Biophysics is pleased to welcome Anna Maurer to our faculty as part of the Michigan Program for Advancing Cultural Transformation (M-PACT) Faculty Initiative!
Anna is a Michigan native, first-generation college student who transferred from Macomb Community College to the University of Michigan and completed her Bachelor of Science in Cellular and Molecular Biology in 2012. She completed her doctoral studies under Luk Vandenberghe on host and viral factors of adeno-associated viral (AAV) capsid assembly at Harvard Medical School in 2019. For her postdoctoral work, she studied cellular regulation of AAV-delivered DNA under Robert Tjian at UC Berkeley. Her passion for science is matched by her passion for increasing diversity among biomedical researchers by raising awareness about research careers among community college students and mentoring them through transfer to a four-year institution to pursue STEM degrees. Outside the lab, Anna enjoys music, dancing, flow arts, hiking, running, shooting pool, yard games, eating all kinds of cuisine, beer snobbery, and college football.
Dr. Maurer’s independent research group will continue to study recombinant AAV vectors through the lens of their host cells to identify targets for improving the safety and efficacy of gene delivery. She is currently accepting new graduate students and postdocs. To inquire about these positions or welcome Anna to Biophysics, you may contact her at acmaurer@umich.edu or visit the Maurer Lab website.
We are excited to have Anna aboard and look forward to her arrival next year!
About M-PACT:
M-PACT aims to achieve inclusive excellence in the biomedical and health sciences at the University of Michigan through the recruitment of tenure-track assistant professors with a demonstrated commitment and expertise in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) via their research, teaching, and/or service activities. M-PACT commits to supporting scholars successfully recruited through the program with cutting-edge mentoring, relevant professional development experiences, and the appropriate resources needed for them to thrive. M-PACT is federally sponsored by the National Institutes of Health Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program.
