About OneNano
OneNano’s story began in 2016 when a group of nanofabrication and cleanroom facility colleagues in the mid-Atlantic chose to assemble every six months to discuss shared challenges. This meeting was known as the Mid-Atlantic Nanofab Managers’ Meeting, originally founded by the late Mr. Meredith Metzler. Building on this network of regional peers, the organization incorporated, expanding its scope to support a broader, national community of nanoscale infrastructure professionals who manage nanofabrication cleanrooms and nanoscale characterization facilities. In his honor, regional chapters organize Meredith Meetings to regularly connect regional peers who manage nanoscale infrastructure.
About Meredith
Mr. Meredith G. Metzler (1975–2023) was a nanofabrication leader whose career spanned Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He studied mathematics and physics at Kalamazoo College and Cornell, and earned a Master of Engineering from Cornell’s College of Engineering. Earlier in his career, Meredith held multiple technical roles at the Cornell NanoScale Facility, where he helped teach and document thin-film and dry-etch methods. At Penn’s Singh Center for Nanotechnology, Meredith served as Thin Films Manager in the Quattrone Nanofabrication Facility (QNF), where he trained users, developed processes, and later served as the QNF Director. Within the NSF National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) Mid-Atlantic Nanotechnology Hub (MANTH), Meredith launched and led community working groups on equipment, maintenance, and training—creating a no nonsense approach to regional engagement for nanofab operations that remains his legacy as the Meredith Meetings. Remembered for his generosity with time and knowledge, Meredith Metzler’s professional arc reflects a career devoted to enabling others to fabricate, measure, learn and connect.
Our Vision
Our vision is to serve the micro/nano fabrication and characterization community by fostering a consensus of best practices in safety and data standards, creating a model of streamlined collaboration in operational innovation and workforce/professional development.
Our Mission
We will accomplish our vision through initiatives that also reinforce our shared values in Community, Equitability, Impact, and Transparency.
Values & Goals
Community: We serve the community of professionals who operate nano (and micro) scale infrastructure in providing a space for them to meet and build regional professional networks.
Equitability: We value our members’ respective organizations regardless of their size and resources.
Impact: We enable our members to share best practices within and beyond their regions.
Transparency:
- Internally: Among our leadership and members, we strive for transparency about competing interests between the organizations we represent.
- Externally: We strive for open knowledge exchange with a commitment to generating open source resources where applicable.