Seminars

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2026

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
9th February	Prof. Raynald Gauvin	Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada	Graversen Abstract
3rd February	Hsu-Chih Ni	Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA	Ni Abstract
3rd February	Ingyu Yoo	Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea	Yoo Abstract

2025

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
27th November	Laura Graversen	University of Copenhagen, Denmark	Graversen Abstract
23rd October	Prof. Peter A. Crozier	School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, USA	Crozier Abstract
17th October	Dr Helen W. Leung	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom	Leung Abstract
6th August	Prof Jian-Min Zuo	Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University	Zuo Abstract
21st July	Dr Rhonda Stroud	School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, USA	Stroud Abstract
26th June	Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jiehua Li	Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, Austria	Li Abstract
10th Feb	Koudai Tabata	School of Engineering, University of Tokyo	Tabata Abstract
10th Feb	Dr Hirokazu Tamaki	Research & Development Group, Hitachi Ltd., Japan	Tamaki Abstract
22nd Jan	Prof Christoph Koch	Humboldt University of Berlin	Koch Abstract
17th Jan	Dr Mathias Rothmann	Foshan Xianhu Laboratory, Foshan, Guangdong, China	Rothmann Abstract
15th Jan	Felix Bennemann	Department of Materials, Oxford University	Bennemann Abstract
14th Jan	Prof Yeng Ming Lam	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University	Lam Abstract
14th Jan	Dr Chris Boothroyd	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University	Boothroyd Abstract

2024

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
10th Dec	Dr Craig Hiley & Dr Jeremy Sloan	Warwick Monash Alliance Dual Seminar: University of Warwick, United Kingdom	Hiley & Sloan Abstract
6th Dec	Dr Saskia Fiedler	Photonic Materials, NOW-Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam	Fiedler Abstract
25th Nov	Dr Juri Barthel	Ernst-Ruska Centre (ER-C 2) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany	Barthel Abstract
20th June	Dr Zhou Xu	Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy, Monash University	Xu Abstract
28th May	A/Prof Ajit Rajwade	Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay	Rajwade Abstract
21st May	Prof Jian-Min Zuo	Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Zuo Abstract
14th May	Dr Colin Ophus	Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Ophus Abstract
1st Mar	Dr Frederick Marlton	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney	Marlton Abstract
2nd Feb	Prof Changlin Zheng	Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Fudan University, China	Zheng Abstract

2023

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
13th Dec	Dr Kousuke Ooe	Japan Fine Ceramics Center, University of Tokyo	Ooe Abstract
31st Aug	Prof . Mauro Gemmi	Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Pontedera Italy	Gemmi Abstract
17th Aug	A/Prof. Karla Balzuweit	Physics Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brasil	Balzuweit Abstract
21st Jul	Prof. Eva Olsson	Chalmers University of Technology, Division of Nano and biophysics at the Department of Physics, Sweden	Olsson Abstract
30th Mar	Dr Christian Dwyer	RMIT University, Physics and Electron Imaging and Spectroscopy Tools	Dwyer Abstract
28th Mar	Mr Marcel Schloz	Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik & IRIS Adlershof, Germany	Schloz Abstract
20th Feb	Prof. Raynald Gauvin	McGill University, Montreal, Canada	Gauvin Abstract
10th Feb	Prof. Odile Stephan	Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, France	Stephan Abstract
7th Feb	Dr Patrick Trimby	Oxford Instruments

2022

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
24th May	Dr Paolo Longo	Thermo Fisher Scientific. ONLINE: Zoom Link in Abstract EELS Overview - 10:00am - 11:20am AEST	Zoom Link
24th May	Dr Paolo Longo	Thermo Fisher Scientific. ONLINE: Zoom Link in Abstract EELS Data Processing Tutorial - 11:30am - 12:159m AEST	Zoom Link

