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Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy

A world-class capability in electron microscopy to enable researchers to solve major scientific challenges.

Our People

MCEM is run by highly qualified researchers and specialist electron microscopists.

Our Facilities

MCEM has a suite of advanced instruments that can determine the composition, structure, and bonding of materials down to the atomic scale.

Research

MCEM conducts innovative research in electron microscopy, and provides advanced instrumentation, expertise and training.

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T: +61 3 9905 5563 E: mcem@monash.edu Address: Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy, 10 Innovation Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800

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Our Partners

The Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy (MCEM) is supported by Microscopy Australia, an Australian Government initiative funded through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). This support enables MCEM to provide researchers with access to world-class imaging infrastructure and expertise.

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MCEM Building Closure

The MCEM Building will be temporarily closed from the end of November 2025 until early March 2026.

Appointment of Professor Jian-Min Zuo as Director of the Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Jian-Min Zuo as the new Director of the Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy (MCEM). He will officially assume his role in mid-June 2025.

Professor Joanne Etheridge awarded Walter Boas Medal

Professor Joanne Etheridge FAA has been awarded the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Walter Boas Medal for Excellence in Research for her development of new methods to ‘see’ the structure of materials at the level of atoms.
Five distinguished scientists in front of an impressive microscope

Melbourne home to one of the world’s most powerful microscopes

A suite of three world-class electron microscopes, including one of the highest resolution microscopes in the world, now calls Monash home, helping scientists push the frontiers in materials science to solve complex worldwide challenges.

MCEM installs 3 new electron microscopes

MCEM has recently commissioned 3 Thermo Fisher Scientific electron microscopes: a double-aberration corrected Spectra-φ S/TEM, a Verios 5 UC SEM, and a Helios 5 UX DualBeam FIB-SEM.

Electron Crystallography School at Monash University

On 19-21 August 2023, the Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy (MCEM) hosted the Electron Crystallography School 2023 (ECS2023), as a satellite event to the 26th International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Congress and as a Microscopy Australia

MCEM Director Awarded 2022 Australian Laureate Fellowship

Professor Joanne Etheridge (MCEM Director) was awarded more than $3.2 million for her project “New ways to see” using electron microscopy. She is the second Monash researcher to be awarded the Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate

MCEM Access during COVID19 Restrictions