Sarah Munro's Biography

Sarah Munro, Team Leader, Genome-Scale Measurements Group, Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Dr. Munro leads research programs in genome-scale measurement science for the Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology (JIMB), a joint scientific initiative that NIST has launched in partnership with Stanford faculty groups and Bay Area industry (http://jimb.stanford.edu). In her work, Dr. Munro develops new measurement technologies, method validation tools such as spike-in controls and analysis software, and leads JIMB public-private-academic standards development consortia. Dr. Munro received her Ph.D. and B.S. degrees in Biological and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University.