 She was on the research advisory committee for the director of NIST from 1993 to 1996, serving its chairperson for the 1995 to 1996 term.Plant was the scientific advisor to the director of the NIST chemical science and technology laboratory from 1994 to 1995.From 1995 to 2001, Plant was group leader of the biomolecular materials group awhere she coordinated and directed research efforts with a budget of approximately $2 million.