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11 NIST Women in STEM
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Join with us in celebrating the day by revisiting a few of our favorite blog posts (both recent and from our archives) by female scientists at NIST.
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Who Are You, Little Girl? Being a Woman, and a Leader, in Science (2017)
Can you imagine sitting in a meeting and hearing someone say to you: “Wow, that was a good idea. Now, who are you, little girl?” It happened to former NIST researcher Laurie Locascio. Learn more about that experience and what she took away from it in this blog post.
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Finding the STAMP of Human-Made Pollutants in Seabird Eggs (2021)
If you think that project that took you months seemed to go on forever, try being part of a scientific research endeavor slated to go on for decades! That’s just what marine biologist Stacy S. Schuur does in her work with the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP). Learn more about how she found herself at NIST working on this project.
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The Plastic That Washes Up on Hawaii’s Beaches Affects Me. Personally. (2019)
When you hear that marine environmental toxicologist Jennifer Lynch is stationed in Hawaii, you may think she has it made. But for Jennifer Lynch, when she looks at the beaches, what she sees aren’t the beautiful blue waters or the sand. It’s the litter. Jennifer is in Hawaii to monitor, quantify and characterize plastic pollution to answer important questions about its sources and impacts. Learn more about how her obsession with clearing plastic from the beach is part of what drives her to learn exactly what the debris is and where it’s coming from.
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It’s All Right to Be Wrong in Science (2018)
Physicist Paulina Kuo shares with us stories of moments during her scientific career where she was wrong … and why it is OK to make mistakes.
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Creating and Commercializing a Human ‘Body Cube’ for Testing New Drugs (2021)
NIST scientist Mandy Esch shares how she found herself at NIST, and how the technology she created here found itself a potential home in the marketplace.
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Mooning Over Measurement (2017)
For most of us, the moon is something we stare at from afar. But NIST researcher Ann Chiaramonti Debay got to get up close and personal with it … or, at least, with unassuming jars containing fine gray-brown particles that the Apollo 11 and 14 astronauts had collected during their lunar landings. Learn more about the measurements she took on the moon dust.
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Deciphering: The Thrill of a Lifetime (2017)
When you think cryptography, you may think information technology and cyber-professionals. But mathematicians play a key role in the cryptography world. Read more about mathematician Lily Chen’s career path that led her to doing critical cryptography work at NIST.
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Rewritten in Our DNA: Measurements for Genome Editing (2019)
Biotechnology and the human genome aren’t just the domain of health-focused organizations. Learn more about researcher Samantha Maragh’s efforts with the NIST Genome Editing Consortium to develop standards and genome editing community norms for physical DNA measurements, as well as genome data handling and housing.
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Answering the Call: How NIST Helps Crime Labs Recover Evidence From Mobile Devices (2020)
If you, like so many people, enjoy TV crime shows like CSI: Miami, make sure to check out this blog from computer scientist Jenise Reyes-Rodriguez, who shares a realistic look at the worlds of computer and mobile forensics.
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Plotting a Path From NASA Grids to NIST Graphics (2017)
NIST mathematician Bonita Saunders has long felt a kinship with the women featured in the Hidden Figures book and movie. Learn more about the career path that brought her to NIST.
How Neutrons and Gamma Rays Can Reveal Our Cultural Heritage (2020)
Most people think that understanding and preserving our cultural heritage is mainly the concern of the social sciences and humanities. In her blog post, NIST researcher H. Heather Chen-Mayer talks about her work determining the elemental composition of archaeological finds and objects in museum collections to help provide insight into early civilizations.
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