Veronika Szalai

vszalai@umd.edu

Dr. Veronika A. Szalai joined the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) in 2010 and is currently a Research Chemist/Project Leader in the Biophysical and Biomedical Measurement Group in the Microsystems & Nanotechnology Division of the Physical Measurement Laboratory. Her projects focus on advanced electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy for biometrology and nanomaterial systems. She is an accomplished scientific leader with decades of experience establishing and running research programs, resulting in multiple patents, 50+ publications, and over 140 scientific presentations.
She received an A.B. in Chemistry from Bryn Mawr College and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Yale University, where her thesis work centered on biophysical chemistry measurements of photosynthetic water oxidation. After completing post-doctoral work on DNA electrochemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Veronika advanced to the rank of tenured associate professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County before transitioning to NIST.