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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, July 31, 2024
  • 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM US EST
    Running & Walking Groups
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM US EST
    Registration Open
  • 7:15 AM – 8:15 AM US EST
    Ancillary Meetings
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    A03.2 - Expanding Capabilities of Atom Probe Tomography (IFES-Organized)
    Session Chair: Ann N. Chiaramonti – NIST
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    A07.2 - Triumphs, Trials, and Trepidations in Quantifying Low-Z Elements with Microanalytical Methods
    Session Chair: Joseph Boro, Ph.D – Lawrence Livermore National Labs
    Session Chair: Owen Neill – University of Michigan
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    A08.5 - New Opportunities in Material Science – Multi-dimensional Imaging and Advanced Data Processing
    Session Chair: Brian Patterson (he/him/his) – Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    A09.5 - Automation in Microscopy from Image Acquisition to Image Analysis, Data Visualization, and Management
    Session Chair: Maxim Ziatdinov – PNNL
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    A10.5 - Correlative Analysis and Multimodal Microscopy and Spectroscopy
    Session Chair: Xiao-Ying Yu – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Tom Wirtz – Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    B01.3 - 3D Structures: from Macromolecular Assemblies to Whole Cells (3DEM FIG)
    Session Chair: Edward Eng – New York Structural Biology Center
    Session Chair: Melanie Ohi – University of Michigan
    Session Chair: Cheri Hampton – UES, Inc.
    Biological Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    B06.1 - Imaging, Microscopy, and Micro/Nano-Analysis of Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical, and Medical Health Products — Research, Development, Analysis, Regulation, and Commercialization
    Session Chair: Jonathan T. Boyd – AstraZeneca
    Biological Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    C01.5 - Emerging 4D STEM Techniques in Materials and Biological Sciences
    Cross-Disciplinary Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    C06.5 - Memorial Symposium: Lena Fitting Kourkoutis
    Session Chair: Michael J. Zachman – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Cross-Disciplinary Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    C08.1 - Vendor Symposium
    Session Chair: Peter Ercius, Ph.D. – National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Alice Liang, Ph.D. – New York University Grossman School of Medicine
    Cross-Disciplinary Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    P02.5 - Memorial Symposium: Terence E. Mitchell
    Session Chair: Amit Misra – University of Michigan
    Session Chair: Ivar Reimanis
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    P03.4 - Electron Microscopy of Advanced Functional Materials
    Session Chair: Cong Su – Yale University
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    P04.2 - Science and Applications of High-Entropy Materials
    Session Chair: Xiangyu Zhu
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    P05.5 - Advanced Imaging and Spectroscopy Beyond Room Temperature
    Session Chair: Ryo Ishikawa, Ph. D – Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokyo
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    P07.4 - Understanding Structure-Property Relationships in Quantum Materials with Emerging Electron Microscopy Methods
    Session Chair: Sandhya Susarla, PhD. – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    P09.4 - Advances in In Situ TEM Characterization of Dynamic Processes in Materials
    Session Chair: Di Zhang
    Session Chair: Wolfgang Jaeger
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    P11.1 - Frontiers in Electron Tomography
    Session Chair: Jianwei Miao – Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST
    X40 - Computational Microscopy: Label-free Imaging
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM US EST
    Coffee Break
  • 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM US EST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    A03.3 - Expanding Capabilities of Atom Probe Tomography (IFES-Organized)
    Session Chair: François Vurpillot, Ph. D (he/him/his) – Université de Rouen Normandie
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    A07.3 - Triumphs, Trials, and Trepidations in Quantifying Low-Z Elements with Microanalytical Methods
    Session Chair: Joseph Boro, Ph.D – Lawrence Livermore National Labs
    Session Chair: Owen Neill – University of Michigan
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    A09.6 - Automation in Microscopy from Image Acquisition to Image Analysis, Data Visualization, and Management
    Session Chair: Ellen Keene
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    A10.6 - Correlative Analysis and Multimodal Microscopy and Spectroscopy
    Session Chair: Yuzi Liu – Argonne National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Xiao-Ying Yu – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    A11.1 - Perspectives from Complementary SEM Techniques: STEM-in-SEM Analytics and High-throughput Multi-beam Imaging
    Session Chair: Jason Holm – NIST
    Session Chair: Milena Hugenschmidt – Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM, Freiburg, Germany
    Session Chair: Anna Lena Eberle – Carl Zeiss MultiSEM GmbH
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    B01.4 - 3D Structures: from Macromolecular Assemblies to Whole Cells (3DEM FIG)
    Session Chair: Melanie Ohi – University of Michigan
    Session Chair: Edward Eng – New York Structural Biology Center
    Session Chair: Cheri Hampton – UES, Inc.
    Biological Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    B06.2 - Imaging, Microscopy, and Micro/Nano-Analysis of Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical, and Medical Health Products — Research, Development, Analysis, Regulation, and Commercialization
    Session Chair: Somya Singh – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Biological Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    C01.6 - Emerging 4D STEM Techniques in Materials and Biological Sciences
    Session Chair: Benjamin H. Savitzky, Ph.D – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Cross-Disciplinary Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    C06.6 - Memorial Symposium: Lena Fitting Kourkoutis
    Session Chair: Ismail El Baggari, Ph. D – The Rowland Institute at Harvard University
    Cross-Disciplinary Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    C08.2 - Vendor Symposium
    Session Chair: Alice Liang, Ph.D. – New York University Grossman School of Medicine
    Session Chair: Peter Ercius, Ph.D. – National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Cross-Disciplinary Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    P03.5 - Electron Microscopy of Advanced Functional Materials
    Session Chair: Shize Yang
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    P04.3 - Science and Applications of High-Entropy Materials
    Session Chair: Babak Anansori
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    P05.6 - Advanced Imaging and Spectroscopy Beyond Room Temperature
    Session Chair: Juan Carlos Idrobo – University of Washington
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    P07.5 - Understanding Structure-Property Relationships in Quantum Materials with Emerging Electron Microscopy Methods
    Session Chair: Sandhya Susarla, PhD. – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    P09.5 - Advances in In Situ TEM Characterization of Dynamic Processes in Materials
    Session Chair: Dongsheng Li – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Di Zhang
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    P11.2 - Frontiers in Electron Tomography
    Session Chair: Peter Ercius, Ph.D. – National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    X30.1 - Exploring New Methods in Volume Electron Microscopy (vEM)
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM US EST
    X41 - Diffraction Contrast Microscopy: Then and Now
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM US EST
    MSA Members’ Meeting
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    A01.1 - Advances in Cathodoluminescence Spectroscopy and Analysis
    Session Chair: Colin MacRae – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Session Chair: Heather Lowers – United States Geological Survey
    Session Chair: Emma S. Bullock, Ph. D – Carnegie Institution of Washington
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    A06.1 - Electronic and Thermal Device Characterization with Electron Microscopy
    Session Chair: Maureen Joel Lagos – McMaster University
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    A09.7 - Automation in Microscopy from Image Acquisition to Image Analysis, Data Visualization, and Management
    Session Chair: Ellen Keene
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    A10.7 - Correlative Analysis and Multimodal Microscopy and Spectroscopy
    Session Chair: SI Chen
    Session Chair: Xiao-Ying Yu – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    A11.2 - Perspectives from Complementary SEM Techniques: STEM-in-SEM Analytics and High-throughput Multi-beam Imaging
    Session Chair: Anna Lena Eberle – Carl Zeiss MultiSEM GmbH
    Analytical Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    B01.5 - 3D Structures: from Macromolecular Assemblies to Whole Cells (3DEM FIG)
    Session Chair: Cheri Hampton – UES, Inc.
    Session Chair: Edward Eng – New York Structural Biology Center
    Session Chair: Melanie Ohi – University of Michigan
    Biological Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    C03.1 - Interdisciplinary Analysis of Soft/Hybrid/Bio Materials Using Advanced Focused Ion Beam Methods and Multimodal Microscopy Techniques
    Session Chair: Stephan Kraemer
    Cross-Disciplinary Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    C05.1 - Correlative Microscopy Using Light, Electron, and X-ray Microscopy
    Session Chair: Antony Fearns
    Cross-Disciplinary Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    C08.3 - Vendor Symposium
    Session Chair: Peter Ercius, Ph.D. – National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Cross-Disciplinary Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    P03.6 - Electron Microscopy of Advanced Functional Materials
    Session Chair: Cong Su – Yale University
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    P04.4 - Science and Applications of High-Entropy Materials
    Session Chair: Moon J. Kim – moonkim@utdallas.edu
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    P07.6 - Understanding Structure-Property Relationships in Quantum Materials with Emerging Electron Microscopy Methods
    Session Chair: Sandhya Susarla, PhD. – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    P09.6 - Advances in In Situ TEM Characterization of Dynamic Processes in Materials
    Session Chair: Dongsheng Li – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Eva Olsson – Chalmers University of Technology
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    P10.1 - In Situ and Cryogenic Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Energy Materials
    Session Chair: Chongmin Wang – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    P11.3 - Frontiers in Electron Tomography
    Session Chair: yao Yang
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    X32.1 - Technologists' Forum Roundtable: Tips for Managing an EM Lab

    Session Chair: Page Baluch, Ph.D – Arizona State University

    Session Chair: Frank Macaluso – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    Presenter: Lee Cohen-Gould – Weill Cornell Medicine

    Presenter: Ru-ching Hsia, Ph.D – Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research

    Presenter: RIchard Martens – UES

    Presenter: Steven L. Goodman, PhD – Microscopy Innovations, LLC

    Presenter: Joseph Mowery, B.S. – US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST
    X42 - What's Next for Imaging?
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM US EST
    P01.1 - Innovative Magnetic Imaging
    Session Chair: Fehmi S. Yasin, PhD (he/him/his) – Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Physical Sciences Symposia
  • 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST
    Poster Session
  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM US EST
    Microscopy Today Innovation Awards
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM US EST
    Diversity and Inclusion Mixer
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM US EST
    MAS Business Meeting
  • 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM US EST
    Vendor Tutorials
  • 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM US EST
    MAS Members Social