The Society of Teen Scientists is and operated by Authentic Research Partners LLC. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, we are a diverse team of professionals with extensive experience in scientific research, high school science education, education leadership, artificial intelligence, and technology entrepreneurship.
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Co-Founder & Academic Director
Dr. Samsonau brings deep understanding of scientific research, years of innovation on scaling of research education at a high school and at NYU, as well as extensive AI industry experience (implementing novel Data Science and AI solutions)
Co-Founder & Technology Director
Olga combines product management experience opening international markets with hands-on engineering expertise, building full-stack applications across ML/AI platforms, real estate analytics, and high-volume e-commerce
Strategic Advisor
Matthew has over 30 years of experience advancing research-based education at some of the world's leading high schools: Latymer Upper School, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, and the Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science. A pioneer in bringing authentic research into secondary education, he has mentored countless students who went on to excel in science, engineering, and innovation.
Strategic Advisor
Dr. Perkins brings 28 years of experience in R&D program management and technology commercialization from Schlumberger and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. A prolific inventor with 21 patents and more than 100 invention disclosures, he led programs such as PPPL's $27M FLARE fusion facility and now guides our mission to teach students the research methods used to create first-of-a-kind technologies in industry and national labs.