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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

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Jeffrey Voas named as 2024 ACM Distinguished Member

Jeffrey Voas has been selected as a 2024 ACM Distinguished Member for his contributions to software fault injection methodologies, software testability assessments, and software certification methods. The ACM Distinguished Member designation is...

David Yashar is Named ASHRAE Fellow

For substantial contributions in Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration, and the built environment.

Matthew DiSalvo Named 2025 - 2028 ISAC International Innovator

My research in flow cytometry focuses on fundamental metrology challenges such as uncertainty quantification (UQ) and measurement comparability.

2024 Distinguished Associate Award - Linsey Rodenbach, Ngoc Thanh Mai Tran, Zachary Barcikowski, Frank Siefert, I-Fan Hu, Lorenz H. Keck, Shamith U. Payagala, Chieh-I Liu, and Dipanjan Saha

Related to the Gold Medal “For leveraging quantum physics to develop the world’s best standards for the ampere and kilogram, 2 of the 7 fundamental measurement units of science.”

2024 Distinguished Associate Award - Gregory Jaehnig, Dante Jones, Matthew Koc, Richard Lew, and Robinjeet Singh

Related to the Gold Medal “For developing the novel sensors that enable the most advanced cosmic microwave background observatory to unravel the mysteries of the early universe.”

2024 Distinguished Associate Award - Frank Seifert and Kumar Arumugam

Related to the Rabinow Award “For the development of compact Kibble balance technology for mass and torque and its deployment to primary standards laboratories and U.S. industry.”

2024 Distinguished Associate Award - Anna Vaskuri

Related to the French Award “For reducing the uncertainty in calibration of the world network of gravitational wave observatories.”

2025 Optica Fellow - David Plusquellic

For pioneering advances in electro-optic frequency comb technology from ultraviolet to terahertz frequencies for spectroscopy, molecular dynamics, and remote sensing applications

2024 Distinguished Associate Award - Benedikt Hampel

Related to the Bronze Medal “For the realization of the first single-photon detector integrated with an ion trap for the high-fidelity state readout of a trapped-ion quantum bit.”

2025 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Ann Debay

Dr. Ann Debay of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory has had remarkable successes in measuring the atomic makeup of advanced materials that are at the core of many of our Nation’s cutting-edge and established industries. Her research involves...

2024 PECASE - Nikolai Klimov

Nikolai Klimov is recognized for transformational research in photonic sensors for thermometry, dosimetry, humidity, and vacuum and for working with industry partners to bring these new technologies to the marketplace. He is an innovative technology...

2024 PECASE - Stephen Eckel

Stephen Eckel is recognized for his pioneering work in applying cold-atom physics to solve real-world measurement problems, investigating the enabling physics, and leading the development of the first deployable, practical cold-atom-based device with...

2025 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Samantha Maragh

Dr. Samantha Maragh of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory is a preeminent expert on genome editing technologies and is recognized as the world’s leading expert on genome editing standards. Maragh established and leads the NIST Genome Editing...

2025 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Kyle Anderson

In the last decade, Dr. Kyle Anderson of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory has established himself as an internationally recognized technical leader in the field of hydrogen-deuterium mass spectrometry (HDX-MS), a technique which facilitates...

Justyna Zwolak honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Dr. Justyna Zwolak was awarded the PECASE for breakthrough research combining machine learning, computer vision, and physics-based heuristics to calibrate and control quantum systems, with particular emphasis on enabling the scale-up of semiconductor...

2024 PECASE - Jeffrey Shainline

Jeffrey Shainline is recognized for pioneering a new type of neuromorphic computer that closely mimics the human brain, both in the number of interconnections between “neurons” and in its low operating power requirements. Creating a practical...

Angela Robinson awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Angela Robinson has been awarded the PECASE for her innovative work in the field of Post-Quantum Cryptography and privacy-enhancing cryptography. She helped develop a practical algorithm for privacy-preserving proximity detection with a direct...

Adam Kaufman poses for a head shot with a shelf of library books in the background.

2024 PECASE - Adam Kaufman

Adam Kaufman is recognized for advances in quantum information science and precision measurement based on pioneering contributions to the development of optical-tweezer arrays of alkaline-earth atoms, including optical atomic clock technology...

Megan Cleveland with white lab coat and safety glasses in front of a lab bench with pipettes.

2025 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Megan Cleveland

Dr. Megan Cleveland of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory has focused her research on clinical diagnostics and biomanufacturing. She has contributed much to developing advanced materials for digital PCR and next generation sequencing. Cleveland...

Carl Miller and Angela Robinson receive Research Impact Award

Cryptographic Technology Group wins Research Impact Award

NIST's Cryptographic Technology Group has been selected to receive the Research Impact Award for their research leading to new post-quantum cryptographic standards. Congratulations to Dr. Dustin Moody, Dr. Angela Robinson, Mr. Andrew Regenscheid, Dr...

2025 SPIE Fellow - Jeeseong Hwang

For distinguished contributions in optics, photonics, and imaging.

2025 - Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award---Callie Higgins

The SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award recognizes manufacturing engineers, age 35 or younger, who have made exceptional contributions and accomplishments in the manufacturing industry.

2025 - Rising Star Award---Ashley Beasley Green

Ashley Beasley Green of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory Biomolecular Measurement Division is a 2025 recipient of the Rising Star Award presented by the American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee for her leadership of and impactful...

A collage of four photos: Monique Hunter, Jason Kralj, Stephanie Servetas, and Scott Jackson

2024 - EPA Scientific and Technological Achievement Award---Monique Hunter, Jason Kralj, Stephanie Servetas, and Scott Jackson

Monique Hunter, Jason Kralj, Stephanie Servetas, and Scott Jackson of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory Biosystems and Biomaterials Division were recently recognized with an EPA 2024 Scientific and Technological Achievement Award (STAA) for...

2024 - Judson C. French Award---Matthew Spidell

For reducing the uncertainty in calibration of the world network of gravitational wave observatories.

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