2021

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
8th December	Prof. Jian-Min Zuo	Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. ONLINE: Zoom Link in Abstract	Zuo Abstract
4th November	A/Prof. Ben Britton	Department of Materials Engineering, University of British Colombia, Vancouver Canada. ONLINE: Zoom Link in Abstract	Britton Abstract
21st October	Prof. Christoph Koch	Department of Physics, Humboldt University, Berlin Germany. ONLINE: Zoom Link in Abstract	Koch Abstract
27th July	A/Prof. Michel Bosman	School of Materials Science and Engineering at the National University of Singapore. ONLINE: Zoom Link in Abstract	Bosman Abstract
17th June	Prof. Kerstin Volz	Materials Science Center, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany. ONLINE: Zoom Link in Abstract	Volz Abstract
26th May	Assistant Prof. Pinshane Huang	Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. ONLINE: Zoom Link in Abstract	Huang Abstract
28th April	Prof. Marc De Graef	Materials Characterization Facility, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA. ONLINE: Zoom Link in Abstract	De Graef Abstract
11th March	Prof. Paul Dastoor	Centre for Organic Electronics, the University of Newcastle, Australia. In Person or ONLINE: Zoom Link in Abstract	Dastoor Abstract
28th January	Dr Ali Gholinia	Electron Microscopy Centre, University of Manchester, UK. ONLINE SEMINAR: Zoom Link in Abstract	Gholinia Abstract

2020

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
12th November	Prof. Koh Saitoh	Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability at Nagoya University, Japan. ONLINE SEMINAR: Zoom Link in Abstract	Saitoh Abstract
6th October	Dr Sergei V. Kalinin	Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA. ONLINE SEMINAR: Zoom Link in Abstract	Kalinin Abstract
9th September	Dr Fredrik S. Hage	SuperSTEM Laboratory, UK and the University of Oxford, UK ONLINE SEMINAR: Zoom Link in Abstract	Hage Abstract
11th August	Dr Ryo Ishikawa	Institute of Engineering Innovation, University of Tokyo, Japan ONLINE SEMINAR: Zoom Link in Abstract	Ishikawa Abstract
26th February	Dr Sophie Meuret	CEMES Laboratory (CNRS), Toulouse, France	Meuret Abstract
13th February	Prof. Yoshio Bando	Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan	Bando Abstract

2019

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
27th November	Prof. Randi Holmestad	Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway	Holmestad Abstract
12th July	Prof. Christian Dwyer	Arizona State University	Dwyer Abstract
27th June	Prof. Hamish Fraser	Center for the Accelerated Maturation of Materials, Ohio State University	Fraser Abstract
14th June	Dr ZiBin Chen	Application Scientist, Scitek	Chen Abstract
11th June	Prof. Milos Toth	University of Technology Sydney	Toth Abstract
1st May	Dr Colin Ophus	National Centre for Electron Microscopy Molecular Foundry Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Ophus Abstract
4th April	Prof. Laura Herz	University of Oxford, Department of Physics	Herz Abstract
12th February	Prof. Dr Masami Terauchi	Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials Tohoku University, Japan	Terauchi Abstract

2018

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
22nd November	Prof. Sir Colin Humphreys	Queen Mary University of London, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Selwyn College, University of Cambridge	Humphreys Abstract
1st October	Dr Reiner Ramlau	Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids Dresden, Germany	Ramlau Abstract
21st September	Ms Samantha Rudinsky	McGill University, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Montreal	Rudinsky Abstract
19th September	Dr Matthieu Bugnet	CNRS – University of Lyon	Bugnet Abstract
17th September	Prof. Gianluigi Botton	Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy McMaster University	Botton Abstract
3rd September	Colin Macrae	CSIRO - Minerals, Advanced Characterisation Facility	Macrae Abstract
30th August	Dr Christian Kübel	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Kubel Abstract
28th August	Prof. Rik Brydson	School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds	Brydson Abstract
5th February	Prof. Yusuke Yamauchi	School of Chemical Engineering & AIBN, The University of Queensland	Yamauchi Abstract
5th February	Dr Yoshio Bando	Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong	Bando Abstract
1st February	Prof. Raynald Gauvin	McGill University Canada	Gauvin Abstract

2017

DATE	SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT

4th December	Rafal Dunin-Borkowski	Peter Gruenberg Institute, Research Centre, Juelich	Dunin-Borkowski Abstract
27th November	Prof. Albert Polman	Centre for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Polman 2 Abstract
6th October	Dr Paul E. Fischione	CEO E.A. Fischione Instruments Inc	Fischione Abstract
22nd September	Dr René De Kloe	EDAX	De Kloe Abstract
31st August	Brandon Van Leer, Kristian Wadel	FEI	Van Leer and Wadel Abstract
10th April	A/Prof. Lam Yeng Ming	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Ming Abstract
10th April	Dr Chris Boothroyd	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Boothroyd Abstract
27th March	Prof. Bo Brummerstedt Iversen	Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry & iNANO, Aarhus University, Denmark	Iversen Abstract
21st March	Multiple speakers	Advanced Microscopy Workshop	Advanced Workshop Abstract
21st March	A/Prof. Naoya Shibata	Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Japan
22nd February	Antonin Doupal	TESCAN, Brno, Czech Republic	Doupal Abstract
21st February	Dr Katherine MacArthur	Ernst Ruska Centre, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany	MacArthur Abstract
6th February	Prof. Albert Polman	Centre for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Polman Abstract

