B.Sc. Chemistry — Louisiana State University
Ph.D. Chemistry — Georgia Institute of Technology
Christina Jones is a Partnerships and Outreach Strategist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM), which also serves as the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office for Manufacturing USA. Christina received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Louisiana State University.
Prior to joining OAM, Christina was a Research Chemist in the Material Measurement Laboratory at NIST. In this role, she led programmatic initiatives to strengthen quality assurance and quality control in metabolomics, particularly to support the clinical translation of human health research. Christina previously interned at Merck, where she applied new process chemistry methodologies to scale up the synthesis of challenging pharmaceutical-related compounds.
Christina’s work has appeared in numerous scientific journals and has been featured on the cover of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. She has received several awards and honors, including The Analytical Scientist’s Top 100 Power List, the American Chemical Society 40 Under 40 Rising Star in Proteomics and Metabolomics, and the Winifred Burke-Houck Professional Leadership Award. Christina is passionate about broadening participation in STEM. She develops curricula and teaches interactive, hands-on science activities that supplement K–12 education and support students’ development of academic, leadership, and professional skills.
At OAM, Christina works across federal agencies to strengthen and expand support for the Manufacturing USA network by coordinating interagency engagement, advancing strategic partnerships, and communicating the network’s results, initiatives, and opportunities to key stakeholders. She also supports the management of Manufacturing USA funding opportunities and leads education and workforce development coordination with NIIMBL, a NIST-sponsored Manufacturing USA institute focused on accelerating biopharmaceutical manufacturing innovation in the United States. Christina’s work includes engaging federal, state, local, academic, and industry partners to support a more connected and responsive advanced manufacturing ecosystem.