Awards Received by NIST Employees

For calculating fundamental quantum electrodynamical effects in atoms, leading the revision of the International System of Units, and providing the scientific community with adjusted values of the fundamental constants of nature.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Rick Kuhn as an AAAS Fellow. Rick was awarded this honor for his distinguished contributions to the understanding of software faults and failures, and combinatorial methods...

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...

The ASTM International James A. Thomas President's Leadership Award is an honor presented to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and contributions to the advancement of ASTM International's standards and activities. The award is...

For providing exceptional quality and number of peer-reviews for the SME Journal of Manufacturing Processes.

Awarded on the basis of her career successes, support to the university, and giving back to her communities. The University of Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Alumni Association selected her from among the University of Buffalo's...

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...

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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...

Kaufman established and leads a NIST research program that has pioneered the science of optical-tweezer arrays of alkaline-earth atoms, for precision measurement, quantum information processing, and many-body quantum physics.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...