Allison Rein

Allison Rein (she/her) earned a B.A. in history from UMBC and an M.L.S. from the University of Maryland College Park. She now serves as Associate Director of the Niels Bohr Library & Archives. Allison started working at AIP in 2016 as the Assistant Director of Special Collections overseeing the book collections and reference services and helping grow the rare book collection. In 2022 she was Executive Producer of the AIP limited run podcast, Initial Conditions: A Physics History Podcast. Before joining AIP, Allison served almost 10 years at the Maryland State Archives doing conservation, library, and archival work with a special focus on newspapers. She ended her tenure at the Maryland State Archives as Deputy Director of Special Collections.