The Maynard Research Group
Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
Professor Heather D. Maynard
Associate
Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California,
Los Angeles
e-mail: maynard@chem.ucla.edu
Heather D. Maynard received a B.S. in Chemistry with Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992 and a M.S. in Materials Science in 1995 from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology was awarded in the summer of 2000 for research in the group of Nobel Prize winner Robert Grubbs. She then moved to the laboratory of Jeffrey Hubbell at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and University of Zurich, where from 2000-2002 she was an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Maynard joined the UCLA faculty as an Assistant Professor in August 2002 as the first Howard Reiss Career Development Chair in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and as a member of the California Nanosystems Institute, where she is now an Associate Professor. Maynard's interests focus on combining polymers with biomolecules for applications in human health and nanotechnology.
Honors and Awards
- Walter Enz Memorial Lecturer, University of Kansas, 2008
- Hanson-Dow Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2007
- Seaborg Award for Oustanding Research in Chemistry, 2007
- NSF CAREER Award, 2007-2012
- Selected as an Oustanding Emerging Investigator in Materials Chemistry by Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2007
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2006-2008
- WCC ACS Lecturer, South Methodist University, 2006
- Amgen New Faculty Award, 2004
- Howard Reiss Career Development Chair, 2002-2007
- American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000-2002
- American Chemical Society Women's Committee Travel Award, 1998
- Dow Travel Fellowship Award, 1997
- Graduation with Honors from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992
- Bausch & Lomb Science Award for Excellence in Chemistry, 1987
Professional Preparation
- B.S. in Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1992)
- M.S. in Materials Science, University of California, Santa Barbara (1995)
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology (2000)
- American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) & University of Zurich (2000-02)
Academic Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate Professor, UCLA (2008-present)
- Assistant Professor, UCLA (2002-2008)
- Member, California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA (2002-present)
- Faculty Affiliate, Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program, UCLA (2002-present)
- Training Faculty Member, Chemistry-Biology Training Program, UCLA (2003-present)
- Member, Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing (2003-present)
- Faculty Participant, Materials Creation Training Program (2004-present)
- Member, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (2004-present)
- Executive Committee and Faculty Mentor, Biotechnology Training Program, UCLA (2005-present)
- Training Faculty Member , Nanotoxicology Training Grant, UCLA (2006-present)
- Executive Committee Member, Chemistry-Biology Training Program, UCLA (2008-present)
Other Professional Experience
- Research Assistant, Animal and Exploratory Drug Metabolism, Merck (1987-1988)
- Summer Research Assistant, Agricultural Residue Department, American Cyanamid (1989)
- Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1992-1993)
- International Advisory Editorial Board of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (2007-2009)
Professional Memberships
- American Chemical Society
- Division of Polymer Chemistry, ACS
- Division
of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, ACS
- Royal Chemical Society
- Society for Biomaterials
- Drug Delivery Division, Society for Biomaterials
- Materials Research Society
- Association for Women in Science