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BBD Staff Directory

The Biosystems and Biomaterials Division consists of a Division Office and 
five technical groups.

Division Office Staff

Division Chief: Sheng Lin-Gibson
Deputy Chief: Tara Eskandari
NIST Fellows:  Anne L. Plant and Lili Wang
Administrative Officer and Assistant:  Chrisi-Kay Emeje and Angela Furlow
Division Office Manager: Denise R. Shaw
Division Project Manager: William Brad O'Dell
IT Security Officer: Mark Etter
Division Safety Representative: Johnny Ho
Property Custodian: Mar Maley
Associates:  Kenneth Cole
 

Biomarker and Genomic Sciences Group

Group Leader: Samantha Maragh
Co-leader: Justin Zook
Office Manager: Rachel A Leaf

Adetola Abdulkadir
Jamie Almeida
Camille Daniels
Paul C. DeRose
Nathan Dwarshuis
Robert N. Goldberg
Alexander Gooden
Hua-Jun He
Zhiyong He
Jerilyn Izac
Patty Kiesler
Natalia Kolmakova
Jennifer McDaniel
Sierra Miller
Diane Nelson
Nathanael Olson
Simona Patange
Vaidehiben Patel
Sumeet Poudel
Marc Salit
Ayah Shevchenko
Linhua Tian
Justin Wagner
Ningchun Xu
Yu-Zhong Zhang

Biomaterials Group

Group Leader: Nancy Lin
Office Manager: 

Joory Alasady
Greta Babakhanova
Charles Camp
Seleipiri Charles-Norfleet
Martin Chiang
Sandra Da Silva
Joy Dunkers
Melis Kant
Da Bin Kim
Jinmin Lee
Young Jong Lee
Alshae Logan
Phillipa Nyamali
Kirsten Parratt
Laura Pierce
Carlos Renteria
Hadassah Sanders
Sumona Sarkar
Siddharth Singh
Carl Simon Jr.
Khavin Suong
Tam-Anh Tran
Jianwei Tu

Cell Systems Science Group

Group Leader: John T. Elliott
Officer Manager: Victoria (Tori) Purkey

Cellular Engineering Group

Group Leader: Elizabeth Strychalski
Office Manager: Carlos Turcios

Created September 14, 2016, Updated February 19, 2025