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AWARDS

# 2019 Governor's Award for High-Impact Research

## Governor's Award for High-Impact Research

The annual Governor's Awards for High-Impact Research celebrates the brilliant groundbreaking discoveries and innovative research from Colorado’s ecosystem of federally-funded laboratories and institutions.

November 12, 2019

## Awarding Organization

A technology based on innovative laser spectroscopy research at NIST and the University of Colorado has been ruggedized and commercialized here in Colorado for use in the field and can detect methane a quarter of a human breath from over a mile away.

“By working to create collaborations a) among experts in different fields, and b) between researchers and industry, the team produced extraordinary results that has resulted in the spinout company LongPath Technologies,” says Terri Fiez Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation at the University of Colorado – Boulder. “These creative partnerships helped the team do the unthinkable: leverage NobelPrize winning technology into something that the oil and gas industry could use daily to improve its environmental footprint, save lives and save money.” Dr. Marla Dowell, Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Boulder labs says “This pathfinding achievement is a success story that could only have occurred in Colorado because of the nexus of extraordinary government and academic research and entrepreneurship.”

Read more: The Long Road from Nobelists' Invention to LongPath Technologies blog post.

***Full list of winners:***

Ian Coddington (PI), Project Leader, Applied Physics Division, NISTGreg Rieker (PI), Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder (NIST & NREL affiliations), CTO, LongPath Technologies, Inc.Nathan Newbury (PI), Group Leader and Fellow, Applied Physics Division, NISTCaroline Alden, Research Scientist, CIRESEsther Baumann, Senior Research Associate, Applied Physics Division, NISTSean Coburn, Research Scientist, University of Colorado BoulderKevin Cossel, Physicist, Applied Physics Division, NISTFabrizio Giorgetta, Senior Research Associate, Applied Physics Division, NISTAndrew Goldstein, CEO, LongPath Technologies Inc.Kuldeep Prasad, Engineer, Fire Research Division, NISTEleanor Waxman, Chemist, Applied Physics Division, NISTTed Weaver, Former CEO, LongPath Technologies, Inc.Robert Wright, Research Engineer, University of Colorado Boulder

Physics

## Governor's Award for High-Impact Research

The annual Governor's Awards for High-Impact Research celebrates the brilliant groundbreaking discoveries and innovative research from Colorado’s ecosystem of federally-funded laboratories and institutions.

November 12, 2019

## Awarding Organization

## Organizations

                          - NIST Headquarters
                            - Laboratory Programs
                              - Communications Technology Laboratory
                                - Spectrum Technology and Research Division
                                  - Fiber Sources and Applications Group

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