Richard Kasica is a Process Engineer in the CNST NanoFab Operations Group. Richard received a B.S. in Engineering Physics from the Ohio State University and an M.S. in Applied Physics from SUNY-Binghamton. Prior to joining NIST, he held positions at GE-CRD, Lucent Technologies, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory developing electron beam lithography based micro- and nanofabrication processes. He is currently responsible for operating the electron beam and laser writing lithography tools, and developing the associated fabrication processes.