Meet the Cooper Group
Dr. Melanie Cooper
Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education
Professor of Chemistry

Email: mmc@chemistry.msu.edu
Office: Chemistry 216
Office phone: 517-355-9715 x 197
B.S., 1975, Univ. of Manchester, England
M.S., 1976, Univ. of Manchester, England
Ph.D., 1978, Univ. of Manchester, England
Melanie Cooper holds a joint appointment in the departments of Chemistry, Teacher Education and the CREATE for STEM Institute. Dr. Cooper conducted postdoctoral work in organic chemistry before moving to a focus on chemistry education research. Her current research focus is the development and assessment of evidence-based curricula in order to improve the teaching and learning of chemistry within large-enrollment undergraduate chemistry courses. Read more about her research and career below.
Cooper Group Members and Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
Graduate Students

Amanda Becker
becke234@msu.edu
- B.A. Bates College, 2022

Veeda Scammahorn
scammaho@msu.edu
- B.S. Ball State University, 2021

Kriti Seth
sethkrit@msu.edu
- M.S. Penn State University, 2019
- M.Sc. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 2015
- B.Sc. University of Delhi, 2013