Melissa C. SrougiDr. Melissa C. Srougi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences and the Biotechnology Program at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) with over 16 years of research experience in higher education. Her scintific areas of expertise are in experimental cancer chemotherapeutics as well as the scholar?ship of teaching and learning. She is passionate about expanding opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in research and actively trains undergraduate students in her laboratory. She is co-Principal Investigator of a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Research Experience for Undergraduates Program and the Director of the Graduate Certificate in Molecular Biotechnology. Dr. Srougi has received funding from various federal and private agencies, including the NSF, BioMade, Department of Defense, Department of Education and the American Cancer Society. She teaches a wide variety of undergraduate/graduate interdisciplinary STEM lecture and lab courses focusing on biochemis?try, cancer drug discovery, and biotechnology. Dr. Srougi serves as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in STEM Education. She has published numerous peer-reviewed papers on the scholarship of teaching and learning with a focus on collabora?tive learning, CUREs and metacognition. Dr. Srougi graduated from the University of Toledo (Toledo, OH) with a BS in Biology and from Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) with a PhD in Pharmacology. Read More Read Less