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Melissa Dupree
Dr. Melissa Dupree provides technical and strategic expertise to Fabiani & Company’s life sciences practice. Prior to joining Fabiani & Company, Dr. Dupree served as a contractor in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate in the Chemical and Biological Research & Development Branch. Her primary responsibility at DHS was to provide technical and program management assistance for bioassay development and validation programs designed to advance the identification, characterization and standardization of biothreat detection systems.
Previously, Dr. Dupree held a Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship at the National Academy of Engineering. Her industry experience includes manufacturing process research in the Materials Research Department of Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson and Johnson Company.
Dr. Dupree earned a BS in Materials Engineering from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation topic was in the field of orthopedic tissue engineering. She also has an MBA from The Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School.