2025 Midwest Microscopy & Microanalysis Society (M3S) Spring Meeting

Advanced Microscopy of Energy & Quantum Materials
March 28, 2025
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Sign up for a Lab Tour of NUANCE Facilities when you register!
Location & Directions
McCormick Auditorium - Norris Center;
Northwestern University - Evanston Campus
Directions to the Norris Center
Coordinates: 42.0533,-87.6731
Parking Information
South Parking Garage
1847 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208
Coordinates: 42.0508,-87.6736
Food & Cost
Breakfast & Lunch will be provided.
Louis Room - Room 2-232 - Norris Center, 2nd Floor
Vendors will be located in the Louis Room, #2-232 during the conference
* Registration is required to receive complimentary lunch and breakfast.
Free for students!
$20 Academic/Government/Corporate
Featured Speakers
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Akshay Murthy
Fermi National Lab Talk Title: Electron Microscopy: A Critical Analytical Tool for Advancing the Performance of Superconducting Qubits |
Yanqi (Grace) Luo
Argonne National Laboratory Talk Title: Shining X-ray Light on the Complex Chemistry of Next-Generation Perovskite Solar Cells |
Meeting Schedule
8:30 - 9:00 AM |
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Coffee |
9:00 - 9:05 AM |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
9:05 - 9:50 AM |
Akshay Murthy, Ph.D. Fermi National Lab Electron Microscopy: A Critical Analytical Tool for Advancing the Performance of Superconducting Qubits |
9:50 - 10:15 AM |
Kayna Lee Mendoza Trujillo, Northwestern / Argonne Quantitative Phase Retrieval and Characterization of Magnetic Nanostructures Using Lorentz (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy |
10:15 - 10:40 AM |
Nicholas Lincoln Hagopian, UW-Madison STEM Characterization of Two-Dimensional Material Surfaces and Interfaces |
10:40 - 11:00 AM |
Break & Visit with Vendors Louis Room, Norris Center, 2nd Floor, Room 2-232 |
11:00 - 11:25 AM |
Professor Rosa Diaz Rivas, Purdue University Atomic-Scale Analysis of Heterogeneous Interfaces: Developing Metrics for Quantum Device Engineering
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11:25 - 11:50 PM |
Peter G. Lim, Northwestern University Leveraging Multimodal Electron Microscopy to Understand and Address Performance-Limiting Materials Properties in Superconducting Qubits
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11:50 - 12:10 PM |
M3S Business Meeting |
12:10 - 1:30 PM |
Lunch & Visit with Vendors Northwestern Room, 2nd Floor, Room 2-160 |
1:30 - 2:15 PM |
Yanqi (Grace) Luo, Ph.D., Argonne National Laboratory Shining X-ray Light on the Complex Chemistry of Next-Generation Perovskite Solar Cells |
2:15 - 2:40 PM |
Dr. Chen-Jui (Ben) Huang, University of Chicago Quantitative Non-destructive Morphological Characterization of All-Solid-State Batteries |
2:40 - 3:05 PM |
Dr. Tobias Gokus, Attocube systems (DMS) Cryogenic Scattering Near-field Optical Microscopy for Studying Optical Properties with 20nm Spatial Resolution at Temperatures < 10K |
3:05 - 3:10 PM |
Closing Remarks |
* Optional Facility Tour at 3:30 PM