Andrew Maynard

Chief Science Advisor

Dr. Andrew Maynard is the chief science advisor to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson Center. His research interest in nanomaterials started in the late 1980’s, while working on his doctorate in ultrafine aerosol analysis at the University of Cambridge in the UK. Through his work with the UK Health and Safety Executive, the US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and the US National Nanotechnology Initiative, he has led current science-based efforts to understand and manage the potential risks of nanotechnology.

Dr. Maynard was previously co-chair of the Nanotechnology Health and Environment Implications (NEHI) working group of NSET—the Nanomaterial Science, Engineering and Technology subcommittee of the US National Science and Technology Council (NSET). He is currently is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Council On Nanotechnology (ICON), participates in the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group, and has testified before the US House Committee on Science on nanotechnology policy. As well as publishing extensively in the scientific literature, Dr Maynard is a well-known international speaker on nanotechnology, and frequently appears in print and on radio and television.