Dr. Michael P. Casassa

Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
SC-22.1/Germantown Building, 
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585-1290

E-Mail: Michael.Casassa@science.doe.gov
Phone: (301) 903-0448
FAX: (301) 903-0271

Dr. Casassa is  Team Leader for Fundamental Interactions, serving previously as the Program Manager for the Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences Program.  He received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh (summa cum laude, 1978), and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology (1984). He joined the research staff at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (then the National Bureau of Standards) in 1983 to develop laser-based methods to measure and characterize photophysics and ultrafast energy transfer processes in chemical systems. He later served as leader of the Laser Applications Group in NIST’s Optical Technology Division (1995-1998), charged with developing laser-based measurement techniques to characterize industrially and environmentally important processes.  More recently, Dr. Casassa served as the Director of the NIST Program Office (1998-2004), providing the NIST Director with technical, economic, and policy analyses and counsel, and facilitating NIST’s program development and performance assessment.