2016

SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
Prof. Peter Harrowell	School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia	Harrowell Abstract
Dr Anthony Phillips	School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary, University of London, UK	Phillips Abstract
Prof. Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski	Peter Gruenberg Institute, Research Centre Juelich, Germany	Dunin-Borkowski Abstract
Prof. John C. H. Spence	Department of Physics, Arizona State University, USA	Spence Abstract
Prof. Albert Polman Colin MaCrae Toon Coenen Prof. Matthew Phillips	FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Microbeam Laboratory, CSIRO, Australia Delmic, The Netherlands Microstructural Analysis Unit, UTS, Sydney, Australia
Dr Sandra Van Aert	Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, The Netherlands	Van Aert Abstract
Dr J. Murray Gibson	Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, USA	Gibson Abstract

2015

SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
Prof. Raynald Gauvin	McGill University, Montreal, Canada	Gauvin Abstract
Dr Charlene Lobo	University of Technology Sydney, Australia	Lobo Abstract
Prof. Howard E. Jackson	Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, USA	Jackson Abstract
Dr Yasuhiro Sakamoto	Nanostructure Physics Laboratory, Osaka University, Japan	Sakamoto Abstract
Dr Toon Coenen	DELMIC, The Netherlands	Coenen Abstract
Prof. Richard D. Tilley	Electron Microscope Unit, University of New South Wales, Australia	Tilley Abstract
Dr Nathan Lugg	Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Japan	Lugg Abstract
Prof. Nestor Zaluzec	Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA	Zaluzec Abstract

2014

SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
Prof. Pieter Kruit	Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands	Kruit Abstract
Dr Chikara Sato	National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, Japan	Sato Abstract
Dr Ryan Ott	Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Ames Laboratory, USA	Ott Abstract
Ms Tatiana Kozlova	Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands	Kozlova Abstract
Prof. David W. McComb	Centre for Electron Microscopy and Analysis, Ohio State University, USA	McComb Abstract
Dr Nigel D. Browning	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA	Browning Abstract

2013

SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
Dr Quentin Ramasse	SuperSTEM Laboratory, STFC Daresbury Campus, Daresbury, UK	Ramasse Abstract
Dr David Cooper	CEA LETI, Minatec Campus, Grenoble, France	Cooper Abstract
Prof. Yuichi Ikuhara	Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Japan	Ikuhara Abstract
Dr Eiji Okunishi	JEOL Ltd, Japan	Okunishi Abstract
Dr Sarah Haigh	University of Manchester, UK
Dr Jeremy Sloan	University of Warwick, UK	Sloan Abstract
Prof. Dagmar Gerthsen	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany	Gerthsen Abstract

2012

SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
Prof. Sir Colin Humphreys, CBE, FREng, FRS	Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK	Humphreys Abstract
Dr Xavier Sauvage	Material Physics Group, University of Rouen, France	Sauvage Abstract
A/Prof. Naoya Shibata	Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Japan	Shibata Abstract
Prof. Dan Shechtman	2011 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals, Department of Materials Science, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Shechtman Abstract
Prof. Jim Britten	McMaster Analytical X-Ray Diffraction Facility, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Canada	Britten Abstract
Dr Andrew Stewart	Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany	Stewart Abstract
A/Prof. Robert Scholten	School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Australia	Scholten Abstract
Prof. Gianluigi Botton	Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, McMaster University, Canada	Botton Abstract
Dr Lynne M. Gignac	IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA	Gignac Abstract
Prof. Knut Urban	Institute of Microstructure Research, Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, Germany
A/Prof. Teruyasu Mizoguchi	Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan	Mizoguchi Abstract

2011

SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
A/Prof. Lang Chen	School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Chen Abstract
Prof. John C.H. Spence	Physics Department, Arizona State University, USA	Spence Abstract
Dr Chris Boothroyd	Ernst Ruska-Centruym and Peter Grunberg Institut, Germany
Dr Andy Bushby	School of Engineering and Materials Science, University of London, UK	Bushby Abstract
Dr Geoff Anstis	School of Physics and Advanced Materials, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Anstis Abstract
David Rossouw	Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Canada	Rossouw Abstract
Dr Shane Kennedy	Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia	Kennedy Abstract
Dr Brigitte Decamps	Centre de Spectrometrie Nucleaire et de Spectrometrie de Masses, The University of Paris-Sud, France	Decamps Abstract

