Meet the Team

Project PIs and Virtual World Café Facilitators
Michela Taufer, Ph.D.
Jack Dongarra Professor in High Performance Computing
University of Tennessee, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Ewa Deelman, Ph.D.
Research Professor and Research Director
University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute
Trilce Estrada, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of New Mexico, Department of Computer Science
Mary W. Hall, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Utah, School of Computing
Victoria Stodden, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences
Rafael Ferreira da Silva, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor and Research Lead
University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute

Team Members
Loïc Pottier, Ph.D.
Computer Scientist
University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute
Silvina Caino-Lores, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ariel Rorabaugh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Grace Wisser
Virtual World Café Coordinator
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Virtual World Café Assessment Team
Pam Bishop, Ph.D.
Director
University of Tennessee, National Institute for STEM Evaluation and Research
Erica Echols, M.S.
Evaluation Specialist
University of Tennessee, National Institute for STEM Evaluation and Research

Student Volunteers



For questions about the Virtual World Café, please direct your inquiries to our Virtual World Café Coordinator, Grace Wisser.