Judith Mitrani-Reiser, Ph.D.

Director, Disaster & Failure Studeis Program, National Institutes of Standards and Technology

Dr. Mitriani-Reiser leads the NIST multidisciplinary staff responsible for conducting fact-finding investigations of structural failures that resulted in substantial loss of life or that posed significant potential for substantial loss of life; promoting the implementation of recommendations from those studies to improve codes, standards and practices.