Kathryn Beers
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named Kathryn Beers as the new director of the agency’s Material Measurement Laboratory (MML).
MML, one of NIST’s six research laboratories, conducts measurement science research in the chemical, biological and material sciences and contributes technical expertise to the development of standards. MML has more than 850 staff members and visiting scientists performing fundamental and applied research to advance measurement science in ways that promote innovation, protect health and safety, and improve our quality of life.
“Kate has lived the NIST values of excellence, integrity, perseverance and inclusivity since she arrived here,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director Laurie E. Locascio. “Her leadership of the NIST Combinatorial Methods Center expanded access to NIST’s world-class polymer science for a broad set of industry customers, and she had the vision to establish the NIST Circular Economy Program to provide the measurement science and tools to move the planet to a new paradigm of production. Kate is an experienced leader of organizations and teams, cares deeply about the success of the people she leads, and will help MML and NIST continue to excel at serving the nation.”
Beers, a polymer chemist by training, joined NIST as a National Academies/National Research Council (NRC) postdoc in 2000 after earning a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. She later served as director of the Combinatorial Methods Center in the Polymers Division and led the Renewable Polymers Project i ..
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