Melanie J Coathup is a Professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Central Florida; a Director of the Biionix (Bionic Implants, Materials, and Interfaces) Cluster; and a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. Her research is focused on orthopedic innovation with the view of applying scientific discovery to improve the treatment and care of patients, novel biomaterials, and small-molecule therapeutics that boost bone repair when under challenging and complex physiological conditions, such as during aging, infection, radiotherapy, and bone health when in the extreme environment of space.
