Laura Henriques is a professor and former chair of Science Education in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California State University, Long Beach. She has been at CSULB for 20 years and taught physics prior to that.

She has mentored faculty and new department chairs, presented and published with ASTE and NARST, received multiple federal and privately funded grants, and served as the President of the California Science Teachers Association. She holds a BS in Physics and a Ph.D. in Science Education.