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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, July 30, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM MT
    Registration Open
  • 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM MT
    Ancillary Meetings
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    A02.5 - Frontiers of Electron Ptychography
    Session Chair: Colum M. O'Leary (he/him/his) – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    Session Chair: Yi Jiang – Argonne National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Peng Wang, Ph.D – Department of Physics, University of Warwick
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    A03.1 - When 4D-STEM Meets More Dimensions: Deepening Materials Insights with Efficient Experimental Design and Smart Computational Microscopy
    Session Chair: Michele Shelly Conroy – Imperial College London
    Session Chair: Stephanie Ribet (she/her/hers) – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Mingjian Wu (he/him/his) – Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Session Chair: Benjamin Savitzky – h-Bar Instruments
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    A04.3 - Contributions of Analytical Electron Microscopy to Understanding Microstructural Evolution in Materials: James Bentley Memorial Symposium
    Session Chair: Paul G. Kotula, Ph.D. – Sandia National Laboratories
    Session Chair: Guillermo Solorzano
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    A06.5 - Surface and Subsurface Microscopy and Microanalysis of Physical and Biological Specimens
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    A07.1 - Advances in SEM Instrumentation, Application and Techniques
    Session Chair: Dirk Berger
    Session Chair: Marc Willinger – TU Munich
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    A09.4 - Novel SEM Diffraction Detectors and Ways to Use Them
    Session Chair: stuart Wright
    Session Chair: Timothy Ruggles, Ph. D – Sandia National Laboratory
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    B01.5 - 3D Structures: from Macromolecular Assemblies to Whole Cells (3DEM FIG)
    Session Chair: Edward T. Eng, Ph.D – New York Structural Biology Center
    Session Chair: Melanie Ohi – University of Michigan
    Session Chair: Claudia Lopez – Pacific Northwest CryoEM Center
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    B02.1 - Biological Soft X-ray Tomography
    Session Chair: Carolyn Larabell, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    B04.1 - Emerging Advances in Light Microscopy of Fixed and Live Samples Below the Diffraction Limit
    Session Chair: Jay Potts – University of South Carolina School of Medicine
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    B07.2 - Cryo-electron Tomography: Progress and Potential
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    C05.1 - The Relevance and Advancement of Microscopy across the Americas (CIASEM)
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    C06.2 - Advancements in Generative Artificial Intelligence and Automation for Electron Microscopy
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    C08.1 - Vendor Symposium
    Session Chair: Judith Yang – Brookhaven National Lab
    Session Chair: Kirk Czymmek, PhD – Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory / Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    P03.5 - Plasmons with Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy
    Session Chair: David J. Masiello, Ph.D – University of Washington
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    P04.5 - Energy Materials: Transport Pathways, Interfaces, & Durability for Performance
    Session Chair: Piyush Haluai, Ph.D (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    P05.5 - Advances in Imaging and Spectroscopy Beyond Ambient Conditions - High-Resolution EELS
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    P06.1 - Multimodal Data Acquisition and Analysis of Materials Under Real-World Conditions Using Advanced Electron Microscopy
    Session Chair: Xiaobing Hu, Ph. D. (he/him/his) – Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
    Session Chair: Sriram Vijayan, Ph.D – Michigan Technological University
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    P08.3 - Advanced Imaging, Diffraction, and Spectroscopy of Structurally or Chemically Disordered Materials
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    P10.5 - Innovative in-situ Imaging Techniques for Material Characterization, Synthesis, and Processing
    Session Chair: Jungwon Park – Seoul National University
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    X30 - Team of One
    Session Chair: Page Baluch, Ph.D – Arizona State University
    Session Chair: Leslie Gunther-Cummins, M. Sc. (she/her/hers) – Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MT
    X40 | Physical Sciences Tutorial | Flash Electropolishing for Removing FIB-Induced Artifacts in Metallic TEM Specimens
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MT
    Student Bursary & Volunteer Office
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM MT
    Coffee Break
  • 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM MT
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 AM MT
    X41 - Tutorial
  • 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM MT
    A04.4 - Contributions of AEM to Understanding Microstructural Evolution in Materials
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    A03.2 - When 4D-STEM Meets More Dimensions: Deepening Materials Insights with Efficient Experimental Design and Smart Computational Microscopy
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    A04.4 - Contributions of AEM to Understanding Microstructural Evolution in Materials
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    A06.6 - Surface and Subsurface Microscopy and Microanalysis of Physical and Biological Specimens
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    A07.2 - Advances in SEM Instrumentation, Application and Techniques
    Session Chair: Ute Golla-Schindler, Dr. (she/her/hers) – Aalen University of Applied Sciences
    Session Chair: Marc Willinger – TU Munich
    Session Chair: Dirk Berger
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    A09.5 - 4D-STEM, Precession Electron Diffraction and Materials Applications I
    Session Chair: Philip NH Nakashima, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University
    Session Chair: Kenji Tsuda (he/him/his) – Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    A10.1 - Advances in Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Energy and Quantum Materials and Technologies
    Session Chair: Yu-Tsun Shao (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    B02.2 - Biological Soft X-ray Tomography
    Session Chair: Kenneth Fahy – SiriusXT
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    B04.2 - Emerging Advances in Light Microscopy of Fixed and Live Samples Below the Diffraction Limit
    Session Chair: Jay Potts – University of South Carolina School of Medicine
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    B08.1 - Advances in Cryo-EM Technology
    Session Chair: Timothy Grant, Ph.D (he/him/his) – Morgridge Institute for Research
    Session Chair: Alberto Bartesaghi – Duke University
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    C05.2 - The Relevance and Advancement of Microscopy across the Americas (CIASEM)
