Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos is the Director of Scientific Communications and Chair of

the Division of Program Development and Assessment at the Institute for Biomedical Philosophy. She is an elected fellow of AAAS, chair of the STEM Education and Training Group of the American Evaluation Association, and serves on multiple STEM education related grant projects as an external evaluator and research consultant.  Melissa’s research interests include partnership formation, broadening participation, scientific literacy, and enhancement of academic support and research opportunities for underrepresented minorities including examining strategies that support student success in research.