Vivien Maltez

Assistant Professor at UC San Diego | NIGMS K99/R00 MOSAIC Scholar | PhD in Microbiology and Immunology

San Diego, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Assistant Professor at UC San Diego
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • The National Institutes of Health (5 yrs 11 mos)
    • MOSAIC Scholar
      Sep 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) (K99/R00 and UE5) This NIGMS-funded K99/R00 program is aimed at enhancing diversity within the academic biomedical research workforce and is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds, for example individuals from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce at the faculty level, into independent, tenure-track or equivalent research-intensive faculty positions.

    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
      Apr 2018 - Feb 2024 · 5 yrs 11 mos

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRAT) Fellow at National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
    Sep 2019 - Aug 2022 · 3 yrs

    PRAT is a competitive 3 year program with a funding mechanism similar to the extramural F32 system. The program offers incredible career-development opportunities, such as seminars from invited speakers and fellows themselves, as well as grant-writing and presentation training. We are supported through every step of the postdoctoral process, including a variety of career goals and options.

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (6 yrs 7 mos)
    • Graduate student
      2012 - Dec 2017 · 6 yrs

    • Post baccalaureate
      Jun 2011 - Aug 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos