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  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Heather D. Maynard is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, as well as chemistry.

Their research spans various subfields including organic chemistry, molecular biology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, polymers and plastics, and biomaterials. Key topics addressed in their work involve chemical synthesis and analysis, click chemistry and applications, protein purification and stability, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors, pancreatic function and diabetes, conducting polymers and applications, and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Maynard include Tae-Lim Choi, Craig J. Hawker, Herman Mark, Takuzo Aida, and Pinar Akcora.

Their recent publications include:

  • Synthesis and Application of Trehalose Materials, 2022, JACS Au
  • Self-Immolative Hydroxybenzylamine Linkers for Traceless Protein Modification, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Modification of proteins using olefin metathesis, 2020, Materials Chemistry Frontiers
  • Ultrafast Au(III)-Mediated Arylation of Cysteine, 2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Synthesis of Zwitterionic and Trehalose Polymers with Variable Degradation Rates and Stabilization of Insulin, 2020, Biomacromolecules

Maynard has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Bioconjugate Chemistry
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Biomacromolecules
  • Chemical Science

They have received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018 and as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2006.

Best Publications

  • FDA-approved poly(ethylene glycol)–protein conjugate drugs

    Steevens N. S. Alconcel;Arnold S. Baas;Heather D. Maynard

  • Therapeutic protein-polymer conjugates: advancing beyond PEGylation.

    Emma M. Pelegri-O’Day;En-Wei Lin;Heather D. Maynard

  • In situ preparation of protein-"smart" polymer conjugates with retention of bioactivity.

    Karina L. Heredia;Debora Bontempo;Tiffany Ly;Joshua T. Byers

  • Tuning Molecular Interactions for Highly Reproducible and Efficient Formamidinium Perovskite Solar Cells via Adduct Approach

    Jin Wook Lee;Zhenghong Dai;Changsoo Lee;Hyuck Mo Lee

  • Streptavidin as a macroinitiator for polymerization: in situ protein-polymer conjugate formation.

    Debora Bontempo;Heather D. Maynard

  • Synthesis of protein–polymer conjugates

    Karina L. Heredia;Heather D. Maynard

  • Cysteine-reactive polymers synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization for conjugation to proteins.

    Debora Bontempo;Karina L Heredia;Benjamin A Fish;Heather D Maynard

  • Purification technique for the removal of ruthenium from olefin metathesis reaction products

    Heather D. Maynard;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Synthesis of Norbornenyl Polymers with Bioactive Oligopeptides by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization

    Heather D. Maynard;Sheldon Y. Okada;Robert H. Grubbs

  • A heparin-mimicking polymer conjugate stabilizes basic fibroblast growth factor

    Thi H. Nguyen;Sung-Hye Kim;Caitlin G. Decker;Darice Y. Wong

  • Trehalose glycopolymers for stabilization of protein conjugates to environmental stressors.

    Rock J. Mancini;Juneyoung Lee;Heather D. Maynard

  • Emerging synthetic approaches for protein-polymer conjugations.

    Rebecca M. Broyer;Gregory N. Grover;Heather D. Maynard

  • Biocompatible Hydrogels by Oxime Click Chemistry

    Gregory N. Grover;Jonathan Lam;Thi H. Nguyen;Tatiana Segura

  • Nanopatterning proteins and peptides

    Karen L. Christman;Vanessa D. Enriquez-Rios;Heather D. Maynard

  • Inhibition of cell adhesion to fibronectin by oligopeptide-substituted polynorbornenes.

    Heather D. Maynard;Sheldon Y. Okada;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Aminooxy End-Functionalized Polymers Synthesized by ATRP for Chemoselective Conjugation to Proteins

    Karina L. Heredia;Zachary P. Tolstyka;Heather D. Maynard

  • Protein-polymer conjugates: synthetic approaches by controlled radical polymerizations and interesting applications.

    Gregory N Grover;Heather D Maynard

  • Template-Directed Ring-Closing Metathesis: Synthesis and Polymerization of Unsaturated Crown Ether Analogs†

    Michael J. Marsella;Heather D. Maynard;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Heparin-Mimicking Polymers: Synthesis and Biological Applications

    Samantha J. Paluck;Thi H. Nguyen;Heather D. Maynard

  • Atomically precise organomimetic cluster nanomolecules assembled via perfluoroaryl-thiol SNAr chemistry

    Elaine A. Qian;Alex I. Wixtrom;Jonathan C. Axtell;Azin Saebi

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology
Lei Tao
Lei Tao Tsinghua University
Alexander M. Spokoyny
Alexander M. Spokoyny University of California, Los Angeles
Yong Chen
Yong Chen University of California, Los Angeles
Mitsuo Sawamoto
Mitsuo Sawamoto Chubu University
Volga Bulmus
Volga Bulmus Izmir Institute of Technology
Leonard H. Rome
Leonard H. Rome University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph A. Loo
Joseph A. Loo University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas P. Davis
Thomas P. Davis University of Queensland
Kenneth B. Wagener
Kenneth B. Wagener University of Florida

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