Melina Uncapher

Assistant Professor at UCSF, CEO & Co-founder at Institute for Applied Neuroscience UCSF Stanford University Palo Alto, California 500+ 500+ connections Connect Connect with Melina Uncapher More actions Dr. Melina Uncapher is an Assistant Professor in the Dept of Neurology at UCSF, and is the Director of the Education Program at UCSF’s Neuroscape Center. Melina also holds an appointment at Stanford, and runs a science-for-good nonprofit that translates science of learning into teacher training. As a neuroscientist with 16 yrs of experience in learning and memory research, she has primarily focused on understanding how attention affects learning. Her recent work applies research to real-world problems by leading research and outreach programs in the fields of education, technology, and law. Education: Melina partners with educators throughout the country to design, implement, and assess education innovations that are grounded in the science of learning. She leads a multi-university Science of Learning network, funded by NSF, with investigators at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCSF, to study how executive function contributes to academic achievement. On the outreach side, she is co-founder and CEO of a science-for-good nonprofit that arms educators and students with practical tools from the science of learning (scienceforgood.org). Technology: Melina investigates whether technology/media use is associated with cognitive and neural changes. She organized and co-chaired a global conference for the National Academy of Sciences on children and tech in Oct 2015, and is a founding board member of the Institute of Digital Media and the Child Development. Law: Melina works to bridge neuroscience and law, also via research and outreach. As a MacArthur Scholar, she conducted research in support of the foundation's efforts to use neuroscience to guide law policy and practice. Her work has been highlighted in media outlets such as the New York Times, PBS, and Frontline. Her science outreach work includes serving as Script Supervisor on the PBS TV series ‘The Brain with David Eagleman’, and serving as scientific advisor on an award-winning short film about the brain.