Assistant Editor
Malinda Wilson Gilmore, Ph.D., is currently the Special Assistant to the President for Strategic Planning and Initiatives and Coordinator/Associate Professor of Chemistry at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas and obtained her doctoral degree from the University of California at Davis in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry. Dr. Gilmore completed her Postdoctoral Experience at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the area of Environmental Health Sciences. Dr. Gilmore is an advocate for STEM Education and is fully committed to enhancing the academic skills of students from disadvantaged backgrounds and support them in successfully competing, entering and graduating in STEM programs. As Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Gilmore has been a part of several successful grant proposals to the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, NASA, the Science and Engineering Alliance, and Title III. Dr. Gilmore has received numerous outstanding honors. Just recently, she has completed the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program. Currently, she serves as the Executive Board Chair of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) and also as the Executive Board President of Girls, Inc. Huntsville, Alabama.