Julia Melkers

Julia Melkers is ASU Foundation Professor of Public Policy in the School of Public Affairs and Director of the Center for Organization Research and Design (CORD). Her research portfolio addresses scientific careers, outcomes of science, research capacity and the measurement and evaluation of outcomes of academic scientific and other knowledge-based professions. Her work has been funding by the U.S. NSF, NIH and several foundations. Dr. Melkers has extensive experience of more than two decades in advising and evaluating large interdisciplinary scientific teams. She is the U.S. co-editor of the Journal of Research Evaluation (Oxford University Publishers). She holds an honorary visiting appointment at INGENIO [CSIC], University Polytechnic Valencia, Spain, and she participated in the Fulbright Specialist Program in Latvia. Prior to joining ASU, she was Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Research on Careers in Science (ROCS) lab at Georgia Institute of Technology.