Staff Directory
Deborah
L.
Crawford
Email:
dcrawfor@nsf.gov
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Phone:
(703) 292-8900
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Fax:
(703) 292-9074
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Room:
1105 N
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Organization:
CISE
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Title:
Deputy Assistant Director
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Program Responsibilities:
Research in Undergraduate Institutions
(RUI)
Biography:
Deborah Crawford is the NSF Deputy Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and
Engineering (CISE). She joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) in October 1993. Since then, she
has managed a number of NSF programs and activities, including those in the Electrical and Communications
Systems Division, in the Office of Small Business Innovation Research, and in the Office of the Director.
She played a leadership role in the implementation of the Math and Science Partnership program in 2001
and in 2005-2006 she played a leadership role in establishing the agencys new Office of
Cyberinfrastructure.
Dr. Crawford has served as NSFs liaison to the National Science and Technology Council and to the
Office of Science and Technology Policy. She has also been active in a number of interagency activities
and managed research projects for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Deborah has twice
received NSFs Directors Award for Distinguished Service, and in 2006 she received a
Presidential Rank Award.
Deborah joined the National Science Foundation from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she managed
research projects in wavelength division multiplexed optical communication systems and in other high
bandwidth photonic systems. While at the University of California Santa Barbara, her research interests
included electronic and photonic nanostructures, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, and high-speed
photonic components for high bandwidth communications applications. She spent several years at AT&T Bell
Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ, where her research contributions were in the area of monolithic
optoelectronic integrated circuits.
Deborah received her Ph.D. in Information Systems Engineering from the University of Bradford, and her
B.Sc.(Hons) in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Glasgow.
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