The following Maryland middle and high school STEM teachers have been selected as BEST Project Teacher-Interns for 2011–2012. Below is a list of these teacher-interns, their home school and the site at which they will be doing their summer research.
Each Teacher-Intern's name is linked to an abstract with a summary of his or her research project activities and how their summer experiences will impact their classroom instruction.
| Teacher-Intern's Name |
Home School |
Research Site |
| John Bachman |
Joppatowne High School, Harford County |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| James Beam |
Parkville High School, Baltimore County |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Kimberly Bickerstaff |
Western School of Technology & Environmental Science, Baltimore County |
National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| Salvacion Cresidio |
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Baltimore City |
Towson University - Department of Chemistry |
| Eric Cullings |
Hammond High School, Howard County |
Towson University - Department of Biological Sciences |
| Mathew Doty |
Crossroads Center, Baltimore County |
Towson University - Department of Biological Sciences |
| Christian Fisher |
Coldstream Park Elementary & Middle School, Baltimore City |
National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| Takhia Gaither |
Academy for College & Career Exploration, Baltimore City |
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab |
| Suzanne Hughes |
Reservoir High School, Howard County |
University of Maryland School of Medicine - Columbus Center |
| Dana Johnson |
Digital Harbor High School, Baltimore City |
Johns Hopkins University Brady Urological Institute |
| Leonora Lipinski |
Perry Hall High School, Baltimore County |
University of Maryland School of Medicine - Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Shelly Malik |
Seneca Valley High School, Montgomery County |
University of Maryland School of Medicine - Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Louise Mrozek |
Catonsville High School, Baltimore County |
Towson University - Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences |
| Susan Nierenberg |
Randsallstown High School, Baltimore County |
University of Maryland School of Medicine - Columbus Center |
| Elizabeth Nwankwo |
Renaissance Academy, Baltimore City |
Loyola University - Chemistry Department |
| Kenneth Nwocha |
Dulaney High School, Baltimore County |
Towson University - Department of Mathematics |
| Darryl Richards |
New Era Academy Middle/High School, Baltimore City |
Towson University - Department of Biological Sciences |
| Jonathan Rosenblum |
Digital Harbor High School, Baltimore City |
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| George Schwenke |
Broadneck High School, Anne Arundel County |
Towson University - Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences |
| Rebecca Turkin |
Fallston Middle School, Harford County |
National Institute on Aging |
| Marcella Upshur-Dudley |
New Town High School, Baltimore County |
University of Maryland School of Medicine - Institute for Genome Sciences |
| Nicole Veltre-Luton |
Digital Harbor High School, Baltimore City |
University of Maryland School of Medicine - Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine |
| Regie Zamora |
Meade Middle School, Anne Arundel County |
University of Maryland School of Medicine - Columbus Center |
