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2025 Accolades
For the 2025 MML Accolades Program, we hosted an abbreviated celebration on May 1, 2025 to honor the Distinguished Associate Accolades.
MML Distinguished Associate
To recognize associates or previous staff members who have made outstanding contributions to MML goals.
This accolade is for work that earned the NIST staff member(s) a DOC-level award in the previous year, and is designed to recognize associates or previous staff members who were critical to the success of the work.
The 2025 MML Distinguished Associate Accolades include:
Brianna Bosch dos Santos Correa
For the development of three-dimensional, high-resolution, temperature measurement and imaging of materials using embedded magnetic nanoparticles.
For significant contributions to work that was awarded a 2024 DOC Bronze Medal
Shawn H. Chen*
Amanda Souna
For the development and deployment of laser-based test methods to quantify the mechanical properties of polymers at ballistic rates of deformation. *not pictured
For significant contributions to work that was awarded a 2024 DOC Bronze Medal
Jennifer Dootz
For development of complex microbial control materials that enable new technologies for detection and surveillance of emerging biological threats.
For significant contributions to work that was awarded a 2024 Judson C. French Award
LaQuetta Fields
For providing exceptional service to NIST remote sites, enabling uninterrupted supplies of high-purity gases and liquid helium.
For significant contributions to work that was awarded a 2024 NIST Director’s Award for Excellence in Administration Award