Tammy Lucas is a Chemical Engineer in the Quantum Sensors Group within the Quantum Electromagnetics Division at NIST where she conducts research on the novel nano/micro-fabrication of ultra-low temperature superconducting sensors and circuits with the focus on cosmology and high-energy astrophysics detectors. She holds several US patents related to cadmium telluride thin film solar and has authored/coauthored multiple peer reviewed conference and journal articles.