Melissa VonDran

Dr. VonDran, who has been with NDRI since 2015,

was promoted in March 2023 to Senior Vice President, Operations at NDRI. Dr. VonDran is responsible for strategy development as well as, day-to-day operations of the four functional components of NDRI’s Operations department: Fulfillment, Scientific Services, Tissue Source Site Management and Logistic Management. She also oversees NDRI’s College of American Biorepository.

She has been recognized by her peers and the

external stakeholders with whom she has interacted

for her outstanding commitment to customer service.

Her promotion to Senior Vice President of Operations is a testament to her dedication to the advancement of the mission of NDRI.

Dr. VonDran earned her doctoral degree in neuroscience and cell biology from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. In this new capacity, she draws upon her own 10-year experience as an academic research scientist to translate the research community’s needs to new researcher recruitment and programs for NDRI.