MELANIE COOPER is the Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education and Professor of Chemistry at Michigan State University. She earned her B.S. M.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Manchester, England. Her research includes the development and assessment of STEM curricula based on theories of learning and evidence about how people learn, the impact on student learning, and how students perceive these transformed curricula. She has worked to cross disciplinary boundaries to develop coherent approaches to STEM teaching and learning by leading a team of DBER researchers to develop a coherent approach to gateway STEM courses in higher education. She is an elected Member of the National Academy of Education, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She was a member of the leadership team for the development of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and has served on the National Academy of Sciences Board on Science Education (BOSE) and as an author on several consensus reports for the National Academy of Sciences. She has received a number awards for excellence in teaching and for her contributions to research.
