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Principal Investigators | Evaluator | Instructional Design | Staff & Teaching Assistants
Simona Bartl
Dr. Simona Bartl has been using biotechnology and the associated information technology in her research since 1983. She has taught biology classes at the undergraduate and graduate level throughout her career and began a professional development program for teachers in the fall of 1999. Dr. Bartl brought extensive experience in research, teaching, program development, and management to this project. She is committed to supporting and improving science and technology education at the K-12 level and enjoys presenting STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) content in the context of current scientific research to diverse audiences.
Henrik Kibak
Dr. Henrik Kibak is a professor of biology at CSU Monterey Bay who teaches courses in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Science for Teachers. He has an extensive programming and information technology background and has been using the web for instruction since 1995. Grant-funded activities include NSF, Department of Education, and private foundation projects. His most recent and highly successful project, “Data-rich Nomadic Wireless Webcasts for High School Science,” provides the hardware and capability to conduct the proposed interactive webcasts. All of his courses have significant web components and the “Inquiry-based Life Science for Teachers” course has won CSU-wide recognition as a model course for blended programs. Besides wet lab and lecture components, the course includes 14 one-hour computer lab learning experiences that enable teachers to prepare and publish digital movies, excel spreadsheets, animations and PowerPoint presentations in support of standards-based science lesson plans they develop.
Dr. Kibak delivers the bioinformatics instruction to the teachers in the workshop and helps them with integrating bioinformatics, California State Science Content Standards, and student-friendly datasets into their lessons. He is also responsible for supervising undergraduate technicians to support the webcasts and website.
Robertta Barba
Dr.
Robertta H. Barba was at the time of the MBB Program, a Professor at San Jose State University and Chair, Department
of Instructional Technology, where she taught graduate coursework including:
Research Seminar, Interactive Web Site Design, Advanced Computer Graphics,
Interactive Instructional Video, Distance Education: Web-based Learning, Emerging
Technologies, and Digital Photography for Educators. Dr. Barba received her
B.S. and M.S. degrees at the University of Delaware and her Ph.D. degree at
the Pennsylvania State University. She has previously held faculty positions
at San Diego State University and the University of New Mexico. Her scholarly
activities include 100 refereed articles, 6 books, 15 chapters in edited texts,
64 conference presentations, 70 web sites and software publications, 50 invited
articles and presentations, and 29 funded projects.
Dr. Barba's experiences include science educator, having worked in the Appoquinimink School District in Odessa, Delaware; Christina School District in Newark, Delaware; Quemado Rural Independent Schools in Quemado, New Mexico, Encinco Rural Independent Schools, Encino, New Mexico; and the Albuquerque Public Schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has worked as a classroom teacher, a science department chair, a district science curriculum supervisor, and a student teacher supervisor.
Helen Cagampang
Prior to her position as Independent Evaluator for Marine Biotechnology and Bioinformatics for Teachers, Dr. Helen Cagampang evaluated statewide school and community-based health education programs for California adolescents for more than 15 years. She served as Project Director at the Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco and at the Family Welfare Research Group, UC Berkeley. Her responsibilities at the two Universities included proposal development, basic research, evaluation design, instrument design and testing, implementation oversight, data collection, analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data, and preparation of reports. She also taught research methods at the college level and science in elementary and middle schools in California and in the Philippines where she was a Peace Corps Volunteer. She participated in a nation-wide study of vocational education, coordinating a five-year panel survey of high school and community college students. She holds degrees from Stanford University (BA) and UC Berkeley (MPP, Ph.D.). She has published in the areas of adolescent pregnancy prevention program evaluation, health careers for adolescents, vocational education, school finance, and teacher supply and demand.
Steven McGriff
Dr. Steven McGriff was at the time of the MBB Project an Assistant Professor at San Jose State University, Department of Instructional Technology, where he taught graduate coursework including: Graphic Design for Performance and Learning, Seminar in Instructional Technology, Practicum, Emerging Technologies, Microcomputers in Education, and Distance Education and Telecommunications. Steve earned his B.A. in Art Design at Stanford University, an M.A. in Instructional Technology at San José State University, and his doctorate in Instructional Systems at The Pennsylvania State University. He has previously worked in faculty development at Stanford University and as a consultant in instructional design. Dr. McGriff transitioned in 2008 to be the Teacher in Residence at the Krause Center for Innovation, Foothill College, Los Altos HIlls, CA.
Traci Conlin 
Ms. Traci Conlin earned a B.S. degree in Aquatic Biology at the University of Texas at Austin in 1997 and completed an M.S. degree in Biology at California State University, Northridge, in 2003. Her Master's research was conducted in Discovery Bay, Jamaica and examined the effect of algal turf microenvironments on the physiology of juvenile corals. At Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, she was responsible for a variety of tasks including: 1) designing and implementing public education programs for the Friends of Moss Landing Marine Labs; 2) fostering a culture of fund development for the labs through philanthropic giving, grant preparation, event coordination, and community partnerships; 3) conducting public outreach for the Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) Program; and 4) facilitating a professional development program for middle and high school science teachers through MLML's Teacher Enhancement Program (TEP) and Marine Biotechnology and Bioinformatics for Teachers.
MLML graduate students:
Shelby Boyer
Daphne Dehringer
Danielle Frechette
Laurie Hall
Cristie Kirlin
Erinn McKell
Sarah Smith
Elsie Tanadjaja
Tonatiuh Trejo
CSUMB Undergraduate Students:
Jonathan Baptista
Roy Montgomery
Kalpesh Patel
Andrew Walling
Other:
Gwendolyn Dapper, Technicial Assistant
Rick Carreiro, Pre-college teacher
Menko Johnson, Technician
Martin Morones, Technician
