- Jacob Bien, PhD Candidate in Statistics, Stanford University
- Jack Conte, Musician & Videographer
- Kelly Fehr, V.P. & Director of Business Development for Science & Technology at HOK
- Alexei Filippenko, Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley
- Douglas Kramlich, Principal of Krambo Corporation
- Juliana Gallin, Author and Ask a Scientist Creator
- Eugenie Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education
- Eric Yao, Technical Director of Wonderfest and CEO of Picturoo
- Richard Zare, Chemistry Department Chair, Stanford University
Executive Director
Tucker Hiatt founded Wonderfest in 1997. With the reincarnation of Wonderfest as an independent nonprofit corporation in 2011, the Wonderfest Board appointed Tucker to the position of Executive Director.
Tucker earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics from the University of California. His thesis research explored a rather narrow aspect of experimental solid state physics. Later, Tucker worked with UC Berkeley’s Space Astrophysics Group to develop search algorithms that are now at work around the world in the SETI@home software.
Tucker taught physics at UC Santa Cruz, Punahou School, San Francisco University High School, and Branson School. At the Exploratorium, he built an exhibit, wrote a guide book, and trained Explainers. Since 2007, Tucker has held the position of Visiting Scholar in the Stanford Chemistry Department.
Tucker has been a member of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) since 1978. He has published several articles and cartoons in The Physics Teacher, the AAPT journal. In 2001, Tucker wrote and published the Layers of Scientific Understanding poster. And, in 2006, he earned the Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence.
