Kelsey Edwards is the Research Project Coordinator of the Reiser Lab at Northwestern University. She is a part of the research team working on teacher professional development surrounding three-dimensional learning in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Kelsey is also part of the development team to create K-12 curriculum designed to meet the learning goals of NGSS. As part of that project, she studies student learning as they engage in these curricular units. Before this, Kelsey focused on understanding student learning in middle school classrooms as students engaged in practice-based science learning.

Gail Housman is working on several development teams in the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium to develop storyline-based middle school NGSS units. Prior to her current position, she taught fourth and fifth grade at Ideal Elementary School in Illinois, where she also coached the district's IMSA Fusion STEM program and worked on developing NGSS storylines with the Science Writing Cadre at West 40. Gail received her Masters in Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Michael Novak develops NGSS-designed curriculum materials and professional development for the Next Generation Science Storylines project at Northwestern University. He is currently working on several development teams in the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium to build storyline-based middle school NGSS units and professional development resources. He has also authored instructional units and computational models for the Center for Connected Learning. Novak is a 2014 Golden Apple Fellow and National Board-Certified teacher.

Nicole serves as the course and unit lead for the OpenSciEd high school chemistry course. During her 18 years teaching high school science she also supported storylines design and professional learning across multiple states. Nicole has served as a District Director for NSTA and is an active member of the Illinois Science Teaching Association (ISTA). In 2019-2020, she was selected as an Illinois TeachPlus Policy Fellow. She received her Professional Masters of Arts in Environmental Science Education from Bradley University and is currently working on her Doctorate of Education at University of Missouri St. Louis.

Dan serves as a unit lead and writer on OpenSciEd units, with an emphasis on middle school integrated computer science and (previously) high school chemistry. He joined the team after years as a high school chemistry and physics teacher. Dan was named Iowa State University College of Engineering student marshal, is a Knowles Senior Fellow, and is pursuing a PhD in STEM Education at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He also co-hosts the podcast Unpack Everything: Science Education Reform in the Real World.

Aliza Zivic is a PhD candidate in Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. She holds a degree in Chemistry from Barnard College. After graduating from Barnard, she worked for an organization in Washington, D.C. that supported the White House and other federal agencies on science policy. Aliza's current work at Northwestern revolves around co-constructing Chemistry storylines with teachers and looking at student learning and identity formation in the NGSS-aligned science classroom.

Tara A. W. McGill is a Curriculum Development Specialist at Northwestern University. Prior to her current position, she taught ninth-grade biology in Chicago Public Schools and developed curriculum materials with Ag in Progress Partnership, NFP.  She researched honey bee biology and behavior in the Entomology Department at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign (UIUC). While at UIUC, she also performed informal science outreach and collaborated on several science education projects. McGill is also a facilitator and member of the design team for the Next Generation Science Exemplar System for Professional Development (NGSX), a web-based professional development system designed to help educators grow in their understanding of three-dimensional learning.

Jamie Noll is a National Board Certified teacher. She is currently working on several development teams in the OpenSciEd Developers Consortium to develop storyline-based middle school NGSS units. Prior to her current position, she taught ninth-grade biology in Washington and middle school science in Illinois. Jamie was a Noyce Scholar and received her Masters in Teaching from the University of Washington.

Christina Murzynski was the Research Study Coordinator in Reiser Lab at Northwestern University. She worked with the research group analyzing teacher practices and the promotion of three-dimensional learning while bringing NGSS-aligned curriculum to their classrooms. Christina was also part of the design team for PLC NextGenScience Storylines, a web-based system, used by educators and facilitators to help develop and implement strategies for supporting three-dimensional learning on a unit-by-unit basis within professional development settings. Before this, Christina contributed to the creation of K-12 socio-emotional development curriculum as an undergraduate at Penn State Behrend.