Melanie Mundell is a recently retired Delaware educator who taught for over thirty-three years in Delaware public schools, including Delcastle Technical and Vocational High School and Newark Charter High School. She holds a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in instruction from the University of Delaware. During the past twelve years of her career, Melanie developed and taught the Biotechnology Pathway at Newark Charter High School and advised the Newark Charter School chapter of HOSA Future Health Professionals.
In 2021, Melanie began collaborating with the Gene Editing Institute and other science teachers concerning CRISPR technology instruction within the classroom. From 2022 through 2026, Melanie implemented the complete CRISPR in a Box experiment in her biotechnology lab at Newark Charter with her Biotechnology III students. Drawing on this experience and her instructional expertise, Melanie is now collaborating with GEI to help facilitate educational workshops at STAR Campus and to consult on further development of the CRISPR in a Box educational program.
