Melanie Reber (706) 542-5434mreber@uga.edu Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aQAU6AcAAAAJ&hl=en Post-Doctoral Associate, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 2013-2016 PhD Chemical Physics, University of Colorado Boulder and JILA, Boulder, CO 2012 BA Chemistry, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN 2005 Cum Laude Americorps Volunteer, The Student Conservation Association New York Adirondack Program, Long Lake, NY 2000-2001 Select Awards and Honors: NSF CAREER Award, 2024 UGA Innovation Fellowship, 2021 Excellence in Peer Review Award, American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, 2020 Vibrational Spectroscopy Gordon Conference Poster Competition Winner 2014Colorado Measurement Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, CU Department of Physics 2012Colorado Photonics Industry Student Poster Competition, First Place Entry 2007National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (NSF-IGERT), Optical Science and Engineering Program (OSEP) 2005-2008National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRF), Honorable Mention 2004Summer Research Grant, Macalester College Chemistry Department 2004Macalester College Varsity Track and Field Team Captain 2003-2004