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2025 - Federal Laboratory Consortium Impact Award---RaDAR Program

The RaDAR Program provides comprehensive drug testing data to 13 states and territories across the U.S. In total, more than 10,000 samples have been analyzed since the RaDAR Program began in October 2022, and notably, more than 6,500 samples were...

Ursula Kattner Receives 2025 TMS Fellow Award

The TMS Fellow Award is presented to The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) members who have made outstanding contributions to the practice of metallurgy/materials science and technology. The award includes a life membership to TMS and is...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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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---Stephanie Servetas, Samuel Forry, Scott Jackson, Monique Hunter

For development of complex microbial control materials that enable new technologies for detection and surveillance of emerging biological threats.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---John Libert, Shahram Orandi, Bruce Bandini, Kenneth Ko, Matthew Staymates, Christopher Stafford

For the development of tests and metrics enabling the transition to the next generation of fingerprint acquisition devices.

2024 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Jessica Reiner, Benjamin Place, Alix Rodowa, Jennifer Lynch, Jared Ragland, Niksa Blonder, Bruce Benner Jr., John Kucklick, Catherine Rimmer, Carlos Gonzalez

For establishing a measurement infrastructure for the global assessment of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS).

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Austin McDannald, Brian DeCost, Howie Joress, Aaron Gilad Kusne

For development and distribution of generalized frameworks for autonomous experimentation targeted to a variety of materials science applications.

2024 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Tae Joon Cho

For generous giving of time, support, and expertise to many colleagues, resulting in highly productive outcomes for nanomaterial metrology efforts.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Lisa Borsuk, John Butler, Katherine Gettings, Kevin Kiesler, Angela Lee, Adam Morey, Karen Ann Price, Erica Romsos, Arlin Stoltzfus, Peter Vallone

For the modernization of the Short Tandem Repeat DNA Internet Database, a key data resource for human identity DNA testing practitioners worldwide.

2024 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Christina Davis, Adrian Mitchell, Laurell Phillips, Karen Smith, Terraine Wiggins, Richard Brogden, Gustavo Moreno, Jared Sawyer, Jason Fellows, Anthony Newman

For providing exceptional service to NIST remote sites, enabling uninterrupted supplies of high-purity gases and liquid helium.

2024 - Gold Medal Award---Ashley Beasley Green, Johanna Camara, Nathanael Alan Heckert

For development of a first-of-its-kind urine reference material to promote accuracy in kidney disease diagnosis and monitoring.

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2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Katherine Evans, Christopher Soles, Stephan Stranick, Edwin Chan, Polette Centellas

For the development and deployment of laser-based test methods to quantify the mechanical properties of polymers at ballistic rates of deformation.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Adam Biacchi, Thinh Bui, Cindi Dennis, Michael Donahue, Angela Hight Walker, Thomas Moffat, Eric Rus, Weston Tew, Solomon Woods

For the development of three-dimensional, high-resolution temperature measurement and imaging of materials using embedded magnetic nanoparticles.

2024 - Dr. Willie E. May Award for Distinguished Career at NIST---Winnie Wong-Ng

For contributions to the understanding of structural chemistry and phase stability of complex technological materials.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Denis Bergeron, Richard Essex, Ryan Fitzgerald, Jacqueline Mann, Shin Muramoto, Svetlana Nour, Gordon Shaw, R. Michael Verkouteren

For pioneering development of instrumentation and methods to precisely dispense and validate milligram quantities of radioactive liquid samples.

2024 - ASTM International Emerging Professional---Ami Ahure Powell

Ami Ahure Powell was nominated and selected as an ASTM International Emerging Professional. As part of this selection, she is invited to participate in the Emerging Professionals workshop in Orlando, Florida on November 11 and 12, 2024.

2024 - North American Thermal Analysis Society Outstanding Service Award---Ran Tao

Dr. Ran Tao recently received the NATAS Outstanding Service Award at the 2024 50th Annual Conference of the North American Thermal Analysis Society in Knoxville, Tennessee, in recognition of her dedication and leadership in serving the Society. Since...

Five GreenNISTers Recognized as Part of the Department of Commerce's 2024 Class of Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors

The Department of Commerce Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Programs (OSEEP) recently announced its 2024 Class of Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental (SEE) Ambassadors. NIST awardees were: Dr. Katarina Goodge For their leadership...

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2024 - AOAC Award in Recognition of Technical and Scientific Excellence---Ishi Keenum, Jason Kralj, and Stephanie Servetas

Ishi Keenum, Jason Kralj, and Stephanie Servetas of the Biosystems and Biomaterials Division Complex Microbial Systems Group received the 2024 AOAC Award in Recognition of Technical and Scientific Excellence for their paper on Amplicon Sequencing...

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