Megan McEvoy is a professor in the Institute for Society & Genetics and the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research for the past two decades has been focused on how organisms maintain suitable levels of metal ions while avoiding potentially toxic effects. As a broadly trained protein biochemist, Professor McEvoy explores structure–function details of the metal-ion detoxification proteins to gain a molecular-level understanding of these systems. Professor McEvoy is particularly enthusiastic about mentoring and working with diverse undergraduate students. In addition to classroom teaching and training of numerous undergraduates in her own lab, she spends a significant amount of time working with STEM students from underrepresented backgrounds who aim to become leaders in the scientific workforce. She directs a training program for undergraduate students in the biomedical sciences and codirects the Center for Opportunity to Maximize Participation, Access and Student Success in the Life Sciences. After serving as associate dean for Undergraduate Education in the Life Sciences, she now serves as chair of the Academic Senate at UCLA.?Professor McEvoy received her BA degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and her PhD in chemistry from the University of Oregon. She started as a faculty member in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics at the University of Arizona in 2001, then joined the faculty at UCLA in 2016.