2023 M&M Student Scholars
Listed below are the 2023 M&M Student Scholars funded by MSA. For the 2023 M&M Student Scholars funded by MAS, please visit https://the-mas.org/awards/distinguished-scholar-award-dsa/
Raleigh & Clara Miller Memorial Scholarship Awardees
Nedal Darif — European Molecular Biology Laboratory
From Organ to Organelle: Towards a Multimodal 3D Cell Atlas of Plasmodium Mosquito stages using Correlative Light, X-ray and Volume Electron Microscopy.
Peter Ducos — University of Wisconsin — Madison
A 3.2 Å structure of the PriA/PriB/replication fork complex reveals mechanistic insight into bacterial DNA replication restart
Eric Samuel Memorial Scholarship Awardee
Fengli Yang — Fritz Haber Institut of MPG
Tracking the Incorporation of Fe into NiO Electrocatalysts during Reaction with Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy and Time-Resolved Elemental Mapping
Student Scholar Awardees
Zhaslan Baraissov — Cornell University
Measuring three-dimensional strain in Nb3Sn grains by combining ZOLZ and HOLZ diffraction
Samantha Berry — Pennsylvania State University
Diving into COVID-19: Visualizing SARS-CoV-2 Patient Proteins using Liquid-Electron Microscopy
Yutong Bi — University of California, Irvine
In-situ 4D-STEM Study on Grain Boundary Dynamics in Polycrystals
Alexander Campos-Quiros — Lehigh University
EELS Spectrum Imaging of Ca Segregation at Grain Boundaries in Magnesium Aluminate Spinel
Wenjun Cui — Wuhan University of Technology
Direct observation of cation diffusion driven surface reconstruction at van der Waals gaps
Liza-Anastasia diCecco — McMaster University
Liquid Transmission Electron Microscopy Imaging of Organic-Inorganic Interfaces: Exploring Hydrated Collagen Mineralization Processes
Samuel Gleason — University of California, Berkeley
Machine Learning Prediction of Charge State from EELS Spectra of Third Row Transition Metals
Alimohammad Hojjatian — Florida State University
Novel ADP state found in smooth muscle heavy meromyosin by CryoEM
Hsien-Lien Huang — The Ohio State University
Atomic-Level Insights into the Radiation Damage and Recovery of β-Ga2O3 for High-Performance Semiconductors
Yukun Liu — Northwestern University
Probing the “Order” in Complexity: Entropy-engineered Thermoelectric Materials
Jason Manassa — University of Michigan
Dose and Sampling Requirements for Fused Multi-Modal Electron Tomography
Danielle Markovich — Cornell University
Revealing the Internal Architecture of Alkaline Fuel Cell Membranes with Cryo-4D-STEM and Cryo-STEM-EELS
Gillian Nolan — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Imaging Charged Domain Walls in van der Waals Ferroelectric α-In2Se3 via 4D-STEM
Stephen Porter — University of New Mexico
Formation of Pt-Pd ‘Janus’ Biphasic Particles During High Temperature Aging of Diesel Oxidation Catalysts
Emily Rennich — University of Michigan
Liquid Helium TEM Sample Holder with High Stability and Long Hold Times
Chuqiao Shi — Rice University
Semi-automated hierarchical clustering model for 4D-STEM datasets
Zixiao Shi — Cornell University
Three-Dimensional Imaging of Surface Structural Transformations on Electrocatalyst Nanoparticles Using Multi-Slice Electron Ptychography
Ponsuge Thisera — University of Kentucky
Investigation of Metal-Metal Oxide Interfaces via Real-Time In Situ TEM Heating
Ivy Wang — University of Oxford
Charting Cytoskeleton-Organelle Interplay in Living Cells Through High Resolution 3D Correlative Cryo-Imaging
Yifan Wang — Arizona State University
Observation of Gas Adsorbates with Time-Resolved Vibrational EELS
Dian Yu — University of Toronto
Low-voltage SEM Imaging of Lignocellulosic Biomass using a Low-cost Methanesulfonate Ionic Liquid
Johnattan Vargas — Institucion Universitaria Pascual Bravo
Determining the Effect in the Adhesion Between Modified PLA Matrix and Natural Fibers Using SEM and Micro-Raman Spectroscopy