Leland Harriger is a hard condensed matter physicist in the spectroscopy group at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). He joined the NCNR in 2012 as an instrument scientist on the SPINS cold triple axis spectrometer. In 2016 he began designing the new cold spectrometer (PoLAR) that will replace SPINS on the NG-5 beamline. Other roles include the Director of Education and Outreach (2022 - present) and Chair of the Beam Experiment Subcommittee (2019 - present)