Celia Merzbacher
Acting Assistant Director for Technology & Executive Director to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Naval Research Laboratory


Moderator for Policy Session: Government’s Role in Stimulating Nanotechnology for Industry

Biographical Sketch
Dr. Celia Merzbacher has been on loan to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) since May 2003. At OSTP she serves as Acting Assistant Director for Technology and as the Executive Director to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). She is also the Co-Chair of the National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (the interagency body that manages the National Nanotechnology Initiative). Prior to taking her current position, Dr. Merzbacher was a Technology Transfer Officer at NRL, where she was responsible for intellectual property management and the negotiation of licenses and cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs). Dr. Merzbacher began her career at NRL in 1989 developing advanced optical materials, for which she holds a number of patents. Dr. Merzbacher came to NRL from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where she did post-doctoral research after completing her PhD at the Pennsylvania State University.

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