Top Speakers
confirmed for ICPE 2014:
Keynote Speaker: Cedric Linder,
Professor of Physics Education
Research, Division of Physics Education Research,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala
University, Sweden.
Ian
D. Beatty, Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
Co-founder of the UNCG Physics Education
Research Group.
Marcia Cristina Bernardes Barbosa,
Professor and Director of the Physics Institute,
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
She received 2013 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in
Science Awards Laureate for Latin America.
Vice-president of IUPAP.
William J. Gerace, Helena
Gabriel Houston Distinguished Professor of
Science Education, Department of Physics and
Astronomy, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro & Past Director of Scientific
Reasoning Research Institute (SRRI), USA.
Isabel Gomes Rodrigues Martins,
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Languages and
Mediations, Center for Educational Technology in
Health (NUTES) of the Federal University of Rio
de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil.
N.
Sanjay Rebello, Professor,
Department of Physics, Kansas State University,
USA; awarded the Presidential Early Career Award
for Scientists and Engineers; named the Coffman
Chair for Distinguished Teaching Scholars at
K-State.
Mats
A. Selen, Associate Head for
Undergraduate Programs & Professor, Department
of Physics, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, USA. He received APS
Excellence in Education Award 2013.
Manjula Devi Sharma, Associate
Professor, University of Sydney, Australia.
Director, Institute for Innovation in Science
and Mathematics Education Chair, Division of
Natural Sciences Learning and Teaching Strategy
Group Head, Sydney University Physics Education
Research (SUPER) group.
Timothy J. Stelzer, Associate
Professor, Department of Physics at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
He received APS Excellence in Education Award
2013 and was elected Vice Chair of APS Forum on
Education.
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Yerushalmi, Associate Professor,
Physics and Interdisciplinary Science Education,
at Weizmann Institute of Science. Curriculum
Development and In-service Teacher Education.
Roberto Daniel Zysler, Professor
at Bariloche Atomic Centre, Balseiro Institute,
responsible for Magnetic Properties of Materials
Lab. PhD Researcher of CONICET (National
Scientific and Technical Research Council),
Argentina.
