Research interests include professional preparation and development of both elementary and secondary teachers; collaborative problem solving and its role in the teaching and learning of science; the nature of science in science education and its importance for both teachers and students; and integrating engineering design with inquiry-based science for both teachers and learners.

Selected Publications

• Carleton, L. E., Krockover, G. H., Lasher-Trapp, S., & Eichinger, D. (2008). Ideas about the nature of science held by undergraduate atmospheric science students. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89(11), 1681-1688.
• Merwade, V., Eichinger, D., Harriger, B., Doherty, E., & Habben, R. (2014). The sound of science. Science and Children, 51(6), 30-35.
• Dankenbring, C., Capobianco, B., & Eichinger, D. (2014). How to develop an engineering design task. Science and Children, 52(2), 70-75.
• Capobianco, B.M., Eichinger, D., Rebello, S., Ryu, M., & Radloff, J. (2019). Fostering innovation through collaborative action research on the creation of shared instructional products by university science instructors. Education Action Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2019.1645031
• Radloff, J.D., Guzey, S., Eichinger, D., & Capobianco, B.M. (2019). Integrating engineering design in undergraduate biology using a life science design task. Journal of College Science Teaching, 49(2), 45-52

• EDCI 51800 — The Nature of Science in Science Teaching
• EDCI 62200 — Seminar in Science Education
• BIOL 20500 — Biology for Elementary School Teachers
• BIOL 20600 — Biology for Elementary School Teachers