Tamer Amin obtained an MA in Chemistry from Boston University and an MA and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Clark University. His research focuses on trying to understand the nature of scientific understanding and reasoning, how scientific concepts are learned and the implications of these processes for science education. A theme that runs through much of his work is the relationship between language and scientific thought with an emphasis on the use of metaphor in science. While his research targets issues in science education, it is conducted primarily from the perspective of cognitive developmental psychology, drawing extensively from the field of cognitive linguistics. In a parallel line of research, he examines the challenges multilingual contexts raise for science education in the Arab world.