Branden Brough '00, M.S. '03, Ph.D. '06

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office announced Branden Brough '00, M.S. '03, Ph.D. '06, as the new director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO).

Brough joins the NNCO from the Molecular Foundry, a U.S. Department of Energy-funded nanoscale science research center that provides users from around the world with access to cutting-edge expertise and instrumentation. He will also serve as OSTP’s assistant director for nanotechnology.

As the Molecular Foundry’s deputy director, Brough was responsible for helping guide the organization’s scientific plans and initiatives, while also managing the center’s operations. Before joining the Molecular Foundry, Brough worked at the NIH’s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, where he led strategic policy and planning activities, as well as Congressional and public outreach efforts.

Brough received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, focusing on the integration of synthetic motor molecules and natural self-assembling proteins into micro/nanotechnologies.