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Taking Measure

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Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin

Jonathan Griffin is a science writer and media liaison in the NIST public affairs office, where he tells stories about and disseminates NIST’s engineering research through several mediums. During graduate school, he transitioned from engineering research to science communication and went on to write for the University of Florida, American Geophysical Union and American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. If you catch him during his off-hours, you may find him sketching or cruising on a skateboard.