SCOPE Team
Our team consists of volunteer faculty members, staff and graduate students. Between our team, we have experience teaching students from grades pre-K through graduate level.
The SEM team
Cassandra Zamora
Cassandra Zamora is the Outreach Program Coordinator for the SCOPE program. Ms. Zamora joined the SCOPE program in the Spring of 2013 and is responsible for scheduling, module creation, organization, and running sessions.
Dr. Jennifer Gadient
Dr. Jennifer Gadient is the Instrumentation Scientist for the NSM Instrumentation Center. Dr. Gadient has been a part of the SCOPE program since 2019 and helps with SEM sample prep and running SEM sessions.
Dr. Kristin Kirschbaum
Dr. Kristin Kirschbaum is the Director of the UToledo NSM Instrumentation Center. In 2010, Dr. Kirschbaum received a grant to purchase the Scanning Electron Microscope and start the SCOPE program.
The Confocal Team
The SCOPE Confocal Team consists of Professors of Biology that are engaged in active research at the University of Toledo. These Professors volunteer their time to bring real-life research to students participating in the SCOPE program.
Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss
Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss joined the SCOPE program in 2012, when he received a grant to purchase the Confocal Fluorescent Microscope. You can learn more about Dr. Avidor-Reiss and his research here.
Dr. Rafael Garcia-Mata
Dr. Rafael Garcia-Mata joined the SCOPE program in 2016 and has since become an integral part of the team. You can learn more Dr. Garcia-Mata and his research here.
Dr. Scott Crawley
Dr. Scott Crawley joined the SCOPE program in 2019. You can learn more about Dr. Crawley and his research here.
Dr. Qian Chen
Dr. Qian Chen joined the SCOPE program in 2019. You can learn more about Dr. Chen and his research here.
Dr. Song-Tao Liu
Dr. Song-Tao Liu joined the SCOPE program in 2020. You can learn more about Dr. Liu and his research here.
Dr. Bruce Bamber
Dr. Bruce Bamber joined the SCOPE Program in Fall of 2021. You can learn more about Dr. Bamber and his research here.
The GC-MS Team
The GC-MS team consists of one Professor of Chemistry that is engaged in active research at the University of Toledo. This Professor volunteers her time to bring real-life research to students participating in the program.
Dr. Emanuela Gionfriddo
Dr. Emanuela Gionfriddo joined the SCOPE Program in 2019 and added the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer to the program. You can learn more about Dr. Gionfriddo and her research here.
The Photoacoustics/Bio-medical Team
Dr. Aniruddha Ray
Dr. Aniruddha Ray joined the SCOPE Program in early 2023 and added a photoacoustic instrument to the program. You can learn more about Dr. Ray and his research here.
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