Melissa Patterson

Dr. Melissa Patterson is Director of Editorial Development for AIP Publishing.  She oversees a subset of the journal portfolio covering applied physics, chemical physics, materials science, and biophysics. In her over ten years in publishing, she has focused on creating innovative content development strategies for an array of disciplines and in expanding the open access footprint of the publisher via new journal launches.  She has a passion for research integrity, reproducibility, and accessibility of science and scholarly works. Over the course of her career, she has been responsible for maintaining the ethical integrity of the portfolio, creating workflows, policies, and guidelines to help Editors and the publishing team navigate potential cases of misconduct.   Prior to her career in publishing, Melissa earned a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Stony Brook University and conducted post-doctoral research at Brookhaven National Laboratory.  She also holds a degree in Adolescent Science Education in Chemistry.