Alec Talin

Alec Talin is a Senior Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories and a Fellow of the American Physical Society in the field of Industrial and Applied Physics. Talin has previously held the title of Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Sandia and served as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Materials Science at the University of Maryland and Affiliate Faculty at Montana Technological University. As a Project Leader at NIST, Talin contributed significantly to various scientific initiatives. Earlier in the career, Talin worked as a Staff Scientist and Manager of the Materials Characterization Research Lab at MOTOROLA Inc. Academically, Talin earned a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from UCLA and a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from UC San Diego.