Please join us in hearty congratulations to Mary Tang! She is a recipient of the 2023 Marsh O’Neill Award for Exceptional and Enduring Support of Stanford University’s Research Enterprise. The award, administered by the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research, recognizes outstanding contributions to Stanford’s research mission.

Mary is the Managing Director of the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF) located in the Allen Building. Under her leadership, the SNF supports thousands of researchers worldwide, from medicine and biology to fundamental physics and astronomy.

Mary co-chairs the data management working group for Stanford’s Community of Shared Research Platforms (C-ShaRP), a university-wide initiative to support shared experimental facilities across campus through infrastructure investments in new capabilities, refreshing aging instrumentation, hands-on education, and data management resources.

Mary has also helped establish the Microelectronics Commons California-Pacific-Northwest AI Hardware Hub, funded through the CHIPS and Science Act.

“Fabrication is making, and its culture has a strong, community-based maker ethos. All are welcome. Everyone is a learner and has something to teach,” says Mary.

Excerpted from 'Staff members honored for supporting Stanford research,’ Stanford Report.