Melinda is an applied physics student who joined the
Orr group in the summer of 2001. She graduate with B.A. in Physics from
Bryn Mayr in 1998. Her work is focused on the development
of nanotherapeutics for cancer therapy. Her research if focused on Atomic
Force Microscopy and Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy experiments on
dendrimeric drug transport agents, lipid bilayers, and cells.