Ralph M. Paroli, Ph.D. of the National Research Council of Canada has started his term as 2016 chairman of ASTM International board of directors. Since 2013, Paroli has served as director, research and development, in the Measurement Science and Standards Portfolio at NRC. Prior to that, he was director of Building Envelope and Structure at NRC’s Institute for Research in Construction. An ASTM member since 1994, Paroli has more than 30 years of experience in spectroscopy and thermal analysis.