Innovators In Electron Microscopy

Working with the students and training them is the most enjoyable part for me. I enjoy helping someone who started and knows nothing – teaching them, encouraging them, working with them, getting to the point where they are doing really great work on the SEM. Seeing that progress, being able to help them obtain good research results which ultimately end up in publications is very enjoyable. The GeminiSEM has been the principal interest and I have a number of students who thank me very much for the help.

I loved my job from the very first day. I think the most exciting part, besides the research is interacting with the students…I teach them how to use the microscope it’s not just turning knobs. All of them 100% whether it’s industry users, faculty members, post docs, undergrad, PhD; every single person uses the microscope fully independently.

On any given day I’ll be looking at rocks from the moon or helping scientists to analyze their homemade little planets... We also have materials scientists who are creating new kinds of materials, answering questions about how we can best preserve and conserve energy.

The most exciting aspect is that everyone is always researching something new. When you’re helping somebody out, they’re always doing something different that will contribute to science. Someone might work with plant fibers one day and with platinum nanoparticles on carbon another day. Someone might work with plant fibers one day and with platinum nanoparticles on carbon another day.