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Email:  dcrawfor@nsf.gov Phone: (703) 292-8900 Fax: (703) 292-9074 Room: 1105 N Organization:  CISE Title:  Deputy Assistant Director

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.