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Gary Howarth (Fed)
Physical Scientist
Gary Howarth is a Physical Scientist and project manager for the Public Safety Communications Research Division (CTL) and the Privacy Engineering Program (ITL). In that role, he interfaces with diverse stakeholders from academia, government, the first responder community, and the public to develop and deliver programs that accelerate the development of technology responsive to public needs. He earned his PhD in the Chemistry Department at Columbia University. He has previously taught high school science and co-founded the NET Charter High School in New Orleans.
Current projects:
- SDNist: Benchmark data and evaluation metrics for synthetic data generators
- The Collaborative Research Cycle, a community research program to advance privacy-enhancing technologies
Awards
- George A. Uriano Award, National Institute of Standards and Technology: for outstanding achievements in building or strengthening NIST extramural programs (2021)
- Presidential Management Fellowship, Office of Personnel Management: two-year appointment at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (8/2019-8/2021)
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health: award in support for dissertation research (8/2016-8/2018)
- Murdock Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Oregon Health & Sciences University: award for undergraduate research (5/2005)