Women in STEM: Igniting Young Minds, Illuminating the Future

A NIST chemist describes her work with young women in South Korea.

View as a Web Page Taking Measure Blog Women in STEM: Igniting Young Minds, Illuminating the Future By Hae-Jeong Lee, a chemist in the Materials Science and Engineering Division at NIST I am a research chemist and lab officer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). From November 2019 to February 2020, I worked as an Embassy Science Fellow in the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. The U.S. Department of State's Office of Science and Technology Cooperation manages this program. Since 2001, it has successfully placed nearly 550 American scientists and engineers in U.S. embassies and consulates around the world to advance U.S. interests by supporting American science, technology, environment, health and innovation priorities. Currently, 18 federal agencies, including NIST, actively participate in the program. The proposal that I volunteered for was "Women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)" to promote women's economic empowerment. Read More

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