2023 Featured Speakers
Keynote
Dr. M. Grace Burke, Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge National Lab
Talk Title: “The impact of microscopy in structural materials research (and my career path!)”
Research Talks
GUEST Speaker
Dr. Yichao Zhang
Post Doctoral Associate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Talk Title: “Visualizing Nanoscale Phonon Dynamics with 4D Ultrafast Electron Microscopy”
Guest Speaker
Dr. Aswathy Shailaja
Post Doctoral Associate, Duke University School of Medicine
Talk Title: “Cell viability assessment and architectural analysis of Aspergillus niger biofilms using confocal laser scanning microscopy and COMSTAT”
GUEST Speaker
Dr. Rellie M. Goddard
Post Doctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Talk Title: “There and back again: using microscopy to unlock the secrets of the Earth’s Interior”
GUEST Speaker
Dr. Salva Salmani Rezaie
Kavli Post Doctoral Fellow at Cornell University
Talk Title: “Electron Microscopy for understanding the superconductors’ normal state”
Career Panel
Moderator
Paty Lohman-Meza
Doctoral Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
Doctoral Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
Panelist
Dr. Elaine Humphrey
Advanced Microscopy Facility Manager
University of Victoria, Canada
Advanced Microscopy Facility Manager
University of Victoria, Canada
Panelist
Christina Newcomb, PhD
SPM & Raman Laboratory Manager
Stanford University | nano@stanford
SPM & Raman Laboratory Manager
Stanford University | nano@stanford
Panelist
Dr. Kayleigh Harvey
SEM Applications Specialist
JEOL USA, Inc.
SEM Applications Specialist
JEOL USA, Inc.
Navigating Discrimination and Bias Panel
Hosted by the MSA DEI Committee
Moderator
Ruari McDonnell
Senior Program Coordinator
NUANCE Center, Northwestern University
Senior Program Coordinator
NUANCE Center, Northwestern University
Panelist
Dr. Rosa Diaz
Electron Microscopy Research Scientist
Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
Electron Microscopy Research Scientist
Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
Panelist
Dr. Juleen Dickson
DEI Committee Member
Evident Scientific
DEI Committee Member
Evident Scientific
Panelist
Deb Kelly, Ph.D. MRSC
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Director of the Center for Structural Oncology
Pennsylvania State University
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Director of the Center for Structural Oncology
Pennsylvania State University
Outreach and Education Panel
Moderator
Katy Dean
Communications and Outreach
NUANCE Center, Northwestern University
Communications and Outreach
NUANCE Center, Northwestern University
Panelist
Dr. Louise Hughes
Business Manager
Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis
Business Manager
Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis
Panelist
Daniella Duran
Director of Education and Outreach
Stanford University | nano@stanford
Director of Education and Outreach
Stanford University | nano@stanford
Panelist
Dr. Emma Bullock (She/Her)
Electron Probe and SEM Laboratory Manager at Earth and Planets Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of Science
Electron Probe and SEM Laboratory Manager at Earth and Planets Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of Science