The greatest Integration and Application Network resource is not IAN’s products or web tools, but the talented and committed IAN science communicators, integrators, analysts, students, and scholars. IAN staff have been at the forefront of science application and integration since 2002, pioneering new techniques of science communication, stakeholder engagement and report card production. The IAN staff can be grouped into six categories:

  1. Science Integrators have training as research scientists. They have developed synthesis skills and they work closely with various partners to apply scientific results.
  2. Science Communicators have training in research and have developed graphical design and layout skills for a variety of print and electronic media.
  3. Data Analysts have a diversity of technical training. They work in simulation modeling, data interpretation, geographic information science, web production and design, and statistical data analysis.
  4. Graduate students have developed natural and social science skills and advanced the scholarly development of IAN into areas of stakeholder engagement, citizen science and transdisciplinary science.
  5. Science Communication Scholars are recent graduates with Bachelor or Master degrees that spend one or two semesters with IAN, mentored by Science Communicators.
  6. Administrative support staff have training in financial accounting and project management. They provide information technology, financial accounting, and help manage the complex suite of ongoing IAN activities.

Administration

Heath Kelsey

IAN Director
UMCES Cambridge Office

Alexandra Fries

Program Manager
UMCES Annapolis Office

Trish Summers

IAN Business Manager
UMCES Cambridge Office

Jennifer Clapper

Coordinator
UMCES Cambridge Office

Science Integrators and Communicators

Katie May Laumann

Science Integrator
UMCES Annapolis Office

Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen

Science Integrator
UMCES Annapolis Office

Conor Keitzer

Science Integrator
UMCES Annapolis Office

Jon Lefcheck

Science Integrator
UMCES Annapolis Office

Annie Carew

Science Communicator
UMCES Annapolis Office

Nathan Miller

Science Communicator
UMCES Cambridge Office

Sidney Anderson

Science Communicator
UMCES Annapolis Office

Lili Badri

Science Communicator
UMCES Annapolis office

Ann Foo

Science Communicator
UMCES Annapolis Office

Roshni Nair

Science Communicator
UMCES Annapolis Office

Joe Edgerton

Assistant Science Communicator
UMCES Annapolis Office

Graduate Students, Science Communication Scholars, and Summer Students

Veronica Lucchese

Graduate Research Assistant


Anikka Fife

Science Communication Scholar
UMCES Annapolis Office

Partnership with State Agencies

Stacy Schaefer

Executive Director Resilience Authority of Charles County
Remote and Charles County Offices

Chesapeake Bay Program

Kristin Saunders

Cross Program Coordinator
Chesapeake Bay Program Office

Richard Tian

Research Scientist
Chesapeake Bay Program Office

Rebecca Murphy

Water Quality Analyst
Chesapeake Bay Program Office

Qian Zhang

Watershed Effectiveness Data Analyst
Chesapeake Bay Program Office

David Yayac

Web and Graphic Designer
Chesapeake Bay Program Office

Dan Brellis

Web Developer
Chesapeake Bay Program Office

Kevin Asplen

Cloud Solutions Engineer
UMCES Cambridge Office

Zhaoying Wei

Geospatial Analyst
Chesapeake Bay Program Office

Isabella Bertani

Assistant Research Scientist
Chesapeake Bay Program Office

Olivia Gilfillan

Web Developer
Chesapeake Bay Program Office

Susanna Pretzer

Web Content Specialist
Chesapeake Bay Program

Catherine Krikstan

Web Product Manager/Strategist
Chesapeake Bay Program