Biographical Sketch of Dr. Mel Bernstein,
Vice President for Research at the University of Maryland

Dr. Mel Bernstein joined the University of Maryland on October 1, 2006 as Vice President for Research and Professor of the Practice in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Prior to joining UM, Professor Bernstein served in two roles while on an Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement (IPA) through Tufts University at the Department of Homeland Security. From June 2003 to February 2006, he served as the Director of University Programs in the Office of Research and Development in the Science and Technology Directorate; and as Director of the Office of Research and Development (acting) through September 2006. At DHS – S&T Dr. Bernstein led the effort to establish a coordinated complex of university-based programs. These include scholarships, fellowships, post-doctoral programs, support to minority faculty and minority serving institutions, and a major university-based research program consistently currently of five Centers of Excellence and two cooperative Centers with other Federal Entities.

Previously, Dr. Bernstein served as Professor and Head of the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science at Carnegie-Mellon University; Provost and then Chancellor at the Illinois Institute of Technology; Academic Vice President and Dean of the Faculties at Tufts University; and Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Brandeis University. He was a member of the National Materials Advisory Board of the National Research Council and Panel Chair of the National Research Council study, “Materials Science and Engineering for the 1990’s.”