Melissa Kemp

Melissa Kemp is an associate professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at The University of Texas at Austin. She joined the UT Austin faculty in 2018 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 2025. A first-generation college graduate and alumna of the QuestBridge Scholars Program, Kemp earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Williams College in 2010 and a Ph.D. in biology from Stanford University in 2015. She completed postdoctoral training at Harvard University with support from the National Science Foundation and the Harvard University Center for the Environment.