Arati Prabhakar
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Arati Prabhakar is an engineer who headed NIST
from 1993-1997. She earned her PhD in applied physics from Caltech
in 1984 and was the first female to head the institute.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory, otherwise known as a National Metrological Institute , which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce...
from 1993-1997. She earned her PhD in applied physics from Caltech
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
in 1984 and was the first female to head the institute.