Team

Lisa McDonald, MBA (full bio)

The Director of the Education Group, Lisa McDonald, has substantial experience developing course materials and content to present complex scientific methods and theories to groups of various educational backgrounds in an age-appropriate manner, including K-12 student groups and adults. In her previous position at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), where she was a founding employee (1992), Ms. McDonald was the Education and Training Manager for five years where she developed and provided professional development and education courses. Ms. McDonald was a member of the pioneering team that sequenced the first genome in addition to many others. Ms. McDonald was a central member of the team that helped to pioneer the MdBioLab through a partnership with MdBio, Inc. and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI). MdBioLab, which began visiting students February 2003, is a mobile laboratory designed to enhance bioscience curricula for high school students and their teachers throughout the state of Maryland.