Dr. Theresa Good is the Directorate Head for the Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF BIO). She is responsible for scientific and operational leadership of the Directorate, its 90 scientific, business and technical staff, and implementation of agency and national priorities through investment of between $600-$800M a year in basic research.
Prior to becoming Directorate Head, she served as Division Director or Deputy Division Director of the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences for 12 years and served as a Program Director in biotechnology and synthetic biology programs for 3 years.
Before joining NSF, Dr. Good was a Professor of Biochemical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, first at Texas A&M University and then at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Her research focused on applying engineering tools to the study of protein aggregation and Alzheimer’s disease and other problems at the intersection of engineering and life sciences.