SIM Staff Directory
Directors
Chuck Yohn, PhD - Director
814-641-3686, yohn@juniata.edu
Don Mitchell, PhD - Founder, Director Emeritus,
and Statewide Advocate
814-641-3562, mitchell@juniata.edu
Mobile Educators/Associate Directors
Sharon Conaway - Biology
814-641-3544, conaway@juniata.edu
Tara Fitzsimmons - Chemistry
814-641-3543, fitzsit@juniata.edu
Leslie Leckvarcik, PhD - Middle School
814-641-3665, leckval@juniata.edu
Additional Staff
Rae Ann Allison - Equipment Courier
814-641-6688, allisor@juniata.edu
Timothy Brookins- Office Manager
814-641-3566, brookit@juniata.edu
Edward McLaughlin - Equipment Manager
814-641-6688, mclaughlin@juniata.edu
Biology Lab Assistants
Jennifer Kline '10
Bridget Rieg '11
Sean Jesiolouski '11
Caitlyn Bowman '12
Krista Liebensper '12
Chemistry Lab Assistants
Brandon Deck '10
Alex Ji '11
Kathleen Connolly '12
Chris Lapkowski '12
Danielle Fantozzi '12
Middle School Lab Assistants
Blake Colaianne '11
Ashley Cunningham '11
Aaron McCoy '12
Danielle Partsch '12
Information Technology Assistants
Alex Ji '11
Tetyana McCain '11
Recent SIM Alumni
Tara
Carl '09
Creg Drake '09
Melinda Korb '09
Anna Oliveri '09
Emma Shumaker '09
Justin Armbruster '08 – teaching science at Huntingdon Area Middle School
Brandon Bogusz '08 – in grad school at Rutgers studying food chemistry
Joe Houck '08 – in grad school at the University of Virginia
Grace Painter '08
Duane Ehredt '07
Jesse Shaw '07
Marsha Loth '06 – in grad school at the University of Kentucky studying organic electronics
Val Walters '06 – Head of the Organics Department at Mountain Research, LLC in Altoona, PA
Carrie George '05 – in grad school at Cornell
Becky Laino '05