Leadership Directory
A STEM Council of rotating faculty and staff members serves as an advisory board to the STEM Community Chair leadership at the Center. In addition, about 58 faculty and staff serve on the UNO STEM Leadership Team, which supports the center with a broader array of expertise. The STEM TRAIL Center also collaborates closely with the Women in STEM Group and the Omaha STEM Ecosystem.
- Nancy Edick, Ed.D.
- Dean of the College of Education
- First Rotating Dean of the STEM TRAIL Center
- Hesham Ali, Ph.D.
- Dean of the College of Information Science & Technology
- David Boocker, Ph.D.
- Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
- Christine Cutucache, Ph.D. — ccutucache@unomaha.edu
- Director of the STEM TRAIL Center
- Haddix Community Chair of Science
- Associate Professor of Biology
- College of Arts & Sciences
- Brian Dorn, Ph.D. — bdorn@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Director of the STEM TRAIL Center
- Union Pacific Community Chair of Computer Science Education
- Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Co-Editor in Chief, Computer Science Education
- College of Information Science & Technology
- Neal Grandgenett, Ph.D. — ngrandgenett@unomaha.edu
- Associate Director of the STEM TRAIL Center
- Haddix Community Chair of STEM Education
- Teacher Education Professor
- College of Education
- Christopher Moore, Ph.D. — jcmoore@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Director of the STEM TRAIL Center
- Haddix Community Chair of Physical Science
- Associate Professor of Physics
- College of Arts & Sciences
- Patrick X. Rault, Ph.D. — prault@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Director of the STEM TRAIL Center
- Haddix Community Chair of Mathematics
- Associate Professor of Mathematics
- College of Arts & Sciences
- Dena Lund — denalund@unomaha.edu
- Staff Assistant
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- Heather Leas, M.S. — hdleas@unomaha.edu
- Grant Coordinator - STEM Education Grants
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- Tracie Reding, Ed.D — treding@unomaha.edu
- STEM Education and Outreach Coordinator
- Office of STEM Education
- College of Education
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- Julie Sigmon — jsigmon@unomaha.edu
- Director of the Omaha STEM Ecosystem
- College of Education
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- Amie Sommers — asommers2@unl.edu
- Ph.D. Candidate - Discipline Based Education Research
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- Nik Stevenson, M.S. — nstevenson@unomaha.edu
- STEM Professional Development Educator and Program Coordinator
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