Alex Carroll, MSLS, AHIP, is the Librarian for STEM Research at the Vanderbilt University Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries. Alex serves as a liaison librarian for the School of Engineering and STEM academic units within the College of Arts and Science, supporting the research of faculty and developing curriculum-integrated information literacy instruction programs for students in the sciences.

Alex serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the Medical Library Association and is a Senior member of MLA’s Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP). His research interests include evidence-based practice, mentoring emerging LIS professionals, and improving information literacy instruction for students in the sciences; he has published on these topics in journals such as portal: Libraries and the academy, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, and the Journal of the Medical Library Association.