MSA FIGs are groups of MSA members who have organized, with the approval of MSA Council, to promote a specific discipline relevant to microscopy or microanalysis. Each FIG must have a minimum of 10 members to remain active. All MSA members are eligible and encouraged to participate in the existing FIGs. There is an annual fee of $15 per each FIG joined.
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FIG Committee Chair, 2022-2024
Katherine Jungjohann
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Active FIGs
3D EM in the Biological Sciences (3DEMBS)
Cheri Hampton
UES Inc.
Dayton, OH
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Aberration Corrected EM (ACEM)
Steven Spurgeon
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA
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Atom Probe Field Ion Microscopy (APFIM)
Baishakhi Mazumder
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
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Diagnostic & Biomedical Microscopy (DBM)
Emily Benson
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
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Electron Crystallography and Automated Mapping Techniques
(ECAMT)
Shelly Conroy
Imperial College London
London, United Kingdom
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EM Data Analysis and Management (EM-DAM)
Debangshu Mukherjee
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
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EM in Liquids and Gases (EMLG)
See Wee Chee
Fritz-Haber Institut der Max Planck Society
Berlin, Germany
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Facilities Operation and Management (FOM)
Josefina Arellano-Jimenez
University of Texas Dallas
Dallas, TX
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Focused Ion Beam (FIB)
Assel Aitkaliyeva
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
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Low Temperature Electron Microscopy (LT-EM)
John Watt
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
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MicroAnalytical Standards (MAS)
FIG-MAS is open to members of MSA, MAS, IMS, and MSC/SMC
Emma Bullock
Carnegie Science
Washington, D.C.
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Pharmaceuticals (PHARMA)
Dan Skomski
Merck
Rahway, NJ
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