Laurie Locascio

Laurie E. Locascio has provided direction and operational guidance for the National Institute of Science and Technology’s scientific and technical mission-focused laboratory programs as U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, and as the director of NIST, among other duties.

Wed, 04/19/2017 - 12:02
NIST Accomplishments: A Look Back at the Past Three YearsA retrospective from the outgoing US Undersecretary of Commerce
Tue, 01/21/2025 - 00:02
So much has changed since I walked onto the Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) almost three years ago to begin my term as its director and U.S. Commerce Undersecretary for Standards and…
Women in STEMRepresentation matters
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 12:03
Growing up as a scientist, I didn’t see role models who looked like me. I grew up in a small town where my father was a physicist—and my role model.  He nurtured me to be a scientist, just like him. I’m so grateful he didn’t have different…
Who Are You, Little Girl?Being a woman, and a leader, in science
Wed, 04/19/2017 - 12:02
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 there, I knew I had to be acknowledged by the top researchers in my field, get invited…