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Taking Measure

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Laurie E. Locascio

A Look Back at the Past 3 Years’ Accomplishments, by NIST Director Laurie E. Locascio

December 23, 2024

NIST Director Laurie E. Locascio departs NIST this month after more than 30 years at the agency, including three as its director.

NIST biomedical engineer Laurie Locascio places a water sample on a highly sensitive, inexpensive "lab-on-a-chip"

Who Are You, Little Girl? Being a Woman, and a Leader, in Science

March 22, 2017

Like a lot of scientists, I am very goal-oriented, so after I got my Ph.D. in toxicology, I set out to become a leader in my field by the time I was 40. To get

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