Dr. Monika Roy is a toxicologist and public health scientist participating as a 2023-2024 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow in the Office of Energy Justice and Equity at the U.S. Department of Energy. Previously she was a postdoctoral researcher under the supervision of Dr. Joel Tickner at the Sustainable Chemistry Catalyst at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell. There, her projects involved working with governments and other sectors at state, national, and international scales on implementing safer chemical solutions that better protect public health and the environment and that advance sustainable chemistry, informed substitution, chemicals management policy, and environmental justice. Dr. Roy completed an MSPH at Tulane University and a PhD at UMass Amherst, both in Environmental Health Sciences. Her doctoral work was supported through National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32 and F31 fellowships and focused on examining potential developmental toxicological effects of chemical ingredients in consumer products.