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Johanna Camara (Fed)
Research Chemist
Johanna began her employment at NIST as an NRC Postdoctoral Associate. Her activities have encompassed a wide variety of areas, including: MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry of bacteria, molecular cloning of stable-isotope labeled proteins for mass spectral internal standards, and the quantification of small organic molecules in pharmaceuticals, foods, and biological SRMs with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. She has participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program at NIST as an application reviewer and research mentor. Johanna is also the Clinical SRM Program Coordinator, the Quality Manager for the Organic Chemical Metrology Group, and the Deputy Quality Manager for the Chemical Sciences Division.
Membership and Professional Activities:
- Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology Consensus Committee
- Member, 2013 - 2015
- Chemistry and Toxicology Expert Review Panel Chairholder, 2016 - 2018
- Chemistry and Toxicology Expert Review Panel Member, 2019 - present
- NIST delegate to CLSI, 2013 - present - US Technical Advisory Group to ISO/TC212 Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems
- Voting member, 2013 - present
- Executive Committee Member 2017 - present - Washington Chromatography Discussion Group
- Committee member, 2005 - 2007 - IFCC Working Group-Commutability member, 2014-present
Awards
- COSMOS Club Grants-in-Aid to Young Scholars, 2004
- CSTL Exploratory Research Proposal, FY2006
- NIST Materials Measurement Laboratory Outreach Accolade for developing and leading a week-long training course on isotope dilution-mass spectrometry in clinical measurements for staff from six National Metrology Institutes, 2017
- 2018 Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award for Advancing Vitamin D Metrology