Jeff F. Miller, Ph.D.
Director of the CNSI; Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Sciences
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Sonia J. Luna, MBA
Senior Executive Director
With over 25 years of experience on the UCLA campus, Sonia Luna serves as Executive Director of the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute. She oversees the administrative and financial staff at the Institute and works closely with Director Jeff F. Miller.
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Dave Avery
Associate Director, Associate Director, Research Administration / Chief Financial Officer
Dave is a “True Bruin” having obtained both his undergraduate and graduate degrees (MA, Public Health) from UCLA. He brings over 30 years of research administration experience to his role, specializing in management of large and complex multi-disciplinary and multi-campus research programs.
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Heather Maynard, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Technology & Development
Heather D. Maynard is the Dr. Myung Ki Hong Professor in Polymer Science, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and a founding member of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. She is also the Co-Director of the National Science Foundation BioPACIFIC Materials Innovation Platform.
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Andre Nel, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Research, CNSI; Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Chief of NanoMedicine; Director UC CEIN Nanosafety Center; Associate Editor ACS Nano
Andre Nel is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine and is Founder and Chief of the Division of Nanomedicine. In addition, he is the Director of the University of California’s Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN).
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Aydogan Ozcan, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Entrepreneurship, Industry and Academic Exchange
Dr. Ozcan is the Chancellor’s Professor at UCLA and an HHMI Professor with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, leading the Bio- and Nano-Photonics Laboratory at UCLA School of Engineering and is also the Associate Director of the California NanoSystems Institute.
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Leonard H. Rome, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Facilities Management
Dr. Rome has been on the faculty of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA since he joined the Department of Biological Chemistry in 1979. He became a full Professor in 1988 and has been Senior Associate Dean for Research in the School of Medicine since 1997.
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Adam Z. Stieg, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Technology Centers
Adam Z. Stieg is a Research Scientist and Associate Director of CNSI responsible for oversight of the Institute’s six Technology Centers – a collection of open-access user facilities that facilitate university collaborations with industry, and aid in the rapid commercialization of discoveries.
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