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Taking Measure

Just a Standard Blog

Mark Tyra

Mark Tyra is an isotope geochemist working to produce nuclear forensics reference materials at NIST. He got his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico using stable and radiogenic isotopes of minerals in meteorites to evaluate the history of water in their parent asteroids. He’s a recent father, enjoys running in the outdoors, and is recently trying out sketchnoting (he likes to draw).

The Curiously Colorful Wall of NIST's Radiation Physics Building

July 9, 2019

In what is currently a large construction zone in the center of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus, the

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