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NIST Contacts for the News Media
Gaithersburg, Md.
Phone: (301) 975-2762
Mailing address:
100 Bureau Dr., Stop 1070
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1070
Boulder, Colo.
Phone: (303) 497-4044
Mailing address:
325 Broadway
MC 107.02
Boulder, CO 80305-3337
Director, Public Affairs Office
jennifer.huergo [at] nist.gov (Jennifer Huergo), 301-975-6343 // cell: 202-309-1027
Topic areas: disaster and failure studies, NIST budget, Baldrige program, Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), Manufacturing USA
Director, Media Relations
Rich Press, 301-975-0501
Topic areas: forensics, greenhouse gases, biology, genetics, chemistry, health and medicine, materials, buildings and fire, robotics, manufacturing research, community resilience
Public Affairs Specialists
alexandra.boss [at] nist.gov (Alex Boss), 301-975-3611
Topic areas: standard reference materials, Hollings Marine Laboratory
Chad Boutin, 301-975-4261
Topic areas: advanced communications (Gaithersburg-based research), cybersecurity, information technology, biometrics, cryptography, neutron research
Boulder Outreach Coordinator
rebecca.jacobson [at] nist.gov (Rebecca Jacobson), 720-552-3829
Topic areas: media access to the Boulder campus, timekeeping, physics, advanced communications (Boulder-based research), Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) prize challenges, community relations, campus emergencies