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    C06.3 - Advancements in Generative Artificial Intelligence and Automation for Electron Microscopy
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    C08.2 - Vendor Symposium
    Session Chair: Judith Yang – Brookhaven National Lab
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    P02.1 - Electron Microscopy for Ferroic Materials: From Atomic-scale Imaging to in-situ Control
    Session Chair: Lin Zhou
    Session Chair: Myung-Geun Han – Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Leopoldo Molina-Luna – Advanced Electron Microscopy Division, TU Darmstadt
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    P04.6 - Energy Materials: Transport Pathways, Interfaces, & Durability for Performance
    Session Chair: John Mangum, Ph.D. – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    P05.6 - Advances in Imaging and Spectroscopy Beyond Ambient Conditions - Instrumentation
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    P06.2 - Multimodal Data Acquisition and Analysis of Materials Under Real-World Conditions Using Advanced Electron Microscopy
    Session Chair: Jungwon Park – Seoul National University
    Session Chair: Shize Yang
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    P07.1 - High-Resolution Microscopy and Microanalysis of Materials Subjected to Extreme Environments
    Session Chair: Timothy G. Lach (he/him/his) – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Mukesh Bachhav, Ph. D. – Idaho National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Elizabeth Kautz – North Carolina State University
    Session Chair: Daniel Schreiber – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    P08.4 - Advanced Imaging, Diffraction, and Spectroscopy of Structurally or Chemically Disordered Materials
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    P10.6 - Innovative in-situ Imaging Techniques for Material Characterization, Synthesis, and Processing
    Session Chair: Fehmi Yasin – ORNL
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    X31 - Working with Image Data (Basic to Advanced)
    Session Chair: Austin N. Worden, PhD – University of South Carolina School of Medicine
    Session Chair: Page Baluch, Ph.D – Arizona State University
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    X41 | Physical Sciences Tutorial | Ex Situ and In Situ TEM characterization of extended defects
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM MT
    MSA Members Meeting
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    A03.3 - When 4D-STEM Meets More Dimensions: Deepening Materials Insights with Efficient Experimental Design and Smart Computational Microscopy
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    A04.5 - Contributions of Analytical Electron Microscopy to Understanding Microstructural Evolution in Materials: James Bentley Memorial Symposium
    Session Chair: M. Grace Burke, PhD – Idaho National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Nestor Zaluzec
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    A07.3 - Advances in SEM Instrumentation, Application and Techniques
    Session Chair: Marc Willinger – TU Munich
    Session Chair: Ute Golla-Schindler, Dr. (she/her/hers) – Aalen University of Applied Sciences
    Session Chair: Dirk Berger
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    A09.6 - 4D-STEM, Precession Electron Diffraction and Materials Applications II
    Session Chair: Yu-Tsun Shao (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
    Session Chair: Jian-Min Zuo, Ph. D – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    A10.2 - Advances in Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Energy and Quantum Materials and Technologies
    Session Chair: Rosa Diaz, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    B02.3 - Biological Soft X-ray Tomography
    Session Chair: Carolyn Larabell, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    B04.3 - Emerging Advances in Light Microscopy of Fixed and Live Samples Below the Diffraction Limit
    Session Chair: Jay Potts – University of South Carolina School of Medicine
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    B08.2 - Advances in Cryo-EM Technology
    Session Chair: Alberto Bartesaghi – Duke University
    Session Chair: Timothy Grant, Ph.D (he/him/his) – Morgridge Institute for Research
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    C05.3 - The Relevance and Advancement of Microscopy across the Americas (CIASEM)
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    C06.4 - Advancements in Generative Artificial Intelligence and Automation for Electron Microscopy
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    C08.3 - Vendor Symposium
    Session Chair: Kirk Czymmek, PhD – Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory / Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
    Session Chair: Judith Yang – Brookhaven National Lab
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    P02.2 - Electron Microscopy for Ferroic Materials: From Atomic-scale Imaging to in-situ Control
    Session Chair: Myung-Geun Han – Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Leopoldo Molina-Luna – Advanced Electron Microscopy Division, TU Darmstadt
    Session Chair: Lin Zhou
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    P04.7 - Energy Materials: Transport Pathways, Interfaces, & Durability for Performance
    Session Chair: Yao Yang, Ph.D – Cornell University
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    P05.7 - Advances in Imaging and Spectroscopy Beyond Ambient Conditions - STEM Imaging
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    P06.3 - Multimodal Data Acquisition and Analysis of Materials Under Real-World Conditions Using Advanced Electron Microscopy
    Session Chair: Shize Yang
    Session Chair: Xiaobing Hu, Ph. D. (he/him/his) – Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    P07.2 - High-Resolution Microscopy and Microanalysis of Materials Subjected to Extreme Environments
    Session Chair: Daniel Schreiber – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Timothy G. Lach (he/him/his) – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Mukesh Bachhav, Ph. D. – Idaho National Laboratory
    Session Chair: Elizabeth Kautz – North Carolina State University
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    P08.5 - Advanced Imaging, Diffraction, and Spectroscopy of Structurally or Chemically Disordered Materials
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    P10.7 - Innovative in-situ Imaging Techniques for Material Characterization, Synthesis, and Processing
    Session Chair: Darius Pohl – DCN, TU Dresden
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    X32 - Mental Health in Microscopy
    Session Chair: Page Baluch, Ph.D – Arizona State University
    Session Chair: Leslie Gunther-Cummins, M. Sc. (she/her/hers) – Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT
    X42 - Tutorial
  • 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM MT
    Poster Session
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM MT
    Microscopy Today Innovation Awards
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM MT
    Jon Poplawski Memorial Gathering
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM MT
    Diversity and Inclusion Mixer
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM MT
    MAS Business Meeting
  • 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM MT
    Vendor Tutorials
  • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM MT
    MAS Members Social