Mentors:

Teachers:

Dr. Martha Alvey Carter

Education: Lots of Math
Organization: Carroll High School
Favorite leisure activity: Hiking with my family
Favorite Aircraft: SR-71 The Blackbird
Favorite Quote: Mathematics is the language with which God wrote the universe.

Dr. Caroline Metosh-Dickey

Education: Ph.D.  Biochemistry, Louisiana State University, M.S.  Environmental Toxicology, LSU, B.S.  Biology University of South Carolina
Organization: Carroll High School
Favorite Spare Time Activity:   Writing
Favorite Aircraft:  C-17
Favorite Quote:  “If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research.”  Albert Einstein.

Dr. Christina E. O’Malley

Education:  PhD, Ohio State University (Geology, 2009); MS, Ohio State Univesity (Geology, 2006); MS, University of Dayton (Education and Health Sciences, 2014); MST, Wright State University (Earth Science, 2004); BS, Wright State University (Biology, 2002); BS, Wright State University (Chemistry, 2002)
Organization: Carroll High School
Spare Time Activity: Hiking
Favorite Aircraft:  SR-71 Blackbird
Favorite Quote(s): 'The good thing about science is that its true whether or not you believe in it." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Packaging Mentors:

Dr. Joseph K. Tang

Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Organization: AFRL/RXAS
Favorite spare time activity: spend time with family and friends
Favorite aircraft: F-5, F-104 (fighter jets my father used to fly many years ago...:)
Favorite quote: Be the labor great or small - Do it right or not at all.

Dr. Vanessa Varaljay

Education: Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Georgia; B.S., Biology, Cleveland State University
Organization: UES/AFRL
Favorite Spare Time Activity: Running
Favorite Aircraft: A-10 Thunderbolt
Favorite Quote: “One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.” - Albert Einstein

Dr. Chia Hung

Education: Not enough (ok, if it needs to be real- Ph.D. in Immunology)
Organization: AFRL
Favorite Spare Time Activity: Flying remote controlled airplanes and multicopters with our sons.
Favorite Aircraft: F-14 Tomcat (specifically, VF-103 Jolly Rogers squadron. :) )
Favorite Quote: "It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English- up to fifty words used in correct context- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese."- Carl Sagan

Sense and Response Mentors:

Mike Goodson

Education: BSc in Marine Biology (University of Wales, Swansea, UK), MSc in Oceanography (University of Southampton, UK), PhD in Cnidarian Symbioses (University of York, UK)
Organization: Airman Systems Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing, AFRL
Favorite spare time activity: (What is this 'spare time' you speak of?!) Running
Favorite aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire
Favorite quote: I have two:
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm" - Winston Churchill
"Dream big and don't quit" - Mo Rocca

Rachel Krabacher

Education:  Bachelor's and Master's in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton, Master's thesis research in the biomaterials lab in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, RXAS.
Organization:  RHXBC
Favorite Spare Time Activity:  When not at work or coaching the Carroll High School volleyball team, I spend a lot of time playing sand and indoor volleyball tournaments.
Favorite Aircraft: B-25
Favorite Quote:  "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.”

Anna Bennett

Education: B.S. in Biology from the University of Dayton, attending graduate school in the Fall at the University of Minnesota (hoping to obtain a PhD in Microbiology…)
Favorite Spare Time Activity: playing with my dogs
Favorite Aircraft: 1905 Wright Flyer III
Favorite Quote: "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." From Invictus by William Ernest Henley