V. Celeste Carter, PhD

Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), National Science Foundation (NSF)

V. Celeste Carter received her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine. She completed postdoctoral studies at the University of California at Berkeley. She joined the Division of Biological and Health Sciences at Foothill College to develop and head both Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Programs. She served as a Program Director twice in the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a rotator. Dr. Carter accepted a permanent program director position in DUE in 2009; she is the Lead Program Director for the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program in DUE. Dr. Carter also works on other programs in DUE and NSF, and she serves on federal interagency working groups.