Frederic Bertley oversees programs aimed at improving the quality of science education throughout the K-12 population as well as improving science literacy for families and the non-scientist adult population.

As Chief Bioscientist, Jayatri Das helps us understand ourselves. As an exhibit developer, she explores the complex biological and biochemical processes of living things. As an awesome science communicator, she makes it all sound easy!

For many Philadelphians, Derrick Pitts is The Franklin Institute. Since 1978, Derrick has been teaching us to look up—and to wonder about what we see up there.

We all know that climate change is an important topic in science, but it can be hard to understand. At The Franklin Institute, we depend on our environmental scientist, Raluca Ellis, to help us make sense of it.