Dr. Megan Damico

Associate Director, Focused Initiatives Team, North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Dr. Megan Damico leads strategic initiatives to grow and organize North Carolina’s bioeconomy, driving interdisciplinary collaboration across life sciences and biotechnology to address complex challenges and unlock new opportunities. She joined NCBiotech in 2023 as a Focused Initiatives Team (FIT) intern, where she conducted foundational research and landscape analyses of the state’s bioeconomy, later serving as a NC STEM Policy Fellow supporting statewide economic and workforce development efforts. Prior to that, she was a Policy Entrepreneur and Bioeconomy Policy Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. Dr. Damico holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from UNC Greensboro.