Woo joins UWM to direct research cyber infrastructure

Milwaukee, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has appointed Melissa as its first director for research cyber infrastructure.

Woo, who brings more than 14 years of research-related experience, much of it in research computing, will lead the development of campus-wide research computing strategies. She will also serve as an assistant director for UITS Network and Operations Services.

She comes to UWM after serving as an assistant director of CITES (Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Woo is a graduate of the Frye Leadership Institute, and has a Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a bachelors degree in biophysics from the University of California-Berkeley.