Biography

Melissa Romanus is a Data Management Engineer for the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Berkeley Lab. She currently serves as NERSC’s IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accountability) council chair as well as the co-chair of the All-Access Employee Resource Group (ERG) Mental Health Initiative. Melissa started as an intern at the Lab in 2016, returned as a full-time intern in 2018, and transitioned to a full-time employee in 2020. She is passionate about serving the Lab community through staff engagement and making efforts to ensure all voices are heard and represented.