Lior Schenk
M.S.Ed. Secondary Education - Biology/Chemistry
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (2018)
B.S. Physiology and Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego (2016)

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Lior Schenk is a graduate student in the Teacher Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to graduate school, he studied physiology and neuroscience while performing biomedical research as a Eureka! scholar at UC San Diego. Lior nurtured an early love for science education while volunteering at the neuroscience outreach group, Interaxon, and later led the organization as President. With extensive experience in education, communication, scientific research, the arts, and organizational leadership, he aims to investigate issues in science education, teaching and learning, and schools at large.

Lior is currently serving as a student teacher at Science Leadership Academy, an understanding-driven, project-based high school where learning is centered around the five core values of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation, and reflection.

Research Interests: STEM education, educational neuroscience, cognition and learning theory, knowledge-building environments, technology implementation, organizational theory, critical pedagogy.