
Inese Berzina-Pitcher
Project Manager
Inese manages GRIP Lab research projects, which includes planning and organizing work, communicating with internal and external stakeholders, hiring staff, organizing events, and recruiting research participan

Noah Boudrie
Jr. Web Developer
Noah is a senior at the University of Michigan majoring in Computer Science. In his role as a junior web developer he is supporting database and web application development.

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.

Hannah Connell
Jr. Web Developer
Hannah is an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, majoring in Computer Science.

Amirali Denai
Research Assistant
Amirali is an undergraduate student at the College of Engineering majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Math.

Susie Hagan
Research Technician Intermediate
Susie is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s School of Education where she studied secondary Biology and Psychology education. In her role as a research technician she will be assisting in multiple faucets of the research process including data collection, management, cataloging and archiving. She also contributes to the adaptation and design of online teacher professional development curriculum, along with drafting and editing manuscripts. Susie is eager to learn more about the research process.

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.

Carolyn Hetrick
Postdoctoral Researcher
Carolyn is a postdoctoral researcher who earned her Ph.D. in Educational Foundations and Policy at the University of Michigan. Carolyn’s research interests involve leveraging critical qualitative methodologies to support community-based education initiatives and advocacy efforts. Through her work with the GRIP Lab, Carolyn participates in qualitative inquiry about instructors’ practical rationalities.

Michael Ion
Research Assistant
Mike 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.

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.

Natalyn Kapner
Research Assistant
Natalyn is a freshman at the University of Michigan in the LSA Honors Program majoring in Psychology and minoring in Spanish. She is also on the Premed track.

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.

Saksham Sadh
Jr. Web Developer
Saksham is a sophomore at the University of Michigan in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and is majoring in Computer Science. In his role as a junior web developer he is supporting database and web application developme

Gil Schwarts
Postdoctoral Researcher
Gil earned her PhD and MSc in mathematics education at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, and her BSc in mathematics at the Ben-Gurion University. She is interested in secondary mathematics teachers’ decision-making processes and their capacity to enact changes in their long-established practices, and in the ways in which productive mathematical discussions evolve.

Eran Segal
Project Associate
Eran provides assistance to the GRIP Lab faculty and researchers with their work.

Andre Quimper
Research Assistant
Andre is a Freshman at the University of Michigan in the College of Engineering, majoring in Computer Engineering.
Past GRIP Team Members
Kayin Aaron · Wendy Rose Aaron · Carlos Acevedo · Enes Akbuga · Darrell Allen · Megha Bairwal · Emanuele Bardelli · Robert Beckemeyer · Stephen Bizer · Heather Bleecker· Nicolas Boileau · Eszter Boldog · Scott Bridges · Chandler Brown · Tottionna Bushell · Jeong Lim Chae · Chia-Ling Chen · Vu Minh Chieu · Rachel Cortez · Stephanie Delgado · Justin Dimmel · Maranda Discenna · Ander Erickson · Erin Fedeson · Felice Gonzales · Gloriana Gonzáles · Michael Green · Umut Gursel · Kristi Hanby · Bruno Herbst · Hui-Yu (Angela) Hsu · Inah Ko · Karl W. Kosko · Yungchi (Jack) Lin · Jorge Luna · Claudine Margolis · Manu Mehrotra · Takeshi Miyakawa · Joel Maidens · Talli Nachlieli · Rashmi Nair · Annick Rougee · Mollee Shultz · Travis Skindzier · Rachel Snider · Andrew Spiteri · Mindy Steffen · Irma Stevens · Natalie Suh · Micah Swartz · Michael Weiss · Jack Zaloga · Alan Zhang · Jinzhi (Bella) Zhou