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Public Safety Communications Research Division Staff

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
Dereck Orr Division Chief dereck.orr [at] nist.gov Fed
Zahra Hadadian O'Connor Division Secretary zahra.hadadianoconnor [at] nist.gov Fed

Advanced Communications Research Group

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
Dereck Orr Group Leader dereck.orr [at] nist.gov Fed

Name Email Staff type
Julia Chelen julia.chelen [at] nist.gov Ctr
Hunter Culler hunter.culler [at] nist.gov Assoc
Doga Cagdas Demirkan doga.demirkan [at] nist.gov Assoc
Alexander Dimopoulos alexander.dimopoulos [at] nist.gov Assoc
Peter Fink peter.fink [at] nist.gov Fed
Joe Grasso joseph.grasso [at] nist.gov Fed
Charlsea Hansen charlsea.hansen [at] nist.gov Fed
Gary Howarth gary.howarth [at] nist.gov Fed
Kaylee Ives kaylee.ives [at] nist.gov Assoc
Alison Kahn alison.kahn [at] nist.gov Fed
Jeffrey Karhoff jeffrey.karhoff [at] nist.gov Fed
Scott Ledgerwood scott.ledgerwood [at] nist.gov Fed
Jack Lewis jack.lewis [at] nist.gov Fed
Curtis Mitchell curtis.mitchell [at] nist.gov Fed
Nader Moayeri nader.moayeri [at] nist.gov Fed
Jordan O'Dell chic.odell [at] nist.gov Fed
Lisa Soucy lisa.soucy [at] nist.gov Fed
Rebecca Vandermus rebecca.vandermus [at] nist.gov Assoc
Jack Wagner jack.wagner [at] nist.gov Assoc
Matt Whitlock matthew.whitlock [at] nist.gov Fed
Qi Zhu qi.zhu [at] nist.gov IntlAssoc

Network Operations Group

Name Title/Position Email Staff type
John Beltz Group Leader john.beltz [at] nist.gov Fed

Name Email Staff type
John Beltz john.beltz [at] nist.gov Fed
Hien Nguyen hien.nguyen [at] nist.gov Fed
Sam Ray samuel.ray [at] nist.gov Fed
Wyatt Suess wyatt.suess [at] nist.gov Fed

Public Safety Communications Research Division - HQ

Name Email Staff type
Sidney Bittman sidney.bittman [at] nist.gov Fed
Kerianne Gibney kerianne.gibney [at] nist.gov Fed
Zahra Hadadian O'Connor zahra.hadadianoconnor [at] nist.gov Fed
Don Harriss donald.harriss [at] nist.gov Fed
Brianna Huettel brianna.huettel [at] nist.gov Fed
Stephanie Layman stephanie.layman [at] nist.gov Fed
Danni Leicht dana.leicht [at] nist.gov Fed
Terese Manley terese.manley [at] nist.gov Fed
Dereck Orr dereck.orr [at] nist.gov Fed
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