Nina Nichols Thayer

Background

Thayer, Nina Nichols was born on July 29, 1945 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Stanbery J. and Maxine Lavonne (Snyder) Nichols.

Education

Bachelor in Physics, Earlham College, 1967; Master of Science in Physics, U. Maryland., 1972.

Career

Research assistant chemistry Department, University Illinois, Urbana, 1970-1973; digital image analyst Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mariner X, Pasadena, California, 1974; scientist, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Energy Measurements, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1978-1991; laboratory manager, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Energy Measurements, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1986-1988; project leader, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer Energy Measurements, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1984-1991; scientist Genome Sequence DataBase, National Center for Genome Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico, since 1993.

Achievements

• Nina Nichols Thayer has been listed as a notable Research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors New Mexico Network for Women in Science and Engineering, 1986-1989, secretary, 1987-1989. Member American Association of University Women (board directors 1980-1990, president 1984-1986, Eleanor Roosevelt grantee 1990).

Connections

Married Gary R. Thayer, June 20, 1970. Children: Timothy, Tamra Marie.

Father:

Stanbery J. Nichols

Mother:

Maxine Lavonne (Snyder) Nichols

Spouse:

Gary R. Thayer

child:

Tamra Marie Thayer

child:

Timothy Thayer