Awards

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2024 - Gold Medal Award---Melissa Taylor

For extraordinary leadership in improving the quality and transparency of forensic science practice through development of process maps.

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.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---John Jones II, Karen Reczek, Allison Getz, Donna Sirk, Barbara Guttman, Marcela Najarro, Alan Zheng, Will Guthrie, John Butler

For extraordinary national leadership in improving the scientific quality of forensic science practices through standards development.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---James Whetstone

For development of the NIST Urban Testbeds Program to determine the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change and to mitigate their impact.

Rebecca K Reczek Edward Bennet Rosa Award

2022 - Edward Bennett Rosa Award---Karen K. Reczek

For leading the implementation of consensus standards development and improving the quality and scientific foundation of forensic science standards.

Karen K. Reczek Honored with 2022 ASTM Forensic Sciences Award

The ASTM International E30 committee confers this award in recognition of continuous and outstanding contributions to the development of

Barbara Guttman Wins Leadership in Forensic Science Award

This award was presented to Barbara Guttman for Leadership in Forensic Science. Ms. Guttman is the leader of the Software Quality Group in

NIST Team accepting AAFS Ambassador of Forensic Science Award 02-2022

SPO Wins AAFS Ambassador of Forensic Science Award

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Board of Directors has unanimously voted to honor the National Institute of Standards and

Stocker, Zheng, Renegar, Soons, Thompson

2019 - Bronze Medal Award---Robert M. Thompson, Thomas B. Renegar, Johannes A. Soons, Michael T. Stocker, Xiaoyu A. Zheng

For novel contributions to the field of forensics by digitally preserving ballistic evidence from the John F. Kennedy assassination, for the benefit of future generations.

2017 - Gold Medal Award---Katherine Sharpless

For leading the development of interagency open data sharing principles to advance international scientific cooperation that addresses global challenges. This group award was awarded to four staff members from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and one staff member from NIST.

2017 - Silver Medal Award---Sushama Singh, Richard Silver, Johannes A. Soons, Xiaoyu A. Zheng

For launching the first open-access research database of forensic topography data to improve the scientific basis of firearm evidence in court.

Advanced communications
-Open Radio Access Network (Open-RAN)
-Quantum communications
-Spectrum sharing
-Wireless (RF)
Artificial intelligence
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-Autonomous systems
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-Applied AI
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Bioscience
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