2010

SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
Prof. Ray Withers	Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia	Withers Abstract
Yves Maniette	TVIPS and NanoMEGAS	Maniette Abstract
Dr Scott D. Findlay	Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan	Findlay Abstract
Dr Julian Rosalie	Lightweight Alloys Group, Structural Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan	Rosalie Abstract
Prof. John C.H. Spence	Physics Department, Arizona State University, USA	Spence Abstract
Prof. Les Allen	Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Australia	Allen Abstract
Dr Masanori Koshino	Nanotube Research Centre, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan	Koshino Abstract
Dr Jonathon Barnard	Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK	Barnard Abstract
A/Prof. David. A. Muller	School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA	Muller Abstract

2009

SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
Dr Timothy Petersen	University of Sydney, Electron Microscope Unit, NSW, Australia	Petersen Abstract
Prof. Mike E Lee	Physics Department, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Lee Abstract
Dr Paolo Longo	Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK	Longo Abstract
Dr J. Murray Gibson	Director, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, USA	Gibson Abstract
Dr Michael Groeber	Air Force Research Laboratory, USA, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate	Groeber Abstract
Jason Schiemer	Australian National University, Canberra, Australia	Schiemer Abstract
Prof. René Le Gall	Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, Polytech’ Nantes, LGMPA, Nantes, France	Le Gall Abstract
Prof. John C.H. Spence	Department of Physics, Arizona State University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA	Spence Abstract
Prof. P.A. Midgley	Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK	Midgley Abstract
A/Prof. Lu-Chang Qin	W.M. Keck Laboratory for Atomic Imaging and Manipulation, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA	Qin Abstract
Prof. John Banhart	Helmholtz-Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Germany	Banhart Abstract
Prof. Nestor Zaluzec	Electron Microscopy Centre, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA	Zaluzec Abstract

2008

SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
Dr David Paganin	School of Physics, Monash University, Australia	Paganin Abstract
A/Prof. Andrew Johnson	Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Australia	Johnson Abstract
Prof. John C.H. Spence	Department of Physics, Arizona State University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA	Spence Abstract
Dr Pedro M.F.J. Costa	CICECO, University of Aveiro, Portugal, Dr Xiaosheng Fang and Dr Ujjal K. Gautam, ICYS-MANA Research Fellows, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan	Costa Abstract
Dr Rolf Erni	National Centre for Electron Microscopy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA	Erni Abstract
Prof. Alan Craven	Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK	Craven Abstract
Dr Julie Sheffield-Parker	Oxford Instruments Nanoanalysis and Oxford Instruments HKL	Sheffield-Parker Abstract
Dr Cristiana Ciobanu	University of Adelaide, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, SA, Australia	Ciobanu Abstract
Dr Vicki J. Keast	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia	Keast Abstract
Dr Christian Maunders	Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada	Maunders Abstract
Prof. Gianluigi Botton	Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada	Botton Abstract
Dr Peter Werner	Max Plank Institute, Halle, Germany	Werner Abstract
Prof. Stephen J. Pennycook	ORNL Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA	Pennycook Abstract
Dr Andrew Bleloch	Reader, Liverpool University, UK	Bleloch Abstract
Dr Thomas Kelly	Dr Thomas Kelly, Chief Executive & Chief Technical Officer, Imago Scientific Instruments Co., Wisconsin, USA	Kelly Abstract
Prof. Tim White	Head, Materials Science Division, Nanyang Technological University, and Director, FACTS, Singapore	White Abstract

2007

SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	ABSTRACT
Dr Shery L.Y. Chang	Department of Materials,University of Oxford, UK	Chang Abstract
Prof. David Cockayne	Department of Materials, University of Oxford, UK
Dr Jeremy Sloan	Queen Mary, University of London, UK	Sloan Abstract
Prof. Hamish Fraser	Ohio State University, USA
Prof. Paul Midgley	Cambridge University, UK	Midgley Abstract
Prof. John W. Sedat	University of California, USA	Sedat Abstract
Prof. George Smith	Oxford University, UK
Dr Peter Nellist	Oxford University, UK
Dr Nestor Zaluzec	Electron Microscopy Centre, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA
Prof. Raynald Gauvin	McGill University, Canada
Dr Paul Kotula	Sandia National Laboratory, USA
Dr David Joy	Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA