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James H. Yen (Fed)

James Yen has been a member of the Statistical Engineering Division since 1997. He works in statistical data analysis, modeling, and computing in a wide variety of areas, including applications in forensic sciences, information technology, and homeland security. He has a long-standing involvement with the NIST project on the identification of  firearms and toolmarks. In addition, he has worked with the Organic Chemical Metrology group in the certification of over three dozen food and supplement Standard Reference Materials.

Technical Areas of Research and Consulting:

  • Forensic sciences, including firearms and toolmarks
  • Standard Reference Materials
  • Data analysis
  • Applied probability

Professional Activities and Societies and Standards Activities:

  • American Statistical Association Member

Publications

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 2983 Inorganics in Geoduck Clam Tissue (Panopea generosa)

Author(s)
Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Melannie Bachman, Steven J. Christopher, Debra Ellisor, Michael Ellisor, Jennifer Hoguet, Samuel Huntington, Caleb Luvonga, Amanda Moors, Dhayaalini Nadarajan, Tomohiro Narukawa, Jennifer Ness, Rebecca Pugh, James H. Yen, Lee L. Yu
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2983 Inorganics in Geoduck Clam Tissue (Panopea generosa) is intended to be used for the evaluation of methods for the

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 2386 Avocado Powder

Author(s)
Melissa M. Phillips, Laura Wood, Joseph Browning, George Caceres, Grace Hahm, Mahboubeh Hanaee, Abigail Lee, Karen Murphy, Rabia Oflaz, Rick L. Paul, Benjamin Place, Jeanice "Brown Thomas ", James H. Yen
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released SRM 2386 Avocado Powder which has value assignment for over 70 analytes. This

Development of an Improved Standard Reference Material for Folate Vitamers in Human Serum

Author(s)
Johanna Camara, Jeanita Pritchett, Yasmine Daniels, Mary Bedner, Michael Nelson, Mark Lowenthal, Zia Fazili, Christine Pfeiffer, Karen W. Phinney, Katherine E. Sharpless, Lane C. Sander, Katrice Lippa, James H. Yen, Adam Kuszak, Stephen Wise
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed a Standard Reference Material® (SRM®) 3949 Folate Vitamers in Frozen Human Serum to
Created October 9, 2019, Updated December 8, 2022