| Acronym | Meaning |
| LDMS | Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry |
| AU | Absorbance Units |
| DEXAFS | Dispersive Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure |
| MTOR | Mammalian Target Of Rapamycin |
| TDCC | Time-dependent Coupled-cluster |
| GDF | Growth Differentiation Factor |
| FOURPI | Fourier Path Integral |
| ATG | Antithymocyte Globulin |
| SSSP | Solid-state Shear Pulverization |
| HDR | Hot Dry Rock (geothermal Reservoir) |