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Melina Uncapher

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Chief Executive Officer at SETA-ED
📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dr. Melina Uncapher is the CEO of SETA-ED, a former educational neuroscience professor at Stanford and UCSF, and a co-founder of the R&D nonprofit AERDF. With a Ph. D. from UC Irvine, her work focuses on translating the science of learning into practical, technology-driven solutions for educators, underpinned by expertise in data privacy and security.

Her passion for neuroscience was sparked at age 13 by her grandmothers experience with dementia, inspiring her lifelong work. She has taught her "Science of Learning" bootcamp to over 50, 000 people globally and has explored topics ranging from media multitaskings effect on memory to the cognitive benefits of action video games.

Her work has been highlighted in the New York Times and she served as a script supervisor for the PBS series "The Brain. "

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Education R&D
She co-founded AERDF, a major education R&D nonprofit, and recently published an open-source R&D guidebook for education innovators.
Science of Learning
Her career is dedicated to applying cognitive neuroscience insights to solve real-world problems in education, creating tools for educators and students.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Chief Executive Officer
SETA-ED
8-2013
CEO and co-founder
Institute for Applied Neuroscience
1-2022 - 6-2024
Chief of Research and Development
AERDF
1-2019 - 6-2022
Founder and Executive Director
EF+Math Program
7-2015 - 6-2022
Assistant Professor
UCSF
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Education
2007 - 2012
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Stanford University
2002 - 2007
PhD
UC Irvine
1999 - 2002
BS
UC Irvine
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