Melvenia M. Martin

Melvenia M. Martin is the Associate Director for the Center of Undergraduate Research/Project Director for McNair Scholars Program. Melvenia received her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Environmental Biology from Tulane University, M.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Tulane University, and B.S. in Biology from Grambling State University.

She has worked in many capacities at Grambling, including serving as an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Program Events Coordinator for Undergraduate Research Representative, Program Manager for GSU STEM Faculty Seminars, and Coordinator of the Louis Stokes Alliance of Minority Participation (LAMP). Melvenia has extensive research experience, including serving as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health and a Review Panelist for the National Science Foundation.