Keana Scott

Keana Scott is a Supervisory Physical Scientist in the Surface and Microanalysis Science Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).  Keana graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 1991 with a B.S. in Engineering and Applied Sciences. She completed her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997 and earned an M.S. in Biotechnology from The Johns Hopkins University in 2006. After developing automation engineering solutions for Celera Genomics during their collaboration with NIH on the Human Genome Project, Keana advanced within Celera to lead a group of scientists involved in computational chemistry and proteomics, while also contributing to informatics and genomics projects within both Celera and Applied Biosystems. Keana joined NIST in April 2006 as a member of the Surface and Microanalysis Science Division, and currently works on multi-modal bioimaging technique development and the microanalysis of biological materials using electron and ion beams.