Melissa Edwards, PhD
Deputy Executive Director
- Professor, Colorado State University and Adjunct Professor, Mount Marty University
- AAAS Science Technology & Policy Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Defense Basic Research Office, 2021-2023
- Associate Director, Office for Undergraduate Research & Artistry, Institute for Learning and Teaching at Colorado State University, 2016-2021
- Mentor and Entrepreneurial Lead for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning (I-Corps-L), 2015-2016
- Fellow, U.S. Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need, 2015-2016
- Fellow, NSF Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, 2011-2012
- Graduate Research Assistant in cell and molecular biology focused on cancer immunology, specifically a family of methylating proteins and their role in development of leukemias