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Melissa Wells, Ph.D., is a program director in the Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She oversees research grants on developmental genetics and developmental signaling. She also administers grants on organismal responses to environmental stressors.
Before joining NIGMS, Wells was a biologist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. She examined the role of RNA regulation during development utilizing nonmammalian research organisms.
Wells earned a B.S. in microbiology and cell science from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular genetics from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She conducted postdoctoral research at the Environmental Protection Agency with the Department of Homeland Security.