About Us

Fair Director

Matthew Perkins Coppola, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Science Education
matthew.coppola@pfw.edu
(260) 481-6516

Organizing Committee

Amy Perkins, Ph.D.
Chair, Scientific Review Committee (SRC) & Institutional Review Board (IRB) aeperkin@pfw.edu

Arjun Sharma, Ph.D.
Category Judge Coordinator
arjun.sharma@pfw.edu

Chris Lechleitner
Grade Judge Coordinator
chris.a.lechleitner@gmail.com

Troy Tonner, Ph.D.
Special Awards Judge Coordinator
tonner@pfw.edu

Kirk Tolliver
Data Coordinator
tolliver@pfw.edu

Lubna Hamed
Awards Coordinator
hamela01@pfw.edu

Katy Henry
Volunteer Coordinator
henry201@pfw.edu

Hanan Alyami, Ph.D.
Assistant Elementary Coordinator
alyamih@pfw.edu

Lisa Zerkle
Director of Special Events
lisa.zerkle@pfw.edu

Connie Kracher, Ph.D.
University Research and Innovation
kracher@pfw.edu

SRC/IRB Committee

Amy Perkins, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Chair, Scientific Review Committee (SRC) & Institutional Review Board (IRB)
aeperkin@pfw.edu

Lindee Mason, M.S., RLATG
Supervisor of the Life Sciences Resource Center
Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University Fort Wayne
lindee.mason@pfw.edu

Matthew Perkins Coppola, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Science Education
School of Education and Department of Physics
matthew.coppola@pfw.edu
(260) 481-6516

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