**About the Editor**

**Mary Anne Melo** is Clinical Associate Professor and Division Director of Operative Dentistry at the School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Melo attended dental school at the University of Fortaleza, Brazil; completed a residency in operative dentistry and a master's and Ph.D. at the Federal University of Ceara; and pursued fellowship training in dental materials at the University of Maryland before joining the operative faculty.

Dr. Melo is a clinician, researcher, and educator. In her teaching work, she directs and participates in restorative dentistry predoctoral and postgraduate courses and mentors students in master's and Ph.D. research projects. Her main areas of research focus primarily on (1) oral biofilm control with nanotechnologies by investigating anti-biofilm nanotechnologies for the oral healthcare field, (2) biofilm modeling with the development of new in vitro caries/biofilm models, (3) evaluation of the antimicrobial properties of biomaterials, and (4) translational research for the development of clinically relevant therapeutic strategies for the control of dental caries.

She has published over 120 peer-review scientific articles; serves as an ad hoc reviewer and editor in several scientific journals in dentistry, medicine, and biomaterials. Dr. Melo is a fellow of the Academy of Dental Materials and a member of the Academy of Operative Dentistry, the International Association for Dental Research, the Society for Color and Appearance in Dentistry, and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. Dr. Melo's unique qualifications as a researcher with clinical and materials science perspectives have successfully aligned her role with advances in the dental field.
