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Eileen Division is a Principal Communications and Outreach Strategist for the MITRE Corporation. She works alongside NIST staff at its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and supports several high-profile project portfolios at the NCCoE in the areas of zero trust, energy, and identity. She has over 20 years of experience in strategic planning, communications, and IT in support of the U.S. Department of Energy and in private consulting to electric utilities.

Celia Paulsen facilitates efforts to improve the cybersecurity posture of small and medium size manufacturers throughout the U.S. as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Cybersecurity Services Specialist. She has been at NIST for about ten years doing research and developing guidance in areas such as cyber supply chain risk management, small business cybersecurity, and cybersecurity for additive manufacturing. Prior to joining NIST, Celia was an analyst for the National Security Agency in the US Army. She has an MBA in information security from California State University, San Bernardino, and bachelor’s degrees in information technology and business management.

Jason Hattrick-Simpers is a materials research engineer in the Materials for Energy and Sustainable Development Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He got his B.S. in mathematics and physics at Rowan University and his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at the University of Maryland. Prior to joining NIST, he was an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of South Carolina. When he isn’t doing science, he is either running, eating, playing video games or spending time with family.

Tom Lucatorto received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1968 for work on atomic structure. He has over 125 publications and four patents, is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and is the recipient of the Department of Commerce Silver Medal in 1980 and in 2013. He has been the leader of the Ultraviolet Radiation Group at NIST for the last three decades.  That group’s role is to provide accurate measurements in the spectral range from 4 nm to 400 nm, which include calibrations of all NASA and NOAA’s solar UV instruments and other optics used in astronomy, fusion plasma diagnostics, laser development and EUV lithography.

Charlie Tarrio received his BS from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Virginia. He has been at NIST since 1991 developing at-wavelength EUV metrology and studying properties and contamination of EUV optics.

Robert M. Thompson is a senior forensic science research manager and has been with the Special Programs Office-Forensic Sciences at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) for 12 years. Mr. Thompson has a master of forensic science degree from The George Washington University and a BS in forensic science from the California State University in Sacramento.

Prior to joining NIST, Mr. Thompson worked as a forensic examiner with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department, the Oregon State Police, and the GeneLex Corporation. He is a court-accepted expert in several disciplines and has testified as an expert witness in numerous federal and state courts. He is a member of and presents in regional, national, and international forensic science societies. He has numerous publications in international forensic science journals.