’ meanings for formulas when reasoning about dynamic situations and teachers’ decision making about mathematical tasks.

Nicolas Boileau

Postdoctoral Researcher

Nicolas Boileau is a postdoctoral researcher in the GRIP lab. He earned his Ph.D. in educational studies, with a concentration in mathematics education, from the University of Michigan. Earlier, he completed a masters in the teaching of mathematics and a bachelor of arts in pure and applied mathematics from Concordia University in his hometown of Montréal. His research focuses on norms of mathematics instruction.

Michael Ion

Research Assistant

Mike Ion is a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics education at the University of Michigan. His research interests include conceptions in calculus, online learning, measurement, and natural language processing.

Scott Bridges

Research Assistant

Scott Bridges is a mathematics education Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan. His research interests include teacher decision making in the face of competing obligations.

Bruno Herbst

Jr Application Developer

Bruno is a junior at the University of Michigan in the College of Engineering and is majoring Computer Science. He works under Srikanth on the development of software applications for the Grip team which are used for research studies.

Erica Pauline Santos

Jr Application Developer

Erica is a sophomore in the College of Engineering. She’s studying Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Computer Science, with a concentration in the Program of Sustainable Engineering. She works as Jr App Developer at the lab. 

Tottionna Bushell

Research Assistant

Tottiona is a junior at the University of Michigan and is majoring in Statistics.

Skylar Pitcher

Research Assistant

Skylar is a sophomore at Wayne State University. He is majoring in kinesiology, minoring in Russian, and pursuing a pre-med track at the Honors College. He is joining the Grip Lab as an undergraduate research assistant.

Michael Green

Research Assistant

Michael is a first-year at the University of Michigan studying Electrical Engineering. He has recently joined the team as a UROP student and is working to streamline the team’s research efforts with database design. 

Andrew Spiteri

Research Assistant

Andrew Spiteri is a freshman at the University of Michigan in the Honors Program. He recently joined as a UROP student and is primarily focusing on the T4D project.