ASCEND Staff
Here is mostly-complete list of the folks who work for the ASCEND program. You can see staff contact information here. Contact the webmaster if you have further people or information to add.
Staff Members
Mary Fleming-Hughes
Associate Director
Stephanie Sacriste
Project Coordinator
Florencio Diaz
Director of Advising and Outreach for MSCS
Professors
Dibyen Majumdar
Professor Majumdar oversees the mathematics component of the program. This is his first full year in the position, taking over last year from Jeremy Teitelbaum (now at University of Connecticut).
Donald Wink
Professor Wink works with the chemistry portion of ASCEND. He has been with the program since it began.
Teaching Assistants
Andrew Brasile (Math)
Andy is this year's group leader, taking the reigns from Marcy. This is his second year with the program.
Matthew Bourque (Math)
Matt B. has been with the ASCEND program for two years.
Bill Garcia (Math) -- Webmaster
Bill will be starting his first year as a graduate student/TA in the Fall. This is his fourth year with the program, having spent the previous summers working as an undergraduate. Bill's away at PCMI for the first few weeks of the program. PCMI Twitter updates are here.
Marcy Robertson (Math)
Marcy has been with the ASCEND program as a TA since its beginning in 2006, serving as group leader until now.
Matthew Wechter (Math)
Matt W. is a second-year TA with the ASCEND program.
Guest Lecturers
The following professors have generously given their time to speak to the ASCEND students.
- Laura DeMarco
- Dhruv Mubayi
- Gib Bassett





