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Elizabeth Robinson (Fed)
Research Technician
Liz Robinson is a research technician within the Surface and Trace Chemical Analysis Group in the Materials Measurement Science Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Physics, with minors in Mathematics and Business Administration from Adams State University before earning a Master of Science, with thesis, in Organic Chemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park. Liz first joined NIST in 2016 as a research associate, becoming a staff member in 2018. Her research has focused on the quantitative analysis of analytes of interest for trace contraband detection to support forensics, homeland security, first responders, public health, and medical examiners. Across her time at NIST, Liz has developed skills utilizing traditional liquid mass spectrometry systems (LC-MS and IC-MS), as well as ambient ionization mass spectrometry (AI-MS) such as DART-MS, VUV-MS, and DBDI-MS.
Awards
2025- Federal Laboratory Consortium For Technology Transfer: Department of Commerce for the RaDAR Program (FLC | FLC Awards Recognize Federal Lab Success Bringing Technologies to the Public)
2023 - MML Accolade: Service and Support to MML
2022 - MML Accolade: Early Career (https://data.nist.gov/od/id/mds2-2771)