Directors

Leslie Leckvarcik, PhD - Director
814-641-3665, leckval@juniata.edu

Don Mitchell, PhD - Founder, Director Emeritus, and Statewide Advocate, mitchell@juniata.edu

Outreach Coordinators

Kelsi Newman - Middle School
814-641-3562, newmank@juniata.edu

James Myers - Biology
814-641-3544, myersj@juniata.edu

Rick Imler - Chemistry
814-641-3543, imlerr@juniata.edu

Additional Staff

Rae Ann Allison - Outreach Courier
814-641-6688, allisor@juniata.edu

Kathleen Barlow - Budget Officer
814-641-3566, barlowk@juniata.edu

Biology Lab Assistants

Mason Broderick '20
Sierra Nawalinski '21
Kyle Prendergast '20
Allasandra Valdez '22

Chemistry Lab Assistants

Jake Gibson '21
Allie Hirschhorn '20
Jeffrey Ivicic '22
Daniel Pivirotto '22
Brittany VanVelkinburgh '20

Middle School Lab Assistants

Avery Lee '21
Brittany McMullen '23
Madison Miller '21
Meghan Wright '22

Information Technology Assistants

Owen Gallagher '20
Kyle Wyse '20

SIM Lab Assistant Alumni

Sharon Conaway is now a Biology and Environmental Science teacher at Huntingdon High School
Tara Yorke is now a Chemistry/Physics teacher at Juniata Valley Jr/Sr High School
Tyler Weigel '19
Hephzibah Nwanosike '19
Brody Greenleaf '19
Jamey Brumbaugh '18
Rachel Feagley '18
Shannon Brumbaugh '18
Catterine Wittermann '18
Makayla Hawbaker '17
Megan Watkins '17
Nick Brandenburg '17
Hyun (Halie) Lim '17
Samantha Mershon '17
Kristine Pham '17
Jillian Loomis '17
Taylor Hohenstein '17
Kien Le '17
Elainea Hess '16
Trey Matthews '16 -- going to The Commonwealth Medical College, (TCMC) in Scranton, PA
Adam Weaver '15 -- attending PCOM (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine)
Jon Partsch '15 -- attending Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia
Katelyn Miriello '15 -- working for Eurofins Scientific as a microbiologist
Kelsey Kohrs '14 -- working with dolphins at Disneyworld
Stephanie Finamore '14 -- at seminary in Kentucky
Avery Fordham '14
Charlotte Caddick '15
Chris Ingersoll '14
Katie Highlands '14 
Janice Jackson '14
Deanna Good '14 -- in Altoona
Becca Strohm '13 -- in Oregon
Danielle Partsch '12 -- teaching in West Virginia
Miranda Martz '13 
Kathleen Connolly '12
Chris Lapkowski '12
Caitlyn Bowman '12 -- in grad school at John's Hopkins
Krista Liebensper '12
Alex Ji '11 -- working at Duke University 
Tetyana McCain '11 -- dental assistant in Virginia 
Blake Colaianne '11 -- beginning his teaching career in Dallastown, Pa 
Ashley Cunningham '11 -- a Wrangler at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico 
Bridget Rieg '11 -- working as a Therapeutic Support Staff member for Universal Child Behavior Health in Huntingdon, Pa 
Jennifer Kline '10 -- campus minister at Gannon University 
Brandon Deck '10 -- substitute teaching near Mechanicsburg, Pa 
Tara Carl '09 -- teaching in Pa 
Creg Drake '09 -- teaching biology in the Reading area, Pa 
Melinda Korb '09 -- mother of a beautiful baby girl! 
Anna Oliveri '09 -- grad student at the University of Oregon 
Emma (Shumaker) Houck'09 -- grad student at Radford University, married to our own Joe Houck 
Justin Armbruster '08 – teaching 6th grade math and science at Jersey Shore, Pa 
Brandon Bogusz '08 – in grad school at Rutgers studying food chemistry
Joe Houck '08 – in grad school at the University of Virginia, married to our own Emma (Shumaker) Houck 
Grace Painter '08
Duane Ehredt '07 -- podiatric surgery resident at Saint Vincent Charity Medical Center 
Jesse Shaw '07 -- intern at the Navel Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va 
Marsha Loth '06 – in grad school at the University of Kentucky studying organic electronics -- headed for a postdoc in KY funded by the CIA! 
Val Walters '06 – technical specialist at Restek in State College, Pa 
Carrie George '05 – in grad school at Cornell
Becky Laino '05
Nicole (Watson) Heinlein '05 -- teaching 3rd grade math and science near Baltimore, MD 
Heather Gibney '04 -- masters in organic chem -- working in Pittsburg, PA
Karl Stupic '04 -- Research Fellow in translational imaging at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom 
Allison Stein '01 -- teaching at Woodside High School in Va
Tara (Fitzsimmons) Yorke '00-- Chemistry and Physics teacher for Juniata Valley High School, Alexandria, Pa
Ryan Williams '97
Crystal (Mellott) Gay '96 -- teaching chem at West Branch Area Junior/Senior High School, Pa