This spring, BME core faculty member Fran Ligler was selected to chair a newly formed NRC Panel on Review of the Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The Panel will assess the scientific and technical work performed by MML and will prepare a report summarizing its assessment findings.
12 of the 21 participants in the Panel are members of one or both of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences. The National Research Council has indicated that part of Dr. Ligler’s duties may involve being invited to testify before Congressional subcommittees regarding the Panel’s report.