Dawn Ward (chemist)

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Dawn N. Ward
Education University of Maryland, Baltimore County (PhD, 2003)
Lincoln University (BA, 1995)
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry
Institutions Stevenson University

Dawn N. Ward is an American synthetic organic chemist and associate professor in chemistry at Stevenson University. [1] [2]

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Background and career

Ward grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from Woodlawn High School. After receiving her BA in chemistry from Lincoln University, she worked in multiple chemical industry positions and was a public schoolteacher. Ward returned to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County for her Ph.D. in 2003, receiving it in 2009. [3] Ward 's research group at Stevenson researches potent Heterocyclic amine-based Helicase inhibitors of Hepatitis C. [4]

Community work and volunteering

Ward works to promote racial diversity in STEM fields through the Ingenuity Project. She is on the board of advisors for the Black Girls Dive Foundation. [5]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Dawn Ward – Ingenuity Project". www.ingenuityproject.org. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Dawn Ward: Fine School of the Sciences Faculty" . Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Dawn Ward, Ph.D. - IMSD Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows Program - UMBC". meyerhoffgrad.umbc.edu. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  4. ↑ Ward, Dawn N.; Talley, Daniel C.; Tavag, Mrinalini; Menji, Samrawit; Schaughency, Paul; Baier, Andrea; Smith, Paul J. (January 15, 2014). "UK-1 and structural analogs are potent inhibitors of hepatitis C virus replication". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24 (2): 609–612. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.12.012. ISSN   0960-894X. PMC   6136245 .
  5. ↑ "Board of Advisors". Black Girls Dive Foundation, Inc. Retrieved July 17, 2020.


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