Our Research Team
San Jose State University
Eugene Cordero
PI
Dr. Eugene Cordero is a climate scientist and professor in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science at San José State University. Eugene is also the founder and director of Green Ninja, a science publisher that uses solutions to climate and environmental problems as a lens for teaching science.
Ellen Metzger
CO-PI
Dr. Ellen Metzger is a metamorphic petrologist and science educator with a wide variety of interests. Her current research focuses on high-grade metamorphism in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, Miocene volcanics in the Central California Coast Ranges that formed in a subduction-transform transitional setting, and education for sustainability.
WestEd
Mark Loveland
PI & PROJECT DIRECTOR
Steve Schneider
CO-PI & SENIOR ADVISOR
Green Ninja
Leah Tremblay
CEO of Green Ninja
Leah is the Chief Executive Officer of Green Ninja. She listens to the needs of teachers and forms long-lasting friendships with educational communities. She holds a degree in Business Administration from SJSU with a concentration in Finance. Leah enjoys reading, trail running, and spending time with her family in the outdoors.
California State University, Northridge
Matthew d’Alessio
CONSULTANT
Dr. d’Alessio sees science from the perspective of both a researcher and an educator. He was a research scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey, is currently a Professor at California State University, Northridge where he teaches science to university students and future teachers, was a high school Earth Science teacher in an urban public school, runs a sustainability education program in local elementary schools, and spent a year as a stay-at-home dad. He drew upon this complete picture of science from 'top to bottom' as one of the lead writers of the 2016 Science Framework for California Public Schools. In 2018, he received CSUN's university-wide Distinguished Teaching award.