Group: Core Team

• Naomi Alterman

  

  Naomi joined the eScience Institute in 2021 as their Technical Education Specialist. She is a STEM education researcher and systems software hacker with a background in computer networking and electrical engineering. The primary focus of her work is on inclusive pedagogy at entrances to the STEM learning pipeline in postsecondary education, and how to build…

• Ann Nykamp

  

  Ann is the eScience Institute’s Director of Finance and Administration. Prior to joining eScience in 2018, Ann was a research coordinator and grant specialist for the University of Washington’s Child Health Institute, the School of Dentistry, and the Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation. Her skills include proposal development, financial reporting, fiscal oversight, and interpreting…

• Andy Connolly

  

  Professor Andy Connolly is an eScience Director, and a professor in the Department of Astronomy. Professor Connolly studies cosmology and the formation of structure within our universe using large astronomical surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Large Synoptic Sky Survey (LSST). He currently runs the UW data management group for the LSST, which develops algorithms…