Dorothy Zolandz, Ph.D., Director
dzolandz@nas.edu
Tina Masciangioli, Ph.D., Program Officer
tmasciangioli@nas.edu
Federico San Martini, Ph.D., Program Officer
fsmartini@nas.edu
Kathryn Hughes, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
khughes@nas.edu
Sybil A. Paige, Administrative Coordinator
spaige@nas.edu
Ericka McGowan, Associate Program Officer
emcgowan@nas.edu
Jessica L. Pullen, Research Assistant
jpullen@nas.edu
Kela Masters, Senior Program Assistant
kmasters@nas.edu
Staff Biographies
Dr. Dorothy Zolandz
Dorothy Zolandz is currently Director of the National Academies Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology. In this role, she works with experts from across the nation to develop, negotiate, and oversee scientific and technical advisory studies for federal agencies related to questions of chemistry and chemical engineering. Her previous work at the National Academies included oversight of annual reviews of laboratory programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and various ad hoc studies in areas ranging from support for mathematics research to national needs in precision time and time-interval science. She performed postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology, and holds a bachelors degree from Rutgers University and masters and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University.
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Dr. Tina Masciangioli
Dr. Tina M. Masciangioli is currently a program officer with BCST. Her areas of interest include: sustainability, green chemistry and chemical engineering, inherently safer chemistry, renewable chemical feedstocks and energy, applications and implications of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology. Tina joined BCST in 2003 after two years as an AAAS Science & Technology fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where she was a part of the seminal efforts in the Office of Research and Development to assist in evaluating the environmental impacts of nanoscience and technology applications. During 1999-2001, she was an NRC postdoctoral fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory, and in 1999 she obtained her Ph.D. in chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Tina's research background is in studying the mechanism of photochemical activity in the membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin using time-resolved laser spectroscopy.
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Dr. Federico San Martini
Federico is a program officer for the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology. He has been with BCST since October 2005 and has worked on projects ranging from identifying avenues of basic research to counter improvised explosive devices to benchmarking the research competitiveness of the U.S. in chemical engineering. Prior to joining BCST, Federico was a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he focused on research in urban air quality management. Federico received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering, with a minor in risk management, and Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Practice from MIT. Federico was a Winston Churchill Scholar and received his bachelor of science in chemical engineering and bachelor of arts in environmental studies from Brown University.
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Dr. Kathryn Hughes
Kathryn Hughes is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology where she assists other staff members in their work with National Academies committees. Prior to joining the NRC staff, Kathryn was a Science Policy Fellow with the American Chemical Society. She received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Michigan, and holds a bachelors degree from Carleton College.
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Ms. Sybil Paige
Sybil Paige is the Administrative Coordinator for BCST where she provides administrative support for the day-to-day operations of the board. She received her B.S. degree in Human Resources Management from the University of Maryland University College.
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Mrs. Ericka McGowan
Ericka McGowan is Associate Program Officer on the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology. A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she came to the Washington, DC metropolitan area in 2001 to work at the National Institutes of Health. She served NIH for two years as a Grants Technical Assistant before joining the National Academies as a Research Associate. She has a BS degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, LA and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases from George Washington University.
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Ms. Jessica L. Pullen
Jessica Pullen is a Research Assistant for the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, where she provides support to all ongoing projects as well as web and graphic design work. Prior to joining the National Academies in 2006, Jessica was a web designer for Roanoke College, where she received her B.S. in Biochemistry. She has also completed an internship with the New Jersey State Police Forensic Science Laboratory, with a focus on Toxicology.
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Ms. Kela Masters
Kela Masters serves as the senior program assistant to the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, where she coordinates meeting logistics, travel and project assistance for all ongoing committees. Originally from Oklahoma, Kela attended Texas A&M University, College Station TX, where she received her BS in Sociology.
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