Melinda Owens is passionate about effectively helping all students learn biology. After receiving her PhD in neuroscience from University of California, San Francisco, she taught at a range of institutions, including Stanford University and California State University, East Bay. After a postdoctoral fellowship in Biology Education Research, she became an Assistant and then an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Calfornia, San Diego. She is now a Professional Teaching Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences.