keynote lecturers, chairmen and organisers @ femms2005::


Andrew Bleloch is Technical Director at SuperSTEM Laboratory. His current research interests include aberration corrected analytical STEM. He received a PhD from Cambridge University in the field of Surface imaging in STEM.

Nigel D Browning is Professor of Materials Science at University of California-Davis. His current research interests include the development of high spatial, energy and time resolution electron microscopy methods for materials characterization. He received a PhD from Cambridge University in the field of solid state physics. Nigel D. Browning's awards include a Microscopy Society of America Burton Award, an American Ceramic Society Coble Award.

Daniel Caillard is reasercher at CEMES-CNRS. His current research interests include dislocations, mechanical properties and electron microscopy. He received a PhD from University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse in the field of solid state physics.

C Barry Carter is the 3M Heltzer Endowed Chair and Professor at University of Minnesota (Ch.E. & Materials Science). His current research interests include interfaces and defects in ceramics and semiconductors. He received a D.Phil. from Oxford University in the field of Metallurgy and Science of Materials. Barry's awards include an ScD (Cambridge University), a Visiting-Fellowship at Peterhouse, Cambridge, the Berndt Matthias Scholar Award (Los Alamos National Laboratory), an Alexander von Humboldt Senior Award, and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.

Ulrich Dahmen is Director at the National Center for Electron Microscopy. His current research interests include embedded nanostructures and interfaces in materials. He received a PhD from UC Berkeley in the field of materials science.

J Murray Gibson is Associate Laboratory Director at Argonne National Laboratory. He received a PhD from University of Cambridge in the field of Physics. Murray Gibson's awards include the Burton Medal of the Microscopy Society of America.

Burkhard Jahnen is Programme Manager at Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). His research interests include materials science and engineering and electron microscopy. He received a doctoral degree from RWTH Aachen in the field of materials science. Burkhard Jahnen's awards include a Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) award for his diploma thesis and the RWTH Aachen Borchers award for his summa cum laude doctoral thesis..

Mike Jenkins is Reader in Materials and Director of Electron Microscope Facilities at the Department of Materials in the University of Oxford. His current research interests include the characterisation by transmission electron microscopy of radiation damage in metals, ceramics, superconductors and semiconductors. He received a DPhil from the University of Oxford in the field of Materials Science.

Wayne King is Acting Division Leader of the Materials Science and Technology Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His current research interests include ultrafast science and dynamic behaviour of materials. He received a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in the field of Materials Science and Engineering.

Christian Kisielowski is Staff Scientist and Principle Investigator at the National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His current research interests include the implementation of the next generation electron microscopes (TEAM Project) and the development of electron tomography with atomic resolution.He was awarded his PhD in natural sciences and his Habilitation in physics performing spectroscopic studies of defects in semiconductors at the University of Cologne.

Christoph T Koch is post doctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart, Germany. His current research interests include theoretical and applied transmission electron microscopy, solving the phase- and dynamic inversion problem. He received a PhD from Arizona State University in the field of physics.

Paul G Kotula is a Principal Member of technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories. His current research interests include SEM / STEM microanalysis, spectral imaging and multivariate data analysis. He received a PhD from the University of Minnesota in the field of Materials Science and Engineering. Paul's awards include an R&D 100 award in 2002 and Best Techniques Paper in the journal Microscopy and Microanalysis in 2003.

Teruyasu Mizoguchi is JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) research fellow at the National Center for Electron Microscopy, LBNL, USA and the Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Japan. His current research interests include the atomic and electronic structures of interfaces, thin-films, inclusions, and defects in materials and analysis of them using (S)TEM-EELS, (N)EXAFS, and computational techniques. He received a PhD from Kyoto University, Japan in the field of Materials Science.

Dale E Newbury is NIST Fellow at National Institute of Standrds and Technology. His current research interests include X-ray spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy, Monte Carlo simulation. He received a DPhil from Oxford University in the field of Materials Science and Engineering. Dale Newbury's awards include a Science Award of the Microbeam Analysis Society (USA).

Steven J Pennycook is Corporate Fellow in the Condensed Matter Sciences Division and leader of the Electron Microscopy Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His current research interests include Z-Contast Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy. He received a PhD from Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Stephen Pennycook's awards include a Materials Research Society Medal and the Thomas Young Medal of the Institute of Physics.

Ian M Robertson is Professor and Head at the University of Illinois in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. His current research interests include micromechanics and mechanics of failure radiation effects. He received a PhD from University of Oxford in the field of Metallurgy.

John M Rodenburg is Professor at University of Sheffield. His current research interests include advanced electron microscopy in the theory of image formation. He received a PhD from University of Cambridge.

Harald Rose is Professor emeritus at the Institute of Applied Physics, TU-Darmstadt, Germany. His current research interests include Theoretical Charged-Particle Optics, Theory of Image Formation in EM, Electron Scattering and Diffraction. He received a PhD from Technical University Darmstadt in the field of Theoretical Physics. Harald Rose's awards include the Distinguished Scientist Award 2003 of the American Society for Microscopy (MSA), Honorary member of MSA and the DGE (German Society for Electron Microscopy).

Manfred Ruehle is Director at MPI für Metallforschung. His current research interests include physics and materials Science. He received a PhD from University of Stuttgart in the field of Physics. Manfred is a past recipient of the FEMMS Distinguished Lectureship Award.

Peter Schattschneider is Head of the University Service Center for Electron Microscopy of the Vienna University of Technology, and professeur invité at Ecole Central Paris. His current research interests include electron-matter interaction, relativistic effects in electron scattering, and circular dichroism. He received a PhD from Vienna University of Technology in the field of physics. His awards include the Austrian Theodor-Körner and two German Kurd-Lasswitz awards.

John Silcox is David E Burr Professor at Cornell University. His current research interests include Nanoparticles, nitride semiconductors, STEM, EELS and aberration correction. He received a PhD from Cambridge University in the field of Physics.

Mike Treacy is Professor at Arizona State University. His current research interests include diffraction physics, zeolites, catalysts. He received a PhD from Cambridge University in the field of physics. Mike Treacy's awards include a Barrer Award of the Royal Society for Chemistry and the Breck Award of the International Zeolite Association.

Ruud Tromp is Manager of Nanoscale Materials, Processes, and Devices at IBM Research. His current research interests include electron microscopy, surfaces and interfaces, growth, molecular electronics. He received a PhD from Utrecht University in the field of physics. Ruud Tromp's awards include Fellow of the Kaiserlich Koenigliche Boehmische Physikalische Gesellschaft, Fellow of the APS, MRS Medal, APS Davisson-Germer Prize, AVS Medard Welch Award.

Dirk van Dyck is Professor at University of Antwerp. His current research interests include research interests include Quantitative HREM; Theory of electron diffraction, reconstruction, experiment design, image processingriment designElectron Microscopy and diffraction , image processinglectron Microscopy,. He received a PhD, Habilitation from the University of Antwerp in the field of Physics. Dirk's memberschips include Member of MSA, MRS, ESM, RMS.

Maria Varela is Research Staff Member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her current research interests include STEM/EELS, complex oxides, High Tc superconductivity, CMR oxides, thin films and interfaces. She received a PhD from University Complutense of Madrid, Spain in the field of Physics. Maria Varela's awards include Wigner Fellowship (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and the Award for Outstanding Young Researchers from the Royal Physics Spanish Society.

Patrick Veyssiere is scientist at LEM CNRS-ONERA. His current research interests include plasticity, dislocation properties. He received a PhD from Université de Poitiers in the field of Sciences Physiques.

Knut Urban is Professor at Aachen University and the Research Centre Juelich. His current research interests include ceramics, metallic alloys, and superconductors. He received a PhD from Stuttgart University in the field of natural sciences and is presently President of the German Institute of Physics (DPG).

David B Williams is Professor at Lehigh University. His current research interests include High spatial resolution microanalysis and elemental mappping. He received a PhD from Cambridge University in the field of Materials Science. David's awards include Fellow of TMS, ASM, RMS.

Jian-Min Zuo is Assistant Professor at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His current research interests include electron beam materials characterisation, nanostructures and surface science. He received a Ph.D. from Arizona State University in the field of solid state physics. Jian-Min Zuo's awards include a Burton award of the Microscopy Society of America and a National Science Foundation Career Award.