Battelle’s Sydney Corkran Receives Dr. Billy Richardson Award for Young Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) Researchers

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Battelle Research Scientist and Microbiologist Sydney Corkran is the 2020 recipient of the Dr. Billy Richardson Young NBC Researcher Award.

The award, given by the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Industry Group, was established to honor Richardson by recognizing exceptional young leaders with dedication to activities involving education and commitment to NBC defense. Corkran will accept her award during a September dinner ceremony in Arlington, Virginia.

The award is named for Richardson, who for 25 years was instrumental in the development of modern chemical and biological defense programs and was a key architect of the concept and plan for the Army’s chemical and biological defense laboratories.

Corkran joined Battelle in 2016 as a research associate. Since then, she has contributed to and led a variety of programs in chemical and biological research and was promoted to the position of research scientist. She has served as the principal biological and chemical instructor since 2016 for the Chemical/Biological Warfare Agent Dissemination Awareness Course, a 40-hour course provided to National Guard Civil Support Teams in St. Roberts Missouri, delivered 12 times annually. It focuses on CWA/BWA History, Labware, Biological Warfare Agents, Chemical Warfare Agents, Clandestine Drug Labs, and Homemade Explosives. She now trains and leads a team of three biological and chemical instructors for the program.

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