Mary “Mal” Hedrick obtained their Bachelors in Science with McNair honors in Chemistry at North Dakota State University in 2016. Post-graduation, they worked as a health foods and dietary products laboratory assistant gaining GMP, QA and QC experience in Fargo, North Dakota, USA. In Fall 2017, they joined Coatings and Polymeric Materials (CPM) department at North Dakota State University as a graduate student gaining research experience characterizing aircraft coatings for Boeing. Concluding the Boeing project, Mal’s interest turned to Biocomposites and sustainable polymers as they were excited to learn about Manju Misra and Amar Mohanty's research from their campus visit to Fargo in summer 2018 for CPM’s International Materials from Renewables Conference. 

Pronouns: "They/Them"

Time Frame & Project:

May 2019 - Present: Biobased and biodegradable composite

Education Background:

2017 - 2019: M.S. - PhD. (Pre-doctoral) Coatings and Polymeric Materials: North Dakota State University, USA.

2010 - 2016: BSc in Chemistry: North Dakota State University, USA.

2002 - 2008: BA in General Education: Indiana University, USA.

Presentations:

Hedrick, M., Wu, F., Misra, M., Mohanty, A.K. (2019) Waste Resource based Sustainable Biocomposites: Mycotoxin Contaminated Distillers' Grain derived Biocarbon filled with Carbon Dioxide Bioplastic based ternary blends. SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE), Novi, Michigan, USA. September 4-6, 2019. (POSTER)