Laurie Locascio

Laurie E. Locascio provides direction and operational guidance for NIST’s scientific and technical mission-focused laboratory programs as Undersecretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST director, among other duties.

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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…