Leadership

Jeff F. Miller, Ph.D.

Jeff F. Miller, Ph.D.

Director of the CNSI; Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Sciences

Jeff F. Miller, Ph.D., is the Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Sciences, Director of the California NanoSystems Institute, and Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics at UCLA.
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Sonia J. Luna, MBA

Sonia J. Luna, MBA

Senior Executive Director

With 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

Dave Avery

Associate Director, Research Administration

Dave is a “True Bruin” having obtained both his undergraduate and graduate degrees (MA, Public Health) from UCLA. He brings over 28 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.

Heather Maynard, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Technology & Development

Heather D. Maynard received a B.S. with Honors in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992 and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 2000 for research in the group of Nobel Prize winner Robert Grubbs.
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Andre Nel, M.D., Ph.D.

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.

Aydogan Ozcan, Ph.D.

Associate Director of 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.

Leonard H. Rome, Ph.D.

Associate Director of 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.

Adam Z. Stieg, Ph.D.

Associate Director of 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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