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Morning Breakout Session #1: MayLin Howard (Chem Eng) Pharmaceutical Scientist
by Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections
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Associate Principal Scientist in Oral Formulation Sciences Team, Merck & Co, Inc
MayLin is an associate principal scientist in the Oral Formulation Sciences team at Merck & Co., Inc., where she works on drug product development of oral solid dosage forms (tablets, capsules). She also leads the Merck Pharmaceutical Sciences & Clinical Supply Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion outreach team. MayLin started her career journey at the University of Rochester, where she earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Biology and a concentration in Chinese language. During her time at UR, she served on the executive board of Tau Beta Pi for 2 years and completed two internships: one in industry at Xerox and one in Professor David Wu’s lab in the Chemical Engineering department. She was very active in teaching and mentorship, leading workshops/TA-ing for organic chemistry, biology, biochemistry, and chemical engineering 9 times. She also spent a summer developing workshop content for the Biochemistry Honors course at UR. While at UR, she received the ACEC NY Scholarship Award and was inducted to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and the Order of the Engineer. After graduating from UR, she earned her PhD in Chemical Engineering at MIT in Professor Paula Hammond’s lab, with research focusing on controlled delivery of growth factor proteins from biodegradable implants for craniomaxillofacial bone regeneration. She also completed business & economics classes at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Outside of classes and research, she was heavily involved in DE&I initiatives: she served on the executive board of Graduate Women at MIT, volunteered in a peer counseling group in the Chemical Engineering department, and collaborated with the Harvard Graduate Women in Sciences & Engineering group to develop & deliver mentorship programing for young students in India interested in STEM.
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