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February 16, 2021
Heather Maynard, professor of chemistry and the Dr. Myung Ki Hong Professor of Polymer Science, has been named an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The weekly journal of the American Chemical Society, it publishes approximately 19,000 pages of articles, communications and perspectives a year.
Maynard is a worldwide leader in the area of protein-polymer conjugates, which are important therapeutics for a variety of diseases. She develops new synthetic methods to make the materials, invents new polymers to improve properties such as stability and demonstrates preclinical efficacy of her conjugates with an eye toward translation for human health. Maynard also works in the area of smart materials materials that respond to disease states in the body for precision medicine.